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- Is your name Shylock?
- Shylock is my name.
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Of a strange nature is the suit you follow,
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yet in such rule that the Venetian law
cannot deny you as you do proceed.
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- You stand within his power, do you not?
- Ay, so he says.
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- Do you confess the bond?
- I do.
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Then must the Jew be merciful.
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On what compulsion must I? Tell me that.
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The quality of mercy is not strained,
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it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
upon the place beneath.
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It is twice blessed -
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it blesseth him that gives
and him that takes.
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"Tis mightiest in the mighty.
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It becomes the throned monarch
better than his crown.
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His sceptre shows the force
of temporal power,
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the attribute to awe and majesty wherein
doth sit the dread and fear of kings.
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But mercy is above this sceptred sway.
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It is enthroned in the heart of kings.
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It is an attribute to God himself
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and earthly power doth then show
likest God"s
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when mercy seasons justice.
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Therefore, Jew,
though justice be your plea,
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consider this.
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That in the course of justice,
none of us should see salvation.
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We do pray for mercy