In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.
Thou know’st that all my fortunes are at sea ... Try what my credit can in Venice do
My purse, my person, my extremest meansLie all unlocked to your occasions.
In Belmont is a lady richly left.
the lottery that he hath devised, where of who chooses his meaning chooses you, will no doubt never be chosen by any rightly but one who you shall rightly love.
I pray thee, overname them, and as thou namest them, I will describe them, and according to my description level at my affection.
I may neither choose who I would nor refuse who I dislike. So is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.
For the which, as I told you, Antonio shallbe bound.
Ay, sir, for three months.
Your answer to that?
Shall I know your answer?
Have you heard any imputation to the contrary?
Antonio is a good man.
Three thousand ducats, well
For three months, well.
Three thousand ducats for three months,and Antonio bound.
Shylock, do you hear?
I hate him for he is a Christian
Shylock, albeit I neither lend nor borrow By taking nor by giving of excess,Yet, to supply the ripe wants of my friend,I’ll break a custom.
You shall not seal to such a bond for me!I’ll rather dwell in my necessity.
Content, in faith. I’ll seal to such a bond,And say there is much kindness in the Jew
an equal poundOf your fair flesh, to be cut off and takenIn what part of your body pleaseth me.
My meaning in saying he is a good man is to have you understand me that he is sufficient.