927923Enter Portia with Morrocho and both 929925Por. Goe, draw a
side the curtaines and di
scouer
930926the
seuerall ca
skets to this noble Prince:
932928Mor. This
fir
st of gold, who this in
scription beares,
933929Who choo
seth me,
shall gaine what many men de
sire.
934930The
second
siluer, which this promi
se carries,
935931Who choo
seth me,
shall get as much as he de
serues.
936932This third, dull lead, with warning all as blunt,
937933Who choo
seth me, mu
st giue and hazard all he hath.
938934How
shall I know if
I doe choo
se the right?
939935Por. The one of them containes my pi
cture Prince,
940936if you choo
se that, then
I am yours withall.
941937Mor. Some God dire
ct my iudgement, let me
see,
942938I will
suruay th'in
scriptions, back againe,
943939What
saies this leaden ca
sket?
944940Who choo
seth me, mu
st giue and hazard all he hath,
945941Mu
st giue, for what? for lead, hazard for lead?
946942This ca
sket threatens men that hazard all
doe
the Merchant of Venice.
947943doe it in hope of faire aduantages:
948944A golden minde
stoopes not to
showes of dro
sse,
949945Ile then nor giue nor hazard ought for lead.
950946What
sayes the
siluer with her virgin hue?
951947Who choo
seth me,
shal get as much as he de
serues.
952948As much as he de
serues, pau
se there
Morocho,
953949and weigh thy valew with an euen hand,
954950If thou bee
st rated by thy e
stimation
955951thou doo
st de
serue enough, and yet enough
956952May not extend
so farre as to the Ladie:
957953And yet to be afeard of my de
seruing
958954were but a weake di
sabling of my
selfe.
959955As much as
I de
serue, why thats the Ladie.
960956I doe in birth de
serue her, and in fortunes,
961957in graces, and in qualities of breeding:
962958but more then the
se, in loue
I doe de
serue,
963959what if
I straid no farther, but cho
se heere?
964960Lets
see once more this
saying grau'd in gold:
965961Who choo
seth me
shall gaine what many men de
sire:
966962Why thats the Ladie, all the world de
sires her.
967963From the foure corners of the earth they come
968964to ki
sse this
shrine, this mortall breathing Saint.
969965The Hircanion de
serts, and the va
stie wildes
970966Of wide Arabia are as throughfares now
971967for Princes to come view faire
Portia.
972968The waterie Kingdome, who
se ambitious head
973969Spets in the face of heauen, is no barre
974970To
stop the forraine
spirits, but they come
975971as ore a brooke to
see faire
Portia.
976972One of the
se three containes her heauenly pi
cture.
977973Ist like that leade containes her, twere damnation
978974to thinke
so ba
se a thought, it were too gro
sse
979975to ribb her
serecloth in the ob
scure graue,
980976Or
shall I thinke in
siluer
shees immurd
981977beeing tenne times vndervalewed to tride gold,
982978O
sinful thought, neuer
so rich a
Iem
983979was
set in wor
se then gold. They haue in England
D3 A
The comicall Historie of
984980A coyne that beares the
figure of an Angell
985981stampt in gold, but thats in
sculpt vpon:
986982But heere an Angell in a golden bed
987983lies all
within. Deliuer me the key:
988984heere doe I choo
se, and thriue I as I may.
989985Por. There take it Prince, and if my forme lie there
991987Mor. O hell! what haue wee heare, a carrion death,
992988within who
se emptie eye there is a written
scroule,
All that glisters is not gold,
995991Often haue you heard that told,
996992Many a man his life hath sold 997993But my outside to behold,
998994Guilded timber doe wormes infold: 999995Had you beene as wise as bold,
1000996Young in limbs, in iudgement old,
1001997Your aunswere had not beene inscrold,
1002998Fareyouwell, your sute is cold.
1003999Mor. Cold indeede and labour lo
st,
10041000Then farewell heate, and welcome fro
st:
10051001Portia adiew, I haue too greeu'd a hart
10061002To take a tedious leaue: thus loo
sers part.
Exit. 10071003Por. A gentle riddance, draw the curtaines, go,
10081004Let all of his complexion choo
se me
so.
Exeunt.