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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 II

Salarino
’Tis good we do so.
Exeunt Salarino and Salanio .
Gratiano
Was not that letter from fair Jessica?
Lorenzo
I must needs tell thee all. She hath directed
How I shall take her from her father’s house,
What gold and jewels she is furnish’d with,
What page’s suit she hath in readiness.
If e’er the Jew her father come to heaven,
It will be for his gentle daughter’s sake:
And never dare misfortune cross her foot,
Unless she do it under this excuse,
That she is issue to a faithless Jew.
Come, go with me; peruse this as thou goest:
Fair Jessica shall be my torch-bearer.
Exeunt.

Scene V

The same. Before Shylock’s house.

Shylock
Well, thou shalt see, thy eyes shall be thy judge,
The difference of old Shylock and Bassanio:⁠—
What, Jessica!⁠—thou shalt not gormandise,
As thou hast done with me:⁠—What, Jessica!⁠—
And sleep and snore, and rend apparel out;⁠—
Why, Jessica, I say!
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