Shy. I am debating of my present store; Of full three thousand ducats. What of that? [TO ANTONIO. Yet, to supply the ripe wants' of my friend, Shy. Ay, ay, three thousand ducats. Ant. And for three months. Shy. I had forgot,-three months, you told me so. Well then, your bond; and, let me see, but hear you; Methought you said, you neither lend nor borrow Shy. When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep, This Jacob from our holy Abraham was (As his wise mother wrought in his behalf,) The third possessor; ay, he was the third. Ant. And what of him? Did he take interest? Shy. No, not take interest; "not, as you would say, Directly interest. Mark what Jacob did. When Laban and himself were compromised, 3 That all the eanlings which were streaked, and pied, 1 Wants come to the height, which admit no longer delay. 2 Informed. 3 Young lambs just dropped, or eaned. but the Saxon etymology demands ean. This word is usually spelled yean, And in the doing of the deed of kind,1 He stuck them up before the fulsome ewes ; Fall party-colored lambs, and those were Jacob's. Ant. This was a venture, sir, that Jacob served for; A thing not in his power to bring to pass, But swayed, and fashioned, by the hand of Heaven. Was this inserted to make interest good? Or is your gold and silver, ewes and rams? Shy. I cannot tell; I make it breed as fast.But note me, seignior. Ant. Mark you this, Bassanio; The devil can cite scripture for his purpose., An evil soul, producing holy witness, O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! Shy. Three thousand ducats,-'tis a good round sum Three months from twelve, then let me see the rate. Ant. Well, Shylock, shall we be beholden to you? Shy. Seignior Antonio, many a time and oft, In the Rialto, you have rated me A cur can lend three thousand ducats? Or Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last ; Ant. I am as like to call thee so again, Who if he break, thou may'st with better face Shy. Why, look you, how you storm! I would be friends with you, and have your love, Forget the shames that you have stained me with, Supply your present wants, and take no doit Of usance for my moneys; and you'll not hear me. This is kind I offer. Ant. This were kindness. If you repay me not on such a day, In such a place, such sum, or sums, as are Of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken Ant. Content, in faith; I'll seal to such a bond, And say, there is much kindness in the Jew. Bass. You shall not seal to such a bond for me; I'll rather dwell in my necessity. Ant. Why, fear not, man; I will not forfeit it. Within these two months,-that's a month before 1 1. e. interest, money bred from the principal. This bond expires,-I do expect return Of thrice three times the value of this bond. Shy. O father Abraham, what these Christians are; A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man, I will be with you. Hie thee, gentle Jew. [Exit. Ant. This Hebrew will turn Christian; he grows kind. Bass. (I like not fair terms, and a villain's mind. Ant. Come on; in this there can be no dismay; My ships come home a month before the day. [Exeunt. To fear was anciently to give as well as feel terrors. So in K. Henry IV. Part I. "A mighty and a fearful head they are.' АСТ II. . SCENE I. Belmont. A Room in Portia's House. Flourish of Cornets. Enter the Prince of Morocco, and his Train; PORTIA, Mor. Mislike me not for my complexion, Bars me the right of voluntary choosing. But, if my father had not scanted me, And hedged me by his wit, to yield myself His wife, who wins me by that means I told you, For my affection. Mor. Even for that I thank you; Therefore, I pray you, lead me to the caskets, 1 To understand how the tawny prince, whose savage dignity is well supported, means to recommend himself by this challenge, it must be remembered that red blood is a traditionary sign of courage. |