the Merchant of Venice.
439435As to thy friends, for when did friend
ship take
440436A breede for barraine mettaile of his friend?
441437But lend it rather to thine enemie,
442438Who if he breake, thou mai
st with better face
444440Shy. Why looke you how you
storme,
445441I would be friends with you, and haue your loue,
446442Forget the
shames that you haue
staind me with,
447443Supply your pre
sent wants, and take no doyte
448444Of v
sance for my moneyes, and youle not heare mee,
450446Bass. This were kindne
sse.
451447Shyl. This kindne
sse will I
showe,
452448Goe with me to a Notarie,
seale me there
453449Your
single bond, and in a merrie
sport
454450if you repay me not on
such a day
455451in
such a place,
such
summe or
summes as are
456452expre
st in the condition, let the forfaite
457453be nominated for an equall pound
458454of your faire
fle
sh, to be cut o
ff and taken
459455in what part of your bodie plea
seth me.
460456Ant. Content infaith, yle
seale to
such a bond,
461457and
say there is much kindnes in the Iew.
462458Bass. You
shall not
seale to
such a bond for me,
463459Ile rather dwell in my nece
ssitie.
464460An. Why feare not man, I will not forfaite it,
465461within the
se two months, thats a month before
466462this bond expires, I doe expe
ct returne
467463of thrice three times the valew of this bond.
468464Shy. O father Abram, what the
se Chri
stians are,
469465Who
se owne hard dealings teaches them
su
spe
ct 470466the thoughts of others: Pray you tell me this,
471467if he
should breake his day what
should I gaine
472468by the exa
ction of the forfeyture?
473469A pound of mans
fle
sh taken from a man,
474470is not
so e
stimable, pro
fitable neither
475471as
fle
sh of Muttons, Beefes, or Goates, I
say
to