The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 26 of 42
Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.80 · 481 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.
What sum owes he the Iew? For me three thousand ducats. What, no more? Pay him six thousand, and deface the bond: Double six thousand, and then triple that, Before a friend of this description Shall lose a hair through Bassano's 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 dear. But let me hear the letter of your friend. 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 lends out money gratis. jailor, look to him. Hear me yet good Shylok. 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 intercessors: 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. The Duke cannot deny the course of law: For the commodity that strangers have With us in Venice, if it be denied, Will much impeach the justice of the State, Since that the trade and profit of the city Consisteth of all Nations. Therefore go, These griefs and losses have so bated me, That I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh To morrow, to my bloody Creditor. Well jailor, on, pray God Bassanio come To see me pay his debt, and then I care not.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 1275–1336 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 26 of 42 in this edition
Length
481 words · 614 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.799 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
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 ſixe thouſand, and deface the bond: Double ſixe thouſand, and then treble that, Before a friend of this deſcription Shall loſe a haire through Baſſano's 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 With 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 maid Nerriſſa, and my ſelfe meane time Will liue as maids and widdowes; come away, For you ſhall hence vpon your wedding day: Bid your friends welcome, ſhow a merry cheere, Since you are deere bought, I will loue you deere. But let me heare the letter of your friend. O loue! diſpach 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 guilty of my ſtay, Nor reſt be interpoſr twixt vs twaine. Iaylor, looke to him, tell not me of mercy, This is the foole that lends out money gratis. Iaylor, looke to him. Heare me yet good Shylok. Ile haue my bond, ſpeake not againſt my bond, I haue ſworne an oath that I will haue my bond: Thou call'dſt me dog before thou hadſt a cauſe, But ſince I am a dog, beware my phangs, The Duke ſhall grant me iuſtice, I do wonder Thou naughty Iaylor, that thou art ſo fond To come abroad 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 ey'd foole, To ſhake the head, relent, and ſigh, and yeeld To Chriſtian interceſſors: follow not, Ile haue no ſpeaking, I will haue my bond. It is the moſt impenetrable curre That euer kept with men. Let him alone, Ile follow him no more with bootleſſe prayers: He ſeekes my life, his reaſon well I know; I oft deliuer'd from his forfeitures Many that haue at times made mone to me, Therefore he hates me. I am ſure the Duke will neuer grant this forfeiture to hold. The Duke cannot deny the courſe of law: For the commoditie that ſtrangers haue With vs in Venice, if it be denied, Will much impeach the iuſtice of the State, Since that the trade and profit of the citty Conſiſteth of all Nations. Therefore goe, Theſe greefes and loſſes haue ſo bated mee, That I ſhall hardly ſpare a pound of fleſh To morrow, to my bloudy Creditor. Well Iaylor, on, pray God Baſſanio come To ſee me pay his debt, and then I care not.