The Merchant Of Venice

1 Enter Shylock, Salarino, Antonio and Gaoler.
2 SHYLOCK.
3 Gaoler, look to him. Tell not me of mercy.
4 This is the fool that lent out money gratis.
5 Gaoler, look to him.
6 ANTONIO.
7 Hear me yet, good Shylock.
8 SHYLOCK.
9 I’ll have my bond, speak not against my bond.
10 I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond.
11 Thou call’dst me dog before thou hadst a cause,
12 But since I am a dog, beware my fangs;
13 The Duke shall grant me justice. I do wonder,
14 Thou naughty gaoler, that thou art so fond
15 To come abroad with him at his request.
16 ANTONIO.
17 I pray thee hear me speak.
18 SHYLOCK.
19 I’ll have my bond. I will not hear thee speak.
20 I’ll have my bond, and therefore speak no more.
21 I’ll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool,
22 To shake the head, relent, and sigh, and yield
23 To Christian intercessors. Follow not,
24 I’ll have no speaking, I will have my bond.
25 [_Exit._]
26 SALARINO.
27 It is the most impenetrable cur
28 That ever kept with men.
29 ANTONIO.
30 Let him alone.
31 I’ll follow him no more with bootless prayers.
32 He seeks my life, his reason well I know:
33 I oft deliver’d from his forfeitures
34 Many that have at times made moan to me.
35 Therefore he hates me.
36 SALARINO.
37 I am sure the Duke
38 Will never grant this forfeiture to hold.
39 ANTONIO.
40 The Duke cannot deny the course of law,
41 For the commodity that strangers have
42 With us in Venice, if it be denied,
43 ’Twill much impeach the justice of the state,
44 Since that the trade and profit of the city
45 Consisteth of all nations. Therefore, go.
46 These griefs and losses have so bated me
47 That I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh
48 Tomorrow to my bloody creditor.
49 Well, gaoler, on, pray God Bassanio come
50 To see me pay his debt, and then I care not.
51 [_Exeunt._]