EXCELLENT

History of the Mer-
chant of Venice.

With the extreme cruelty of Shylocke
the Iew towards the faide Merchant,in cut-
ting a iust pound of his flesh. And the obtaining
of Portia, by the choyfe of
three Caskets.

Written by W.SHAKESPEARE.

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Printed by F. Roberts, 1600.

The Comical History of the Merchant of Venice.

Enter Antbonis, Salaryno, and Salanio.

Nthonie. Infooth I know not why I am fo fad,
Ie wearies me, you fay it wearies you;
But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
What ftuffe tis made off, whereof it is borne,
I am to learne: & fuch a want-wit fadnes makes
of me,
That I haue much adoe to know my felfe.

Salarino. Your minde is toffing on the Ocean,
There where your Argofies with portly fayle,
Like Signiors and rich Burgars on the flood,
Or as it were the Pageants of the fea,
Doe ouer-peere the petty traffiquers
That curfie to them,do them reuerence
As they flie by them with their wouen wings.
Salanio, Beleeue me fir, had I fuch venture foorth,
The better part of my affections would

Be with my hopes abroad, I fhould be ftill
Plucking the graffe,to know where fits the winde,
Piering in Maps, for Ports, for Peeres and Rodes;
And every obiect that might make me feare.
Misfortune to my ventures,out of doubt
Would make me fad,

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