the Merchant of Venice.
19011895Anth. I pray you think you que
stion with the
Iewe,
19021896you may as well goe
stand vpon the Beach
19031897and bid the maine
flood bate his v
suall height,
19041898you may as
well v
se que
stion with the Woolfe
19061900You may as well forbid the mountaine of Pines
19071901to wag their high tops, and to make no noi
se
19081902when they are fretten with the gu
sts of heauen:
19091903You may as well doe any thing mo
st hard
19101904as
seeke to
soften that then which what's harder:
19111905his
Iewi
sh hart? therefore
I doe be
seech you
19121906make no moe o
ffers, v
se no farther meanes,
19131907but with all briefe and plaine conueniencie
19141908let me haue iudgement, and the
Iewe his will?
19151909Bass. For thy three thou
sand ducats heere is
sixe?
19161910Iewe. If euery ducat in
sixe thou
sand ducats
19171911were in
sixe parts, and euery part a ducat,
19181912I would not draw them,
I would haue my bond?
19191913Duk. How
shalt thou hope for mercy rendring none?
19201914Iewe. What iudgment
shall
I dread doing no wrong?
19211915you haue among you many a purcha
st slaue,
19221916which like your A
sses, and your Dogs and Mules
19231917you v
se in abie
ct and in
slaui
sh parts,
19241918becau
se you bought them,
shall
I say to you,
19251919let them be free, marry them to your heires?
19261920why
sweat they vnder burthens, let their beds
19271921be made as
soft as yours, and let their pallats
19281922be
sea
sond with
such viands, you will aun
swer
19291923the
slaues are ours,
so doe
I aun
swer you:
19301924The pound of
fle
sh which
I demaund of him
19311925is deerely bought, as mine and
I will haue it:
19321926if you deny me,
fie vpon your Law,
19331927there is no force in the decrees of Venice:
19341928I stand for iudgement, aun
swer,
shall I haue it?
19351929Duke. Vpon my power
I may di
smi
sse this Court,
19361930vnle
sse
Bellario a learned Do
ctor,
19371931whom I haue
sent for to determine this
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