them, I will defcribe them; and, according to my defcription, level at my affection. Ner. First, there is the Neapolitan prince. Por. Ay, that's a colt, indeed, for he doth nothing but talk of his horfe; and he makes it a great appropriation to his own good parts, that he can fhoe him himself: I am much afraid my lady his mother play'd falfe with a fmith. Ner. Then, there is the county Palatine. Por. He doth nothing but frown; as who should say, An if you will not have me, chufe: he hears merry tales, and fmiles not: I fear, he will prove the weeping philofopher when he grows old, being fo full of unmannerly 'fadnefs in his youth. I had rather be married to a death's head with a bone in his mouth, than to either of these. God defend me from these two! Ner. How fay you by the French lord, Monfieur Le Bon? Por. God made him, and therefore let him pafs for a man. In truth, I know it is a fin to be a mocker; But, he! why, he hath a horse better than the Neapolitan's; a better bad habit of frowning than the count Palatine: he is every man in no man: it a throstle fing, he falls strait a capering; he will fence with his own fhadow: if I fhould marry him, I fhould marry twenty hufbands: If he would defpile me, I would forgive him; for if he love me to madness, I fhall never requite him. Ner. What say you then to Faulconbridge, the young baron of England? Por. You know, I fay nothing to him; for he underftands not me, nor I him he hath neither Latin, French, nor Italian; and you will come into the court and swear, that I have a poor pennyworth in the English. He is a a colt,]-a giddy, thoughtless youngster. P fadness-gravity. proper 1 proper man's picture; But, alas! who can converse with a dumb fhow? How oddly he is fuited! I think, he bought his doublet in Italy, his round hofe in France, his bonnet in Germany, and his behaviour every where. Ner. What think you of the Scottish lord, his neighbour? Por. That he hath a neighbourly charity in him; for he borrow'd a box of the ear of the Englishman, and fwore he would pay him again, when he was able: I think, the Frenchman became his furety, and feal'd under for another. Ner. How like you the young German, the duke of Saxony's nephew? Por. Very vilely in the morning, when he is fober; and moft vilely in the afternoon, when he is drunk when he is beft, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worft, he is little better than a beaft: an the worft fall that ever fell, I hope, I fhall make fhift to go without him. Ner. If he fhould offer to chufe, and chufe the right casket, you should refufe to perform your father's will, if you should refufe to accept him. Por. Therefore, for fear of the worst, I pray thee, fet a deep glass of Rhenifh wine on the contrary cafket; for, if the devil be within, and that temptation without, I know he will chufe it. I will do any thing, Neriffa, ere I will be marry'd to a fpunge. Ner. You need not fear, lady, the having any of these lords; they have acquainted me with their determinations : which is, indeed, to return to their home, and to trouble you with no more fuit; unless you may be won by fome and feal'd under for another.]-bound himself to give the Englishman another;-alluding to the frequent affiftance, and conftant promifes given by the French to the Scots, during their contefts with the English. other other fort than your father's impofition, depending on the caskets. Por. If I live to be as old as Sibylla, I will die as chafte as Diana, unless I be obtained by the manner of my father's will: I am glad this parcel of wooers are so very reasonable; for there is not one among them but I dote on his very abfence, and I pray God grant them a fair departure. Ner. Do you not remember, lady, in your father's time, a Venetian, a scholar, and a foldier, that came hither in company of the Marquis of Montferrat? Por. Yes, yes, it was Baffanio; as I think, fo he was call'd. Ner. True, madam; he, of all the men that ever my foolish eyes look'd upon, was the best deserving a fair lady. Por. I remember him well; and I remember him worthy of thy praife.-How now! what news? Enter a Servant. Ser. The four ftrangers feek for you, madam, to take their leave and there is a fore-runner come from a fifth, the prince of Morocco; who brings word, the prince, his master, will be here to-night. Por. If I could bid the fifth welcome with fo good heart as I can bid the other four farewel, I should be glad of his approach: if he have the condition of a faint, and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me. Come, Neriffa. Sirrah, go before.Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another knocks at the door. [Exeunt. * fort]—means, mode. the condition]-the difpofition, good qualities. be fhould forive me than wive me.]be my confeffor, than my husband. SCENE SCENE III. A publick Place in Venice. Enter Baffanio and Shylock. Shy. Three thousand ducats,-well. Shy. For three months,-well. Baff. For the which, as I told you, Anthonio fhall be bound. Shy. Anthonio fhall become bound,—well. Baff. May you ftead me? Will you pleasure me? Shall I know your answer? Shy. Three thousand ducats, for three months, and Anthonio bound. W Baff. Have you heard any imputation to the contrary? Shy. Ho, no, no, no, no ;-my meaning, in faying he is a good man, is, to have you understand me, that he is á fufficient: yet his means are in fuppofition: he hath an argofy bound to Tripolis, another to the Indies; I understand moreover upon the Rialto, he hath a third at Mexico, a fourth for England,-and other ventures he hath, fquander'd abroad: But ships are but boards, failors but men: there be land rats, and water rats, water thieves, and land thieves; I mean, pirates; and then, there is the peril of waters, winds, and rocks: The man is, notwith " is a good man.]—of good credit, in the mercantile fense. "We are accounted poor citizens, the Patricians good." CORIOLANUs, A&t I, S. 1. 1 Cit. win fuppofition:]-in fome degree imaginary, being in fuch a pre 'carious fituation. standing, ftanding, fufficient :-three thousand ducats ;-I think, I may take his bond. Baff. Be affur'd, you may. Shy. I will be affur'd, I may; and, that I may be affur'd, I will bethink me: May I speak with Anthonio? Baff. If it please you to dine with us. Sby. Yes, to fmell pork; to eat of the habitation which your prophet the Nazarite conjured the devil into: I will buy with you, fell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and fo following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you. What news on the Rialto? -Who is he comes here? Enter Anthonio. Baff. This is fignior Anthonio. Shy. [Afide.] How like a fawning publican he looks! I hate him for he is a christian : But more, for that, in low fimplicity, He lends out money gratis, and brings down I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. Even there where merchants moft do congregate, Baff. Shylock, do you hear? Shy. I am debating of my present store; ufance]-interest. Y upon the hip,]—at an advantage. "Now infidel I have thee on the hip." A& IV, S. 1. Gra. OTHELLO, A&t II, S. 1. Iago. And, |