Shylock (cont.)
When you do take the means whereby I live.
Portia
What mercy can you render him, Antonio?
Gratiano
A halter gratis; nothing else, for God’s sake.
Antonio
To quit the fine for one half of his goods,
I am content; so he will let me have
The other half in use, to render it,
Upon his death, unto the gentleman
That lately stole his daughter:
Two things provided more, that, for this favour,
He presently become a Christian;
The other, that he do record a gift,
Here in the court, of all he dies possess’d,
Unto his son Lorenzo and his daughter.