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Par by Vildaty w the morning wher he is sober, and most vilcly in the afternoone who he duke: when he is beft, hee is a little ware then a man, ane when he is werft he is little better then a beart, and the word that eart, Ihopel stall make that to go without him.

Ner. If he should ofter so chools and choose the night Calket, you should refu.e to perfore your fathers wilyif you shold refufe to accept him.

For. Therfore for feare of the work, I prechee set a deep glasse

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of Reynish Wine on the contrary Casket, for if the diuell bee within, and that temptation without, I know he will choofe it. I will do any thing Neriffa,ere ile be married to a fpunge.

Ner. You need not feare Lady, the hauing any of thefe Lords, they haue acquainted me with their determinations, which is indeed to returne to their home, and to trouble you with no more fute, vnleffe you may be won by fome orher fort then your fathers impofition,depending on the Caskets.

Por.If Iliue to be as olde as Sibilla,I will die as chafte as Diana, vnleffe / bee obtained by the manner of my fathers will: Z am glad this parcell of wooers are fo reasonable,for there is not one among them but I dote on his very abfence; & Ipray God grant them a faire departure.

Ner.Do you not remember Lady in your fathers time, aVenetian Scholler and a Souldior that came hither in company of the Marqueffe of Mountferrat?

Portia. Yes, yes,it was Baffanio, as I thinke he was fo call'd. Ner. True Maddam, he of all the men that euer my foolis eyes lookt vpon, was the best deferuing a faire Lady.

Per. I remember him well, and I remember him worthy of thy praise.

How now, what newes?

Enter a feruingmaN.

Ser.The foure ftrangers feeke for you Madame, to take their leaue; and there is a fore-runner come from a fift, the Prince of Moroco, who brings word the Prince his Mafter will be heere to night.

Por. If I could bid the fift welcome, with fo good a heart as I can bid the other foure farwell, fhould be glad of his approch: if he haue the condition of a Saint, and the complection of a di uell, had rather he should fhriue me then wiue me.Come Nerriffa,firra go before: whiles we shut the gates vpon one wooer, another knocks at the doore. Exeunt..

Enter Bassanio,with Shylocke the lew. sby.Three thousand ducats,well.

Baff. I fir, for three months.

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The Comical History of the Merchant of Venice.

Enter Anthonia, Salaryno, and Salanio.

Nthonie. Infooth I know not why I am fo fad,
Ir wearies me, you say 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 should be still
Plucking the graffe,to know where fits the winde,
Piering in Maps, for Ports, for Peeres and Rodes;
And euery obiect that might make me feare.
Misfortune to my ventures, out of doubt
Would make me fad.

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Saar. My winde cooling my broth
Would blow me to an Ague, when I thought
What harme a winde too great at fea, might do.
Ifhould not fee the fandy hovere-glaffe runne,
But } fhould thinké of fhallowes, and of flats,
And fee my wealthy Andrew dockes in fand,
Veyling her high top lower then her ribs,
Tokiffe her buriall. Should I goto Clunch,
And fee the holy edifice of stone,

And not bethinke me ftraight of dangerousroches,
Which touching but niy gentle veffels fide,
Would scatter all the spices on the streaine,
Enrobe the roaring waters with my filkes;
And in a word, but euen now worth this,
And now worth nothing? Shall I haue the though
To thinke on this, and fhall I lacke the thought,
That fuch a thing be-chanc'd would make me fad
But tell not me, I know Anthonia
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Is fad to thinke vpon his merchandize.

Anth, Beleeue me no: I thanke my fortune for it,
My ventures are not in one bottome trusted,
Nor to one place; nor is my whole estate
Vponthe fortune of this prefent yearer
Therefore my merchandize makes me not fad.
Salar. Then y'are in loue,

Anth, Fie,fic.

S.lar. Not in loue neither? Then let vs fay you are fad,
Because you are not merry: and 'twere as cafe
For you to laugh and leape, and say you are merry,
Because you are not fad. Now by two-headed fans.
Nature hath fram'd ftrange fellowes in her times
Some that will euetmore peepe through their cies,
And laugh like Parrats at a bag-piper.
And other of fuch vinegar afpect,

That they'l not fhew their teeth in way of fmile,
Though Neftor fweare the jest be laughable.

Enter

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