Part 4 (1/2)

_Enter_ NERISSA, _dressed like a lawyer's clerk_

_Duke_ Came you from Padua, froreets your grace

[_Presents a letter_

_Bassanio_ Why dost thou whet thy knife so earnestly?

_Shylock_ To cut the forfeiture from that bankrupt there

_Gratiano_ Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew, Thou man's axe, bear half the keenness Of thy sharp envy Can no prayers pierce thee?

_Shylock_ No, none that thou hast wit enough to !

And for thy life let justice be accus'd

Thou aloras, That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of 'd for huallows did his fell soul fleet, And, whilst thou lay'st in thy unhallow'd dam, Infus'd itself in thee; for thy desires Are wolfish, bloody, starv'd, and ravenous

_Shylock_ Till thou canst rail the seal fros to speak so loud: Repair thy wit, good youth, or it will fall To cureless ruin I stand here for law

_Duke_ This letter fro and learned doctor to our court:-- Where is he?

_Nerissa_ He attendeth here hard by, To know your anshether you'll admit him

_Duke_ With all ive him courteous conduct to this place-- Meantime the court shall hear Bellario's letter

[Clerk reads] _Your grace shall understand, that, at the receipt of your letter, I aer ca doctor of Rome; his name is Balthazar I acquainted him with the cause in controversy between the Jew and Antonio the ether: he is furnished with reatness whereof I cannot enough corace's request in my stead I beseech you, let his lack of years be no impediment to let hi a body with so old a head I leave hiracious acceptance, whose trial shall better publish his commendation_

_Duke_ You hear the learned Bellario, what he writes: And here, I take it, is the doctor come--

_Enter_ PORTIA, _dressed like a doctor of laws_

Give me your hand: came you from old Bellario?

_Portia_ I did, my lord

_Duke_ You are welcome; take your place

Are you acquainted with the difference That holds this present question in the court?

_Portia_ I ahly of the cause

Which is the merchant here, and which the Jew?

_Duke_ Antonio and old Shylock, both stand forth

_Portia_ Is your name Shylock?