Shylock
Shylock is my name.
Portia
Of a strange nature is the suit you follow;
Yet in such rule that the Venetian law
Cannot impugn you as you do proceed.
You stand within his danger, do you not?
Antonio
Ay, so he says.
Portia
Do you confess the bond?
Antonio
I do.
Portia
Then must the Jew be merciful.
Shylock
On what compulsion must I? tell me that.
Portia
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
’Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,