The Merchant of Venice
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If every ducat in six thousand ducats
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were in six parts and every part a ducat
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I would not draw them,
I would have my bond.

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How shall you hope for mercy,
giving none?

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What judgment should I fear,
doing no wrong?

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You have among you
many a purchased slave,

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which like your asses
and your dogs and mules,

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you use in abject and in slavish parts
because you bought them.

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Shall I say to you, let them be free?
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Marry them to your heirs.
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Why sweat they under burdens?
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Let their beds be made as soft as yours.
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Their palates seasoned with your food.
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You will answer, "The slaves are ours. "
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So do I answer you.
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The pound of flesh that I demand of him
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is dearly bought.
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"Tis mine.
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"Tis mine!
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"Tis mine.
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And I will have it.
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If you deny me, fie upon your law.
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There is no force in the decrees of Venice.
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I stand for judgment.
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Answer.
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Shall I have it?
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Silence! Silence!
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Silence! Upon my power
I may dismiss this court

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unless Bellario, a learned doctor
that I have sent for to determine this,


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