Bass. You shall not seal to such a bond for me, I'd rather dwell in my necessity. Anth. Why, fear not, man; I will not forfeit it; Within these two months, that's a month before 480 This bond expires, I do expect return Of thrice three times the value of the bond. Shy, O father Abraham, what these Christians are; Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man, Of an unthrifty knave; and presently I will be with you. Anth. Hie thee, gentle Jew. 490 This Hebrew will turn Christian; he grows kind. Bass. I like not fair terms, and a villain's mind. Diij Anth. i Anth. Come on; in this there can be no dis may, My ships come home a month before the day. [Excunt. ACT II. SCENE I. Belmont. Enter the Prince of Morocco, and three or four Followers accordingly; with PORTIA, NERISSA, and her Train. Flourish Cornets. Morocco, MISLIKE me not for my complexion, By nice direction of a maiden's eyes : Bars me the right of voluntary chusing: 10 But, But, if my father had not scanted me, His wife, who wins me by that means I told you, For my affection. 20 Mor. Even for that I thank you; And so may I, blind fortune leading me, Por. You must take your chance; And either not attempt to chuse at all, Or swear, before you chuse, if you chuse wrong, Never to speak to lady afterward In way of marriage; therefore be advis'd. 40 Mor. Nor will not; come, bring me unto my chance. Por. Por. First, forward to the temple; after dinner Your hazard shall be made. Mor. Good fortune then! [Cornets To make me blest, or cursed'st among men. 49 [Exeunt. 4 SCENE II. A Street in Venice. Enter LAUNCELOT Gobbo. Laun. Certainly, my conscience will serve me to run from this Jew my master: The fiend is at mine elbow; and tempts me, saying to me, Gobbo, LaunceLot Gobbo, good Launcelot, or good Gobbo, or good Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs, take the start, run away: My conscience says, no; take heed, honest Launcelot, take heed, honest Gobbo; or, as aforesaid, honest Launcelot Gobbo; do not run; scorn running with thy heels: Well, the most courageous fiend bids me pack; via! says the fiend; away! says the fiend, for the heavens; rouse up a brave mind, says the fiend, and run. Well, my conscience, hanging about the neck of my heart, says very wisely to me, my honest friend Launcelot, being an honest man's son, or rather an honest woman's son;-for, indeed, my father did something smack, something grow to, he had a kind of taste;well, my conscience says,---Launcelot, budge not; budge, says the fiend; budge not, says my conscience: Conscience, say I, you counsel well; fiend, say I, you counsel well: to be rul'd by my conscience, I should stay with the Jew my master, who, God bless the mark, is a kind of devil; and, to run away from the Jew, I should be rul'd by the fiend, who, saving your reverence, is the devil himself: Certainly, the Jew is the very devil incarnation; and, in my conscience, my conscience is but a kind of hard conscience, to offer to counsel me to stay with the Jew: The fiend gives the more friendly counsel; I will run, fiend; my heels are at your commandment, I will run. Enter old GOBBO, his Father, with a Basket. 79 Gob. Master, young man, you, I pray you, which is the way to master Jew's ? Laun. [Aside.] O heavens, this is my true-begotten father! who, being more than sand-blind, high. gravel blind, knows me not :-I will try conclusions with him. Gob. Master young gentleman, I pray you, which is the way to master Jew's? Laun. Turn up on your right hand, at the next turning, but, at the next turning of all, on your left; marry, at the very next turning, turn of no hand, but turn down indirectly to the Jew's house. 91 God. By God's sonties, 'twill be a hard way to hit. Can you tell me whether one Launcelot, that dwells with him, dwell with him, or no? Laun. Talk you of young master Launcelot ?Mark me now, [aside.] now will I raise the waters: Talk you of young master Launcelot ? Gob. |