The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 24 of 39
Shakespeare, William · published 1600 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.85 · 463 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
What sum owes he the Iew? For me three thousand ducats. What no more, pay him six thousand, & deface the bond: double six thousand and then treble that, before a friend of this description shall lose a hair through Bassanios' fault. First go with me to Church, and call me wife, and then away to Venice to your friend: for never shall you lie by Portia's side with an unquiet soul. You shall have gold to pay the petty debt twenty times over. When it is paid, bring your true friend along, my maid Nerrissa, and myself mean time will live as maids and widows; come away, for you shall hence upon your wedding day: bid your friends welcome, show a merry cheer, since you are dear bought, I will love you decree. But let me hear the letter of your friend. Sweet Bassanio, my ships have all miscarried, my Creditors grow cruel, my estate is very low, my bond to the Iewe is forfeit, and since in paying it, it is impossible I should live, all debts are cleared between you and I if I might but see you at my death: notwithstanding, use your pleasure, if your love do not persuade you to come, let not my letter. O love! dispatch all business and be gone. Since I have your good leave to go away, I will make haste; but till I come again, no bed shall ere be guilty of my stay, nor rest be interposer twixt us twain. jailor, look to him, tell not me of mercy, this is the fool that lent out money gratis. jailor, look to him. Hear me yet good Shylock. I'll have my bond, speak not against my bond, I have sworn an oath, that I will have my bond: thou called'st me dog before thou hadst a cause, but since I am a dog, beware my fangs, the Duke shall grant me justice, I do wonder thou naughty jailor that thou art so fond to come abroad with him at his request. I pray thee hear me speak. I'll have my bond. I will not hear thee speak, I'll have my bond, and therefore speak no more. I'll not be made a soft and dull eyed fool, to shake the head, relent, and sigh, and yield to christian intercessers: follow not, I'll have no speaking, I will have my bond. It is the most impenetrable cur that ever kept with men. Let him alone, I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers. he seeks my life, his reason well I know; I oft delivered from his forfeitures many that have at times made moan to me, therefore he hates me. I am sure the Duke will never grant this forfeiture to hold.
nodes 981–1032 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 24 of 39 in this edition
Length
463 words · 590 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.845 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T9 · seed 44: T10 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
What ſumme owes he the Iew? For me three thouſand ducats. What no more, pay him ſix thouſand, & deface the bond: double ſixe thouſand and then treble that, before a friend of this diſcription ſhall loſe a haire through Baſſanios fault. Firſt goe with me to Church, and call me wife, and then away to Venice to your friend: for neuer ſhall you lie by Portias ſide vvith an vnquiet ſoule. You ſhall haue gold to pay the petty debt twenty times ouer. When it is payd, bring your true friend along, my mayd Nerriſſa, and my ſelfe meane time vvill liue as maydes and widdowes; come away, for you ſhall hence vpon your wedding day: bid your freends welcome, ſhow a merry cheere, ſince you are deere bought, I will loue you decre. But let me heare the letter of your friend. Sweet Baſſanio, my ſhips haue all miſcaried, my Creditors growe cruell, my estate is very low, my bond to the Iewe is forfaite, and ſince in paying it, it is impoſsible I ſhould liue, all debts are cleerd betweene you and I if I might but ſee you at my death: notwithstanding, vſe your pleaſure, if your loue do not perſwade you to come, let not my letter. O loue! diſpatch all buſines and be gone. Since I haue your good leaue to goe away, I will make haſt; but till I come againe, no bed ſhall ere be guiltie of my ſtay, nor reſt be interpoſer twixt vs twaine. Iaylor, looke to him, tell not me of mercie, this is the foole that lent out money gratis. Iaylor, looke to him. Heare me yet good Shylock. Ile haue my bond, ſpeake not againſt my bond, I haue ſworne an oath, that I will haue my bond: thou call'dſt me dogge before thou hadſt a cauſe, but ſince I am a dog, beware my phanges, the Duke ſhall graunt me iuſtice, I do wonder thou naughtie Iaylor that thou art ſo fond to come abroade with him at his requeſt. I pray thee heare me ſpeake. Ile haue my bond. I will not heare thee ſpeake, Ile haue my bond, and therefore ſpeake no more. Ile not be made a ſoft and dull eyde foole, to ſhake the head, relent, and ſigh, and yeeld to chriſtian interceſſers: follow not, Ile haue no ſpeaking, I will haue my bond. It is the moſt impenitrable curre that euer kept with men. Let him alone, Ile follow him no more with bootleſſe prayers. hee ſeekes my life, his reaſon well I know; I oft deliuerd from his forfeytures many that haue at times made mone to me, therefore he hates me. I am ſure the Duke will neuer grant this forfaiture to hold.