10941090Builds in the weather on the outward wall,

10951091Euen in the force and rode of casualty.

10961092I will not choose what many men desire,

10971093Because I will not iumpe with common spirits,

10981094And ranke me with the barbarous multitudes.

10991095Why then to thee thou siluer treasure house,

11001096Tell me once more what title thou doost beare;

11011097Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserues,

11021098And well sayde to; for who shall goe about

11031099To cosen Fortune, and be honourable

11041100without the stampe of merrit, let none presume

11051101To weare an vndeserued dignity:

11061102O that estates, degrees, and offices,

11071103were not deriu'd corruptly, and that cleare honour

11081104were purchast by the merrit of the wearer,

11091105How many then should couer that stand bare?

11101106How many be commaunded that commaund?

11111107How much low peasantry would then be gleaned

11121108From the true seede of honour? and how much honour

11131109Pickt from the chaft and ruin of the times,

11141110To be new varnist; well but to my choise.

11151111Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserues,

11161112I will assume desert; giue me a key for this,

11171113And instantly vnlocke my fortunes heere.

11181114Portia. Too long a pause for that which you finde there.

11191115Arrag. What's heere, the pourtrait of a blinking idiot

11201116Presenting me a shedule, I will reade it:

11211117How much vnlike art thou to Portia?

11221118How much vnlike my hopes and my deseruings.

11231119Who chooseth me, shall haue as much as he deserues?

11241120Did I deserue no more then a fooles head,

11251121Is that my prize, are my deserts no better?

11261122Portia. To offend and iudge are distinct offices,

11271123And of opposed natures.

11281124Arrag. What is heere?

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