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21602154Por. Soft, the Iew
shal haue all iu
stice,
soft no ha
st,
21612155he
shall haue nothing but the penalty.
21622156Gra. O Iew, an vpright Iudge, a learned Iudge.
21632157Por. Therefore prepare thee to cut of the
fle
sh,
21642158Shed thou no blood, nor cut thou le
sse nor more
21652159but iu
st a pound of
fle
sh: if thou tak'
st more
21662160or le
sse then a iu
st pound, be it but
so much
21672161as makes it light or heauy in the
sub
stance,
21682162or the deui
sion of the twentith part
21692163of one poore
scruple, nay if the
scale doe turne
21702164but in the e
stimation of a hayre,
21712165thou dye
st, and all thy goods are con
fiscate.
21722166Gra. A
second Daniell, a Daniell Iew,
21732167now in
fidell
I haue you on the hip.
21742168Por. Why doth the Iew pau
se, take thy forfaiture.
21752169Shy. Giue me my principall, and let me goe.
21762170Bass. I haue it ready for thee, here it is.
21772171Por. Hee hath refu
sd it in the open Court,
21782172hee
shall haue meerely iu
stice and his bond.
21792173Gra. A Daniell
still
say
I, a
second Daniell,
21802174I thanke thee
Iew for teaching me that word.
21812175Shy. Shall
I not haue barely my principall?
21822176Por. Thou
shalt haue nothing but the forfaiture
21832177to be
so taken at thy perrill Iew.
21842178Shy. Why then the deuill giue him good of it:
21872181the law hath yet another hold on you.
21882182It is ena
cted in the lawes of Venice,
21892183if it be proued again
st an alien,
21902184that by dire
ct, or indire
ct attempts
21912185he
seeke the life of any Cittizen,
21922186the party gain
st the which he doth contriue,
21932187shall
seaze one halfe his goods, the other halfe
21942188comes to the priuie co
ffer of the State,
21952189and the o
ffenders life lies in the mercy
of