Salan. You were beft to tell Anthonie what you heare, Yet do not fodainely, for it may greeue him. Salar. A kinder Gentleman treades not the earth, Bafanio told him he would make fome speede He wrung Baffanies hand, and fo they parted. Salan, I thinke he onely loues the world for him: I prethee let vs goe and finde him out, And quicken his embraced heauineffe, Salar. Do we fo. Enter Nerriffa and a Seruitor. Exeunt Ner. Quicke, quicke, I pray thee, draw the Curtain ftraite, The Prince of Arragon hath tane his oath, And comes to his election presently. Enter Arragon,his traine,and Portia. Por. Behold, there ftand the Caskets Noble Prince, Straight fhall our nuptiall rights be folemniz'd: Arra. I am enioyn'd by oath to obferue three things. E Which Which Casket twas I chofe. Next, if I faile gone. Arr. And fo haue I addreft me, fortune now I will not chufe what many men defire, VVere not deriu'd corruptly, and that cleare honor From the true feede of honor? And how much honor, Pickt from the chaffe and ruine of the times Por. Too long a pause for that which you finde there. How much vnlike art thou to Portia? How much vnlike my hopes, and my deferuings. Arrag. VVhat heere? The fire feuen times tried this : Still more foole I fhall appeere, By the time I linger heere, VVith one fooles head I came to woe, But I go away with two. Sweet adieu, Ile keepe my oath, Patiently to beare my vvroath. Portia. Thus hath the candle findg'd the Moth. O these deliberate fooles, vvhen they do choose, Heereads. They They haue their wifedome, by their wit to loose, Enter a Messenger. Melf. Where is my Lady? Por. Heere, what would my Lord? A day in Aprill neuer came fo fwect, Enter Salanio and Salarino. Salan. Now, what newes on the Ryalto? Exit. Salar. Why yet it liues there vncheckt, that Anthonio hath a fhip of rich lading wrackt on the narrowe feas; the Goodwins I thinke they call the place, a very dangerous flat,& fatal, wher the carkaffes of many a tall fhippe lie buried, as they fay, if my goffips report be an honeft woman of her word. Salan. I would fhee were as a lying goffippe in that, as euer knapt Ginger, or made her neighbors beleeue fhe wept fori the death of a third husband: but it is true, without any flippes of prolixity, or croffing the plaine highway of talk, that the good Antho Anthonio, the honeft Anthonio, O that I had a title good inough to keepe his name company. Salar. Come, the full ftop. Sal. Ha,what faift thou? why the end is, he hath loft a fhip. Salan. Let me fay Amen betimes, leaft the deuill croffe my prayer, for heere be comes in the likeneffe of a lew. Enter Shylocke. How now Shylocke, what newes among the Marchants? Salar. That's certaine, I for my part knew the Taylor Salan. And Shylocke for his owne part knew the Birde was Aledg'd, and then it is the complexion of them all to leave the Shy.She is damn'd for it. Dam. Salar. That's certaine, if the diuell may be her iudge. Salan. Out vpon it old carrion,rebels it at thefe yeares. Salar. There is more difference betweene thy flesh and hirs, then betweene Iet and Iuory: more between your bloods, then there is between red wine & rennifh: but tell vs,do you heare, whether Anthonio haue had at loffe a fea or no? Shy.There I haue another bad match, a bankrout, a prodigal, who dare scarfe fhew his head on the Ryalto, a begger that was vfd to come fo fmug vpon the Mart: let him looke to his bond: he was wont to call me vfurer, let him looke to his bond;he was wont to lend money for a Chriftian curtfie,let him looke to his bond. Salar, Why I am fure if he forfet, thou wilt not take his flefb, what's that good for? Shyl. To baite fish withall; if it will feede nothing els it will feed my reuenge: he hath difgrac'd me, and hindred me halfe a million,laught at my loffes,mockt at my gaines,fcorned my na E3 tion |