The Merchant of Venice

Section 585

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Section 585

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2Therefore prepare thee to cut off the flesh,
3Shed thou no bloud, nor cut thou lesse nor more
4But iust a pound of flesh: if thou tak'st more
5Or lesse then a iust pound, be it so much
6As makes it light or heauy in the substance,
7Or the deuision of the twentieth part
8Of one poore scruple, nay if the scale doe turne