The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 15 of 39
Shakespeare, William · published 1600 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men unassigned nearest T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour · 466 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T0: duke, lord, duchess, love, court, madam, prince, honour, grace, lady.
I never heard a passion so confused, So strange, outrageous, and so variable as the dog Iew did utter in the streets, My daughter, o my ducats, o my daughter, Fled with a Christian, o my Christian ducats, justice, the law my ducats, and my daughter, A sealed bag, two sealed bags of ducats of double ducats, stolen from me by my daughter, and jewels, two stones, two rich and precious stones, Stolen by my daughter: justice; find the girl, she hath the stones upon her, and the ducats. Why all the boys in Venice follow him, crying his stones, his daughter and his ducats. Let good Anthonio look he keep his day or he shall pay for this. Marry well remembered, I reasoned with a Frenchman yesterday, who told me, in the narrow seas that part the French and English, there miscarried a vessel of our country richly fraught: I thought upon Anthonio when he told me, and wished in silence that it were not his. You were best to tell Anthonio what you hear, Yet do not suddenly, for it may grieve him. A kinder gentleman treads not the earth, I saw Bassanio and Anthonio part, Bassanio told him he would make some speed of his return: he answered, do not so, slumber not business for my sake Bassanio, but stay the very riping of the time, and for the Iewes bond which he hath of me let it not enter in your mind of love: be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts to courtship, and such fair ostents of love as shall conveniently become you there, And even there his eye being big with tears, turning his face, he put his hand behind him, and with affection wondrous sensible He wrung Bassanios' hand, and so they parted. I think he only loves the world for him, I pray thee let us go and find him out and quicken his embraced heaviness with some delight or other. Do we so. Quick, quick I pray thee, draw the curtain straight, The Prince of Arragon hath ta'en his oath, and comes to his election presently. Behold, there stand the caskets noble Prince, if you choose that wherein I am contained strait shall our nuptial rights be solemnized: but if you fail, without more speech my Lord you must be gone from hence immediately. I am enjoined by oath to observe three things, First, never to unfold to any one which casket 'twas I chose; next, if I fail of the right casket, never in my life to woo a maid in way of marriage: lastly, if I do fail in fortune of my choice, immediately to leave you, and be gone. To these injunctions every one doth swear that comes to hazard for my worthless self.
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I neuer heard a paſsion ſo confuſd, So ſtrange, outragious, and ſo variable as the dogge Iew did vtter in the ſtreets, My daughter, ô my ducats, ô my daughter, Fled with a Chriſtian, ô my Chriſtian ducats, Iuſtice, the law my ducats, and my daughter, A ſealed bag, two ſealed bags of ducats of double ducats, ſtolne from me by my daughter, and Iewels, two ſtones, two rich and precious ſtones, Stolne by my daughter: iuſtice; find the girle, ſhee hath the ſtones vpon her, and the ducats. Why all the boyes in Venice follow him, crying his ſtones, his daughter and his ducats. Let good Anthonio looke he keepe his day or he ſhall pay for this. Marry well remembred, I reaſond with a Frenchman yeſterday, vvho told me, in the narrow ſeas that part the French and Engliſh, there miſcaried a veſſell of our country richly fraught: I thought vpon Anthonio when he told me, and wiſht in ſilence that it were not his. You were beſt to tell Anthonio what you heare, Yet doe not ſuddainely, for it may greeue him. A kinder gentleman treades not the earth, I ſaw Baſſanio and Anthonio part, Baſſanio told him he would make ſome ſpeede of his returne: he aunſwered, doe not ſo, ſlumber not buſines for my ſake Baſſanio, but ſtay the very riping of the time, and for the Iewes bond which he hath of me let it not enter in your minde of loue: be merry, and imploy your cheefeſt thoughts to courtſhip, and ſuch faire oſtents of loue as ſhall conueniently become you there, And euen there his eye being big with teares, turning his face, he put his hand behind him, and with affection wondrous ſencible He wrung Baſſanios hand, and ſo they parted. I thinke hee onely loues the world for him, I pray thee let vs goe and finde him out and quicken his embraced heauines vvith ſome delight or other. Doe we ſo. Quick, quick I pray thee, draw the curtain ſtrait, The Prince of Arragon hath tane his oath, and comes to his election preſently. Behold, there ſtand the caskets noble Prince, yf you chooſe that wherein I am containd ſtraight ſhall our nuptiall rights be ſolemniz'd: but if you faile, without more ſpeech my Lord you muſt be gone from hence immediatly. I am enioynd by oath to obſerue three things, Firſt, neuer to vnfold to any one vvhich casket twas I choſe; next, if I faile of the right casket, neuer in my life to wooe a maide in way of marriage: laſtly, if I doe faile in fortune of my choyſe, immediatly to leaue you, and be gone. To theſe iniunctions euery one doth ſweare that comes to hazard for my worthleſſe ſelfe.