The Merchant of VeniceShylock loans money to a man he despises, the merchant Antonio, only if a pound of Antonio's flesh will be due, in a court of law, upon default. Antonio borrows the money so that his friend Bessanio can travel to woo the woman he loves, Portia, whose freedom to marry is bound up in a fairy-tale decree of her father's. |
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... letter . ] Ere I ope his letter I pray you tell me how my good friend doth . Sal . Not sick my lord , unless it be in mind , Nor well , unless in mind : his letter there Will show you his estate . Gra . Nerissa , cheer yond stranger ...
... letter . ] Ere I ope his letter I pray you tell me how my good friend doth . Sal . Not sick my lord , unless it be in mind , Nor well , unless in mind : his letter there Will show you his estate . Gra . Nerissa , cheer yond stranger ...
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... letter . [ Reads . ] Your grace shall understand , that at the receipt of 150 your letter I am very sick , but in the instant that your mes- senger came , in loving visitation was with me a young doctor of Rome , his name is Balthazar ...
... letter . [ Reads . ] Your grace shall understand , that at the receipt of 150 your letter I am very sick , but in the instant that your mes- senger came , in loving visitation was with me a young doctor of Rome , his name is Balthazar ...
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... letter to him — then , if you know how to behave , you will become a rich man . " The son answered , " Father , I am ... letter which his father had given him just before his death . As he read the letter , Ansaldo knew 140 APPENDICES ...
... letter to him — then , if you know how to behave , you will become a rich man . " The son answered , " Father , I am ... letter which his father had given him just before his death . As he read the letter , Ansaldo knew 140 APPENDICES ...
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Abbott allusion Ansaldo Antonio Bass Bassanio Belmont blood bond Capell casket choose chooseth Christian Clarendon clown Collier compositor conj copy daughter doth ducats Duke Dyce E. K. Chambers Elizabethan emendation entry Exeunt Exit eyes fair father fool foul papers Gesta Romanorum Giannetto give Gobbo Gratiano Halliwell Hanmer hath haue honour Iudge Jessica Jew of Malta Jew's Johnson lady Laun Launcelot lawyer Lord Lorenzo Malone master Merchant of Venice mercy Nerissa night Pecorone phrase play Pooler compared Pope Portia pound of flesh pray probably quarto quibble quoted quoth ring Rodolfo Rowe Salerio Scene sense Shakespeare ship Shylock Sola Solanio Solarino speak Steevens Strabino swear thee Theobald theyr thou thought thousand ducats Tilley tion Truculento Tubal usurer usury vnto W. W. Greg William Shakespeare word