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作者:莫莫言      更新:2021-02-27 02:48      字数:9322
  THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
  THE MERCHANT OF
  VENICE
  William Shakespeare
  1597
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  THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
  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