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Go with me to a notary
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and seal me there your single bond.
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And in a merry sport,
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if you repay me not on such a day
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in such a place, such a sum or sums
as are expressed in the condition,
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let the forfeit be nominated...
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for an equal pound of your fair flesh
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to be cut off and taken
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in what part of your body pleaseth me.
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Content, i"faith.
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L"ll seal to such a bond,
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and say there is much kindness in the Jew.
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You shall not seal such a bond for me.
L"d rather live in my necessity.
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Why, fear not, man.
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I will not forfeit it.
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Within these two months,
that"s a month before this bond expires,
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I do expect return of thrice three times
the value of this bond.
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O father Abraham,
what these Christians are,
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whose own hard dealings teaches them
suspect the thoughts of others.
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I pray you, tell me this.
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If he should break his day, what should
I gain by the exaction of the forfeiture?
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A pound of a man"s flesh taken from a man
is not so estimable,
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profitable neither,
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as flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.
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I say, to buy his favour,
I extend this friendship.
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If he will take it, so. If not, adieu.
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And, for my love, I pray you, wrong me not.