I know he will be glad of our fuccefs; We are the Jasons, we have won the fleece. Sal. Would you had won the fleece that he hath loft! Por. There are fome fhrewd contents in yon' fame paper; "That steal the colour from Baffanio's check: Some dear friend dead; elfe nothing in the world Of any constant man. What, worse and worse !— Here are a few of the unpleasant'ft words, How much I was a braggart: When I told you And not one veffel 'fcap'd the dreadful touch Sal. Not one, my lord. Befides, it should appear, that if he had Of greatest port, have all perfuaded with him; Jef. When I was with him, I have heard him swear, To Tubal, and to Chus, his countrymen, That he would rather have Anthonio's flesh, Por. Is it your dear friend that is thus in trouble? Pay him fix thousand, and deface the bond: Shall lose a hair through my Baffanio's fault. Baff. [reads.] Sweet Baffanio, my fhips have all mifcarried, my creditors grow cruel, my eftate is very low, my bond to the few is forfeit; and fince in paying it, it is impoffible I should live, all debts are cleared between you and me, if I might but fee you at my death: NotwithStanding, ufe your pleasure: if your love do not perfuade you to come, let not my letter. Por. O love, dispatch all business, and be gone. Baff. Since I have your good leave to go away, A Street in Venice. SCENE III. [Exeunt. Enter SHYLOCK, SOLARINO, AnTHONIO, and the Gaoler. Shy. Gaoler, look to him :-Tell not me of This is the fool that lent out money gratis ;Gaoler look to him. Anth. Hear me yet, good Shylock. mercy ; Shy. I'll have my bond; fpeak not against my Anth. I pray thee, hear me speak. bond ; Shy. I'll have my bond ;-I will not hear thee speak :I'll have my bond; and therefore fpeak no more. I'll not be made a foft and dull-ey'd fool, To shake the head, relent, and figh, and yield To Chriftian interceffors. Follow not; I'll have no speaking; I will have my bond. [Exit SHY. Sola. It is the moft impenetrable cur That ever kept with men. Anth. Let him alone; I'll follow him no more with bootlefs prayers: He feeks my life; his reafon well I know: I oft deliver'd from his forfeitures Many that have at times made moan to me. Therefore he hates me. Sola. I am fure the duke Will never grant this forfeiture to hold. Anth. The duke cannot deny the courfe of law; For the commodity that strangers have With us in Venice, if it be deny'd, Will much impeach the juftice of the ftate; Thefe griefs and loffes have fo 'bated me, Well, gaoler, on :-Pray God, Baffanio come To fee me pay his debt, and then I care not. [Exeunt. Belmont. SCENE IV. Enter PORTIA, NERISSA, LORENZO, JESSI Lor. Madam, although I speak it in your presence, You have a noble and a true conceit Of god-like amity; which appears most strongly But, if you knew to whom you fhew this honour, How dear a lover of my lord, your husband, [4] The poet only means to fay, That correfponding proportions of body and mind are neceffary for thofe who fpend their time together. Every one will allow that the friend of a toper fhould have a ftrong head, and the intimate of a sportsman such an athletic conftitution as will enable him to acquit himself with reputation in the exercifes of the field. The word Lineaments was used with great laxity by our ancient writers. In "The learned and true Affertion of the Original, Life, &c. of King Arthur, tranflated from the Latin of John Leland, 1582," it is ufed for the human frame in general. Speaking of the removal of that prince's bones, he calls them "Arthur's lineaments three times tranflated"; and again," all the lineaments of them remaining in that most stately tomb, faving the shin bones of the king and queen," &c. STEEV. The husbandry and manage of my houfe, Until her husband and my lord's return. The which my love, and fome neceffity, Lor. Madam, with all my heart; I fhall obey you in all fair commands. Por. My people do already know my mind, And will acknowledge you and Jeffica In place of lord Baffanio and myself. So fare you well, till we fhall meet again. Lor. Fair thoughts, and happy hours attend on you ! Jef. I with your ladyfhip all heart's content. Por. I thank you for your wish, and am well pleas'd To wish it back on you: fare you well, Jeffica.[Exeunt JESSICA and LORENZO. Now, Balthazar, As I have ever found thee horest, true, So let me find thee ftill: Take this fame letter, In fpeed to Padua ; see thou render this Into my coufin's hand, doctor Bellario ; And, look, what notes and garments he doth give thee, Bring them, I pray thee, with imagin'd speed Unto the traject, to the common ferry Which trades to Venice :-wafte no time in words, But get thee gone; I fhall be there before thee. Balth. Madam, I go with all convenient fpeed. [Exit. Por. Come on, Neriffa; I have work in hand That you yet know not of: we'll see our husbands Before they think of us. Ner. Shall they fee us? Por. They fhall, Neriffa; but in such a habit |