Ay, and I'll give them him without a fee.
There do I give to you and Jessica,
From the rich Jew, a special deed of gift,
After his death, of all he dies possess'd of.

Ay, but the clerk that never means to do it,
Unless he live until he be a man.

And pardon me, my gentle Gratiano;
For that same scrubbed boy, the doctor's clerk,
In lieu of this last night did lie with me.

And I his clerk; therefore be well advised
How you do leave me to mine own protection.

Nor I in yours
Till I again see mine.

Ay, if a woman live to be a man.

What talk you of the posy or the value?
You swore to me, when I did give it you,
That you would wear it till your hour of death
And that it should lie with you in your grave:
Though not for me, yet for your vehement oaths,
You should ...

Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam.

It is your music, madam, of the house.

When the moon shone, we did not see the candle.

Come, good sir, will you show me to this house?

Sir, I would speak with you.
Aside to PORTIA
I'll see if I can get my husband's ring,
Which I did make him swear to keep for ever.

'Tis well you offer it behind her back;
The wish would make else an unquiet house.

He attendeth here hard by,
To know your answer, whether you'll admit him.

From both, my lord. Bellario greets your grace.

Why, shall we turn to men?

Shall they see us?

What, and stake down?

Madam, it is, so you stand pleased withal.

My lord and lady, it is now our time,
That have stood by and seen our wishes prosper,
To cry, good joy: good joy, my lord and lady!

Bassanio, lord Love, if thy will it be!

The ancient saying is no heresy,
Hanging and wiving goes by destiny.

Quick, quick, I pray thee; draw the curtain straight:
The Prince of Arragon hath ta'en his oath,
And comes to his election presently.

True, madam: he, of all the men that ever my foolish
eyes looked upon, was the best deserving a fair lady.

Do you not remember, lady, in your father's time, a
Venetian, a scholar and a soldier, that came hither
in company of the Marquis of Montferrat?

You need not fear, lady, the having any of these
lords: they have acquainted me with their
determinations; which is, indeed, to return to their
home and to trouble you with no more suit, unless
you may be won by some other sort than your father's
imposition depending on ...

If he should offer to choose, and choose the right
casket, you should refuse to perform your father's
will, if you should refuse to accept him.

How like you the young German, the Duke of Saxony's nephew?

What think you of the Scottish lord, his neighbour?

What say you, then, to Falconbridge, the young baron
of England?

How say you by the French lord, Monsieur Le Bon?

Then there is the County Palatine.

First, there is the Neapolitan prince.

Your father was ever virtuous; and holy men at their
death have good inspirations: therefore the lottery,
that he hath devised in these three chests of gold,
silver and lead, whereof who chooses his meaning
chooses you, will, no doubt, never be chosen by any
rightly but one who shall ...

They would be better, if well followed.

You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in
the same abundance as your good fortunes are: and
yet, for aught I see, they are as sick that surfeit
with too much as they that starve with nothing. It
is no mean happiness therefore, to be seated in the ...