ACT III
SCENE III Venice. A street.


 [Enter SHYLOCK, SALARINO, ANTONIO, and Gaoler]

SHYLOCK Gaoler, look to him: tell not me of mercy;
 This is the fool that lent out money gratis:
 Gaoler, look to him.

ANTONIO Hear me yet, good Shylock.

SHYLOCK I'll have my bond; speak not against my bond:
 I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond.
 Thou call'dst me dog before thou hadst a cause;
 But, since I am a dog, beware my fangs:
 The duke shall grant me justice. I do wonder,
 Thou naughty gaoler, that thou art so fond
 To come abroad with him at his request.

ANTONIO I pray thee, hear me speak.

SHYLOCK I'll have my bond; I will not hear thee speak:
 I'll have my bond; and therefore speak no more.
 I'll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool,
 To shake the head, relent, and sigh, and yield
 To Christian intercessors. Follow not;
 I'll have no speaking: I will have my bond.

 [Exit]

SALARINO It is the most impenetrable cur
 That ever kept with men.

ANTONIO Let him alone:
 I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers.
 He seeks my life; his reason well I know:
 I oft deliver'd from his forfeitures
 Many that have at times made moan to me;
 Therefore he hates me.

SALARINO I am sure the duke
 Will never grant this forfeiture to hold.

ANTONIO The duke cannot deny the course of law:
 For the commodity that strangers have
 With us in Venice, if it be denied,
 Will much impeach the justice of his state;
 Since that the trade and profit of the city
 Consisteth of all nations. Therefore, go:
 These griefs and losses have so bated me,
 That I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh
 To-morrow to my bloody creditor.
 Well, gaoler, on. Pray God, Bassanio come
 To see me pay his debt, and then I care not!

 [Exeunt]




 THE MERCHANT OF VENICE


ACT III