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THE

MERCHANT

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VENICE.

Dramatis Perfonæ.

DUKE of Venice.

Morochius a Moorish Prince, }. Suitors to Portia.

Prince of Arragon,

Anthonio, the Merchant of Venice.

Baffanio, his Friend, in love with Portia.

Salanio,

Solarino,

Friends to Anthonio and Baffanio

Gratiane,

Lorenzo, in love with Jeffica.

Shylock, a Jew.

Tubal, a Jew, his Friend.

Launcelot, a Clown, Servant to the Jew.

Gobbo, an old Man, Father to Launcelot.
Leonardo, Servant to Baffanio.

Balthazar, Servants to Portia.

Stephano, S

Pórtia, an Heiress of great Quality and Fortunes

Neriffa, Confident to Portia.

Jeffica, Daughter to Shylock.

Senators of Venice, Officers, Failer, Servants, and other Attendants.

SCENE, partly at Venice; and partly at Bel mont, the Seat of Portia upon the Continent.

THE

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MERCHANT of VENICE.

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SCENE, a Street in Venice.

Enter Antonio, Solarino, and Salanio.

ANTHONI O.

N footh, I know not why I am fo fad :

It wearies me; you fay, it wearies you;
But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
What ftuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,
I am to learn-

And fuch a want-wit fadness makes of me,
That I have much ado to know myself.

Sal. Your mind is toffing on the ocean;
There, where your Argofies with portly fail,
Like figniors and rich burghers on the flood,
Or as it were the pageants of the fea,
Do over-peer the petty traffickers,

That curtfie to them, do them reverence,
As they fly by them with their woven wings.

Sola. Believe me, Sir, had I fuch venture forth,

The better part of my affections would

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