SHYLOCK The Merchant of Venice By Alfred de Vigny
SHYLOCK The Merchant of Venice By Alfred de Vigny
SHYLOCK The Merchant of Venice By Alfred de Vigny
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<strong>SHYLOCK</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Merchant</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Venice</strong> <strong>By</strong> <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Vigny</strong><br />
<strong>SHYLOCK</strong>: (ravished with joy)<br />
Yes, his breast! the note is precise, positive.<br />
His breast! all around the heart!<br />
PORTIA: Easy! you are hurrying<br />
Without having foreseen everything; you haven't your equilibrium.<br />
<strong>SHYLOCK</strong>: (excitedly) I have 'em here.<br />
PORTIA: But there must be some surgeon<br />
Who will care for his wound, and who will impose a cord<br />
To stop the blood?<br />
<strong>SHYLOCK</strong>: Is that written<br />
In the note?<br />
PORTIA: No, Shylock, but a creature<br />
Similar to you has a right to your charity.<br />
<strong>SHYLOCK</strong>: As for me, I don't think so unless it's found<br />
In the note.<br />
PORTIA: (to Antonio) <strong>Merchant</strong>, what have you to reply?<br />
ANTONIO: Nothing, except that the evils that <strong>Venice</strong> has seen break<br />
Over me during the last two days, have disposed <strong>of</strong> me completely;<br />
I am prepared.<br />
(to Bassanio who weeps) No you didn't cause anything.<br />
Fortune is treating me with less bitterness<br />
And <strong>de</strong>rision than is its custom;<br />
For almost every day one sees unfortunates<br />
Following their wealth, ghosts in their eyes,<br />
That it con<strong>de</strong>mns to see old age numbed<br />
With poverty, and shameful maladies<br />
SCENE II 56
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