Reading The Merchant of Venice — William Shakespeare

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Por.

What, no more?

Pay him sixe thousand, and deface the bond:

Double sixe thousand, and then treble that,

Before a friend of this description

Shall lose a haire through Bassano's

fault.

First goe with me to Church, and call me wife,

And then away to Venice to your friend:

For neuer shall you lie by Portias side

With an vnquiet soule. You shall haue gold

To pay the petty debt twenty times ouer.

When it is payd, bring your true friend along,

My maid Nerrissa, and my selfe meane time

Will liue as maids and widdowes; come away,

For you shall hence vpon your wedding day:

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