The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 37 of 43
Shakespeare, William · published 1619 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T1 Death, grief and revenge typicality 0.81 · 493 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T1: death, life, dead, die, blood, revenge, soul, father, heart, heaven.
Beg that thou Mayst have leave to hang thyself, And yet thy wealth being forfeit to the state, Thou hast not left the value of a cord, Therefore thou must be hanged at the state's charge. That thou shalt see the difference of our spirits, I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it: For half thy wealth, it is Antonio's, The other half comes to the general State, Which humbleness may drive unto a fine. I for the state, not for Anthonio. Nay, take my life and all, pardon not that, You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house: you take my life When you do take the means whereby I live. What mercy can you render him, Anthonio? A halter gratis, nothing else for God's sake. So please my Lord the Duke, & all the Court, To quit the fine for one half of his goods, I am content; so he will let me have The other halfe in use, to render it Upon his death unto the Gentleman That lately stole his daughter. Two things provided more, that for this favour He presently become a Christian: To other, that he do record a gift Hear in the Court, of all he dies possessed Unto his son Lorenzo and his daughter. He shall do this, or else I do recant The pardon that I late pronounced here. Art thou contented Jew? what dost thou say? I am content. Clerk, draw a deed of gift. I pray you give me leave to go from hence, I am not well, send the deed after me, And I will sign it. Get thee gone, but do it. In christening shalt thou have two Godfathers, Had I been judge, thou shouldst have had ten more, To bring thee to the gallows, not the Font. Sir, I entreat you home with me dinner. I humbly desire your Grace of pardon, I must away this night toward Padua, And it is meet I presently set forth. I am sorry that your leisure serves you not. Anthonio, gratify this gentleman, For in my mind you are much bound to him. Most worthy gentleman, I and my friend Have by your wisdom been this day acquitted Of grievous penalties, in lieu whereof, Three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, We freely cope your courteous pains withal. And stand indebted over and above In love and service to you evermore. He is well paid, that is well satisfied, And I delivering you, am satisfied, And therein do account myself well paid, My mind was never yet more mercenary. I pray you know me when we meet again, I wish you well, and so I take my leave. Dear sir, of force I must attempt you further, Take some remembrance of us as a tribute, Not as a fee: grant me two things I pray you, Not to deny me, and to pardon me.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 1837–1899 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 37 of 43 in this edition
Length
493 words · 617 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T1 — Death, grief and revengecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.813 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T1 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Beg that thou maiſt haue leaue to hang thy ſelf, And yet thy wealth being forfeit to the ſtate, Thou haſt not left the value of a cord, Therefore thou muſt be hangd at the States charge. That thou ſhalt ſee the diffrence of our ſpirits, I pardon thee thy life before thou aske it: For halfe thy wealth, it is Anthonios, The other halfe comes to the generall State, Which humbleneſſe may driue vnto a fine. I for the ſtate, not for Anthonio. Nay, take my life and all, pardon not that, You take my houſe, when you do take the prop That doth ſuſtaine my houſe: you take my life When you do take the meanes wherby I liue. What mercy can you render him, Anthonio? A halter gratis, nothing elſe for Gods ſake. So pleaſe my Lord the Duke, & all the Court, To quit the fine for one halfe of his goods, I am content; ſo he will let me haue The other halfe in vſe, to render it Vpon his death vnto the Gentleman That lately ſtole his daughter. Two things prouided more, that for this fauour He preſently become a Chriſtian: To other, that he do record a gift Heere in the Court, of all he dies poſſeſt Vnto his ſonne Lorenzo and his daughter. He ſhall do this, or elſe I do recant The pardon that I late pronounced heere. Art thou contented Iew? what doſt thou ſay? I am content. Clearke, draw a deed of gift. I pray you giue me leaue to go from hence, I am not well, ſend the deed after me, And I will ſigne it. Get thee gone, but do it. In chriſtning ſhalt thou haue two Godfathers, Had I bene iudge, thou ſhouldſt haue had ten more, To bring thee to the gallowes, not the Font. Sir, I intreate you home with me dinner. I humbly deſire your Grace of pardon, I muſt away this night toward Padua, And it is meete I preſently ſet forth. I am ſorry that your leyſure ſerues you not. Anthonio, gratifie this gentleman, For in my minde you are much bound to him. Moſt worthy gentleman, I and my friend Haue by your wiſedome bene this day acquited Of greeuous penalties, in lew whereof, Three thouſand ducats due vnto the Iew, We freely cope your courteous paines withall. And ſtand indebted ouer and aboue In loue and ſeruice to you euermore. He is well paid, that is well ſatisfied, And I deliuering you, am ſatisfied, And therein do account my ſelfe well paid, My minde was neuer yet more mercinary. I pray you know me when we meete againe, I wiſh you well, and ſo I take my leaue. Deere ſir, of force I muſt attempt you further, Take ſome remembrance of vs as a tribute, Not as a fee: grant me two things I pray you, Not to deny me, and to pardon me.