the Merchant of Venice.
21222116are not with me e
steemd aboue thy life.
21232117I would loo
se all, I
sacri
fize them all
21242118heere to this deuill, to deliuer you.
21252119Por. Your wife would giue you little thankes for that
21262120if
she were by to heare you make the o
ffer.
21272121Gra. I haue a wife who
I prote
st I loue,
21282122I would
she were in heauen,
so
she could
21292123intreate
some power to change this curri
sh Iew.
21302124Ner. Tis well you o
ffer it behind her back,
21312125the wi
sh would make el
se an vnquiet hou
se.
21322126Iew. The
se be the chri
stian hu
sbands,
I haue a daughter
21332127would any of the
stocke of Barrabas
21342128had beene her hu
sband, rather then a Chri
stian.
21352129We tri
fle time,
I pray thee pur
sue
sentence.
21362130Por. A pound of that
same Merchants
fle
sh is thine,
21372131the Court awards it, and the law doth giue it.
21392133Por. And you mu
st cut this
fle
sh from o
ff his brea
st,
21402134the law alowes it, and the court awards it.
21412135Iew. Mo
st learned Iudge, a
sentence, come prepare.
21422136Por. Tarry a little, there is
some thing el
se,
21432137this bond doth giue thee heere no iote of blood,
21442138the words expre
sly are a pound of
fle
sh:
21452139take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of
fle
sh,
21462140but in the cutting it, if thou doo
st shed
21472141one drop of Chri
stian blood, thy lands and goods
21482142are by the lawes of Venice con
fiscate
21532147Por. Thy
selfe
shalt
see the A
ct:
21542148for as thou vrge
st iu
stice, be a
ssurd
21552149thou
shalt haue iu
stice more then thou de
sir
st.
21562150Gra. O learned iudge, mark
Iew, a learned iudge.
21572151Iew. I take this o
ffer then, pay the bond thrice
H.3. Bass.