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Take then your bond,
take then your pound of flesh,
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but in the cutting of it,
if you do shed one drop of Christian blood,
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your lands and goods
are by the laws of Venice confiscate
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unto the state of Venice.
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O upright judge!
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Mark, Jew. Learned judge!
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Is that the law?
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Yourself shall see the act.
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For as you urge on justice,
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be assured you shall have justice
more than you desire.
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Well.
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I take the offer, then.
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Pay the bond twice
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and let the Christian go.
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- Here is the money.
- Soft. The Jew shall have all justice.
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No haste. He shall have nothing
but the penalty.
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Therefore, prepare you to cut off the flesh.
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Shed then no blood
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nor cut you less nor more
but just a pound of flesh.
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If you take more or less than a just pound
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be it but so much
as makes it light or heavy
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in the substance or division
of the twentieth part of one poor scruple,
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nay, if the scale do turn
but in the estimation of a hair,
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you die
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and all your goods are confiscate.
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A second Daniel!
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Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!
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Why does the Jew pause?
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Shall I not have even my principal?