The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 8 of 43
Shakespeare, William · published 1619 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.77 · 463 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Three thousand ducats, 'tis a good round sum. Three months from twelve, then let me see the rate. Well Shylocke, shall we be beholding to you? signor Anthonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated me About my moneys and my usances: Still have I borne it with a patiented shrug, (For sufferance is the badge of all our Tribe) You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own. Well then, it now appears you need my help: Go to then, you come to me, and you say, Shylocke, we would have moneys, you say so: You that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold, money is your suit, What should I say to you? Should I not say, Hath a dog money? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats? or Shall I bend low, and in a bondman's key, With bated breath, and whispering humbleness Say this: fair sir, you spit on me on wendsday last, You spurned me such a day another time, You called me dog: and for these courtesies I'll lend you thus much moneys. I am as like to call thee so again, To spit on thee again, to spurn thee to. If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not As to thy friends, for when did friendship take A breed for barren metal of his friend? But lend it rather to thine enemy, Who if he break, thou Mayst with better face Exact the penalty. Why look you how you storm, I would be friends with you, and have your love, Forget the shames that you have stained me with, Supply your present wants, and take no dote Of usance for my moneys, and you'll not hear me, This is kind I offer. This were kindness. This kindness will I show, Go with me to a notary, seal me there Your single bond, and in a merry sport, If you repay me not on such a day In such a place, such sum or sums as are Expressed in the condition, let the forfeit Be nominated for an equal pound Of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken In what part of your body pleaseth me. Content i'faith, i'll seal to such a bond, And say there is much kindness in the jew. You shall not seal to such a bond for me, I'll rather dwell in my necessity. Why fear not man, I will not forfeit it, Within these two months, that's a month before This bond expires, I do expect return Of thrice three times the value of this bond.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 296–353 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 8 of 43 in this edition
Length
463 words · 608 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.774 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Three thouſand ducats, tis a good round ſum. Three months from twelue, then let me ſee the rate. Well Shylocke, ſhall we be beholding to you? Signior Anthonio, many a time and oft In the Ryalto you haue rated me About my monies and my vſances: Still haue I borne it with a patient ſhrug, (For ſufferance is the badge of all our Tribe) You call me misbeleeuer, cut-throate dog, And ſpet vpon my Iewiſh gaberdine, And all for vſe of that which is mine owne. Well then, it now appeares you need my helpe: Goe to then, you come to me, and you ſay, Shylocke, we would haue monies, you ſay ſo: You that did voyd your rume vpon my beard, And foote me as you ſpurne a ſtranger curre Ouer your threſhold, money is your ſute, What ſhould I ſay to you? Should I not ſay, Hath a dog money? is it poſſible A curre can lend three thouſand ducats? or Shall I bend low, and in a bond-mans key, With bated breath, and whiſpring humbleneſſe Say this: Faire ſir, you ſpet on me on wendſday laſt, You ſpurn'd me ſuch a day another time, You call'd me dog: and for theſe curteſies Ile lend you thus much monies. I am as like to call thee ſo againe, To ſpet on thee againe, to ſpurne thee to. If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not As to thy friends, for when did friendſhip take A breed for barren mettall of his friend? But lend it rather to thine enemy, Who if he breake, thou maiſt with better face Exact the penalty. Why looke you how you ſtorme, I would be friends with you, and haue your loue, Forget the ſhames that you haue ſtain'd me with, Supply your preſent wants, and take no doyte Of vſance for my monies, and you'l not heare me, This is kinde I offer. This were kindneſſe. This kindneſſe will I ſhow, Goe with me to a Notarie, ſeale me there Your ſingle bond, and in a merry ſport, If you repay me not on ſuch a day In ſuch a place, ſuch ſumme or ſummes as are Expreſt in the condition, let the forfeit Be nominated for an equall pound Of your faire fleſh, to be cut off and taken In what part of your body pleaſeth me. Content ifaith, ile ſeale to ſuch a bond, And ſay there is much kindneſſe in the Iew. You ſhall not ſeale to ſuch a bond for me, Ile rather dwell in my neceſſity. Why feare not man, I will not forfet it, Within theſe two months, that's a month before This bond expires, I do expect returne Of thrice three times the value of this bond.