Portia
Soft!
The Jew shall have all justice; soft! no haste:
He shall have nothing but the penalty.
Gratiano
O Jew! an upright judge, a learned judge!
Portia
Therefore prepare thee to cut off the flesh.
Shed thou no blood, nor cut thou less nor more
But just a pound of flesh: if thou cut’st more
Or less than a just pound, be it but so much
As makes it light or heavy in the substance,
Or the division of the twentieth part
Of one poor scruple, nay, if the scale do turn
But in the estimation of a hair,
Thou diest and all thy goods are confiscate.
Gratiano
A second Daniel, a Daniel, Jew!
Now, infidel, I have you on the hip.
Portia
Why doth the Jew pause? take thy forfeiture.
Shylock
Give me my principal, and let me go.
Bassanio
I have it ready for thee; here it is.
Portia
He hath refused it in the open court:
He shall have merely justice and his bond.