THE

MERCHANT

O F

VENICE.

Dramatis Perfonæ.

DUKE of Venice.

Morochius, a Moorish Prince, Suiters to Portia.

Prince of Arragon,

Anthonio, the Merchant of Venice.

Baffanio, his Friend, in love with Portia.

Salanio,

Solarino,

Friends to Anthonio and Baffanio.

Gratiano,

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.

Portia, an Heirefs of great Quality and Fortune.

Neriffa, Confident to Portia.

Jeffica, Daughter to Shylock.

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

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

THE

THE

MERCHANT of VENICE.

ACT I.

SCENE, a Street in Venice.

Enter Anthonio, Solarino, and Salanio.

I am to learn

ANTHONI 0:

N footh, I know not why I am so 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,

And fuch a want-wit fadness makes of me,
That I have much ado to know my felf.
Sal. Your mind is toffing on the ocean;
There, where your Argofies with portly Sail,
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.