| Venice. A street. |
| [Enter SHYLOCK, SALARINO, ANTONIO, and Gaoler] |
| SHYLOCK | Gaoler, look to him: tell not me of mercy; | ||
| This is the fool that lent out money gratis: | |||
| Gaoler, look to him. |
| ANTONIO | Hear me yet, good Shylock. |
| SHYLOCK | I'll have my bond; speak not against my bond: | 5 | |
| I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond. | |||
| Thou call'dst me dog before thou hadst a cause; | |||
| But, since I am a dog, beware my fangs: | |||
| The duke shall grant me justice. I do wonder, | |||
| Thou naughty gaoler, that thou art so fond | 10 | ||
| To come abroad with him at his request. |
| ANTONIO | I pray thee, hear me speak. |
| SHYLOCK | I'll have my bond; I will not hear thee speak: | ||
| I'll have my bond; and therefore speak no more. | |||
| I'll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool, | 15 | ||
| To shake the head, relent, and sigh, and yield | |||
| To Christian intercessors. Follow not; | |||
| I'll have no speaking: I will have my bond. | |||
| [Exit] |
| SALARINO | It is the most impenetrable cur | ||
| That ever kept with men. | 20 |
| ANTONIO | Let him alone: | ||
| I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers. | |||
| He seeks my life; his reason well I know: | |||
| I oft deliver'd from his forfeitures | |||
| Many that have at times made moan to me; | 25 | ||
| Therefore he hates me. |
| SALARINO | I am sure the duke | ||
| Will never grant this forfeiture to hold. |
| ANTONIO | The duke cannot deny the course of law: | ||
| For the commodity that strangers have | 30 | ||
| With us in Venice, if it be denied, | |||
| Will much impeach the justice of his state; | |||
| Since that the trade and profit of the city | |||
| Consisteth of all nations. Therefore, go: | |||
| These griefs and losses have so bated me, | 35 | ||
| That I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh | |||
| To-morrow to my bloody creditor. | |||
| Well, gaoler, on. Pray God, Bassanio come | |||
| To see me pay his debt, and then I care not! | |||
| [Exeunt] |