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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
THE MERCHANT OF
VENICE
William Shakespeare
1597
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DRAMATIS PERSONAE
THE DUKE OF VENICE THE PRINCE OF MOROCCO; suitor to
Portia THE PRINCE OF ARRAGON; 〃 〃 〃 ANTONIO; a merchant of
Venice BASSANIO; his friend; suitor to Portia SOLANIO; friend to
Antonio and Bassanio SALERIO; 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 GRATIANO; 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃
LORENZO; in love with Jessica SHYLOCK; a rich Jew TUBAL; a Jew;
his friend LAUNCELOT GOBBO; a clown; servant to Shylock OLD
GOBBO; father to Launcelot LEONARDO; servant to Bassanio
BALTHASAR; servant to Portia STEPHANO; 〃 〃 〃
PORTIA; a rich heiress NERISSA; her waiting…maid JESSICA;
daughter to Shylock
Magnificoes of Venice; Officers of the Court of Justice; Gaoler;
Servants; and other Attendants
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ACT I。
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SCENE I。 Venice。 A street
Enter ANTONIO; SALERIO; and SOLANIO
ANTONIO。 In sooth; I know not why I am so sad。 It wearies me; you
say it wearies you; But how I caught it; found it; or came by it; What stuff
'tis made of; whereof it is born; I am to learn; And such a want…wit sadness
makes of me That I have much ado to know myself。 SALERIO。 Your mind
is tossing on the ocean; There where your argosies; with portly sail… Like
signiors and rich burghers on the flood; Or as it were the pageants of the
sea… Do overpeer the petty traffickers; That curtsy to them; do them
reverence; As they fly by them with their woven wings。 SOLANIO。
Believe me; sir; had I such venture forth; The better part of my affections
would Be with my hopes abroad。 I should be still Plucking the grass to
know where sits the wind; Peering in maps for ports; and piers; and roads;
And every object that might make me fear Misfortune to my ventures; out
of doubt; Would make me sad。 SALERIO。 My wind; cooling my broth;
Would blow me to an ague when I thought What harm a wind too great
might do at sea。 I should not see the sandy hour…glass run But I should
think of shallows and of flats; And see my wealthy Andrew dock'd in sand;
Vailing her high top lower than her ribs To kiss her burial。 Should I go to
church And see the holy edifice of stone; And not bethink me straight of
dangerous rocks; Which; touching but my gentle vessel's side; Would
scatter all her spices on the stream; Enrobe the roaring waters with my
silks; And; in a word; but even now worth this; And now worth nothing?
Shall I have the thought To think on this; and shall I lack the thought That
such a thing bechanc'd would make me sad? But tell not me; I know
Antonio Is sad to think upon his merchandise。 ANTONIO。 Believe me; no;
I thank my fortune for it; My ventures are not in one bottom trusted; Nor
to one place; nor is my whole estate Upon the fortune of this present year;
Therefore my merchandise makes me not sad。 SOLANIO。 Why then you
are in love。 ANTONIO。 Fie; fie! SOLANIO。 Not in love neither? Then let
us say you are sad Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easy For you
to laugh and leap and say you are merry; Because you are not sad。 Now; by
two…headed Janus; Nature hath fram'd strange fellows in her time: Some
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that will evermore peep through their eyes; And laugh like parrots at a
bag…piper; And other of such vinegar aspect That they'll not show their
teeth in way of smile Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable。
Enter BASSANIO; LORENZO; and GRATIANO
Here comes Bassanio; your most noble kinsman; Gratiano and
Lorenzo。 Fare ye well; We leave you now with better company。 SALERIO。
I would have stay'd till I had made you merry; If worthier friends had not
prevented me。 ANTONIO。 Your worth is very dear in my regard。 I take it
your own business calls on you; And you embrace th' occasion to depart。
SALERIO。 Good morrow; my good lords。 BASSANIO。 Good signiors
both; when shall we laugh? Say when。 You grow exceeding strange; must
it be so? SALERIO。 We'll make our leisures to attend on yours。 Exeunt
SALERIO and SOLANIO LORENZO。 My Lord Bassanio; since you have
found Antonio; We two will leave you; but at dinner…time; I pray you; have
in mind where we must meet。 BASSANIO。 I will not fail you。
GRATIANO。 You look not well; Signior Antonio; You have too much
respect upon the world; They lose it that do buy it with much care。 Believe
me; you are marvellously chang'd。 ANTONIO。 I hold the world but as the
world; Gratiano… A stage; where every man must play a part; And mine a
sad one。 GRATIANO。 Let me play the fool。 With mirth and laughter let
old wrinkles come; And let my liver rather heat with wine Than my heart
cool with mortifying groans。 Why should a man whose blood is warm
within Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster; Sleep when he wakes; and
creep into the jaundice By being peevish? I tell thee what; Antonio… I love
thee; and 'tis my love that speaks… There are a sort of men whose visages
Do cream and mantle like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness
entertain; With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom; gravity;
profound conceit; As who should say 'I am Sir Oracle; And when I ope my
lips let no dog bark。' O my Antonio; I do know of these That therefore
only are reputed wise For saying nothing; when; I am very sure; If they
should speak; would almost damn those ears Which; hearing them; would
call their brothers fools。 I'll tell thee more of this another time。 But fish not
with this melancholy bait For this fool gudgeon; this opinion。 Come; good
Lorenzo。 Fare ye well awhile; I'll end my exhortation after dinner。
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LORENZO。 Well; we will leave you then till dinner…time。 I must be one of
these same dumb wise men; For Gratiano never lets me speak。
GRATIANO。 Well; keep me company but two years moe; Thou shalt not
know the sound of thine own tongue。 ANTONIO。 Fare you well; I'll grow
a talker for this gear。 GRATIANO。 Thanks; i' faith; for silence is only
commendable In a neat's tongue dried; and a maid not vendible。 Exeunt
GRATIANO and LORENZO ANTONIO。 Is that anything now?
BASSANIO。 Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing; more than any
man in all Venice。 His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in; two
bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them; and when you
have them they are not worth the search。 ANTONIO。 Well; tell me now
what lady is the same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage; That you
to…day promis'd to tell me of? BASSANIO。 'Tis not unknown to you;
Antonio; How much I have disabled mine estate By something showing a
more swelling port Than my faint means would grant continuance; Nor do
I now make moan to be abridg'd From such a noble rate; but my chief care
Is to come fairly off from the great debts Wherein my time; something too
prodigal; Hath left me gag'd。 To you; Antonio; I owe the most; in money
and in love; And from your love I have a warranty To unburden all my
plots and purposes How to get clear of all the debts I owe。 ANTONIO。 I
pray you; good Bassanio; let me know it; And if it stand; as you yourself
still do; Within the eye of honour; be assur'd My purse; my person; my
extremest means; Lie all unlock'd to your occasions。 BASSANIO。 In my
school…days; when I had lost one shaft; I shot his fellow of the self…same
flight The self…same way; with more advised watch; To find the other forth;
and by adventuring both I oft found both。 I urge this childhood proof