21592153Bass. Heere is the money.

21602154Por. Soft, the Iew shal haue all iustice, soft no hast,

21612155he shall haue nothing but the penalty.

21622156Gra. O Iew, an vpright Iudge, a learned Iudge.

21632157Por. Therefore prepare thee to cut of the flesh,

21642158Shed thou no blood, nor cut thou lesse nor more

21652159but iust a pound of flesh: if thou tak'st more

21662160or lesse then a iust pound, be it but so much

21672161as makes it light or heauy in the substance,

21682162or the deuision of the twentith part

21692163of one poore scruple, nay if the scale doe turne

21702164but in the estimation of a hayre,

21712165thou dyest, and all thy goods are confiscate.

21722166Gra. A second Daniell, a Daniell Iew,

21732167now infidell I haue you on the hip.

21742168Por. Why doth the Iew pause, 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 refusd it in the open Court,

21782172hee shall haue meerely iustice 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:

21852179Ile stay no longer question.

21862180Por. Tarry Iew,

21872181the law hath yet another hold on you.

21882182It is enacted in the lawes of Venice,

21892183if it be proued against an alien,

21902184that by direct, or indirect attempts

21912185he seeke the life of any Cittizen,

21922186the party gainst the which he doth contriue,

21932187shall seaze one halfe his goods, the other halfe

21942188comes to the priuie coffer of the State,

21952189and the offenders life lies in the mercy