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To help his friend Bassanio woo the beautiful Portia, the Venetian merchant Antonio borrows a large sum from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender.

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Act I

Antonio
And for three months.
Shylock
I had forgot; three months; you told me so.
Well then, your bond; and let me see; but hear you;
Methought you said you neither lend nor borrow
Upon advantage.
Antonio
I do never use it.
Shylock
When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban’s sheep⁠—
This Jacob from our holy Abram was,
As his wise mother wrought in his behalf,
The third possessor; ay, he was the third⁠—
Antonio
And what of him? did he take interest?
Shylock
Directly interest: mark what Jacob did.
When Laban and himself were compromised
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