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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?
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You shall have nothing but your forfeiture,
to be so taken at your peril, Jew.
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Why, then the devil give him good of it.
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- L"ll stay no longer question.
- Tarry, Jew.
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The law has yet another hold on you.
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It is enacted in the laws of Venice,
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if it be proved against an alien
that by direct or indirect attempts
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he seek the life of any citizen,
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the party "gainst which he does contrive
shall seize one half of his goods.
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The other half comes
to the privy coffer of the state
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and the offender"s life
lies in the mercy of the Duke only,
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"gainst all other voice.
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In which predicament, I say you stand.
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Down, therefore,