Comedy of the Merchant of Venice (1886) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ducats in her coffin ! No news of them Why, so; and I know not how much is spent in the search: why, thou loss upon loss! the thief gone with so much, and so much to find the thief; and no satisfaction, no revenge: nor no ill luck stirring but what lights o' my shoulders; no sighs but o' my breathing; no tears but o' my shedding. 79 Tubal. Yes, other men have ill luck too. Antonio, as I heard in Genoa, ? Shylock. What, what, what? ill luck, ill luck? Tnbal. Hath an argosy cast away, coming from Tripolis. Shylock. I thank God ! I thank God ! Is it true ? is it true? Tubal. I spoke with some of the sailors that escaped the wrack. Shylock. I thank thee, good Tubal! ? Good news, good news ! ha, ha !?Where ? in Genoa ? Tubal. Your daughter spent in Genoa, as I heard, in one night fourscore ducats. 90 Shylock. Thou stick'st a dagger in me. I shall never see my gold again. Fourscore ducats at a sitting ! fourscore ducats ! Tubal. There came divers of Antonio's creditors in my company to Venice, that swear he cannot choose but break. Shylock. I am very glad of it. I '11 plague him; I '11 torture him. I am glad of it. Tubal. One of them showed me a ring that he had of your daughter for a monkey. Shylock. Out upon her! Thou torturest me, Tubal: it was my turquoise; I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor: I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys. 101 Tubal. But Antonio is certainly undone. Shylock. Nay, that's true, that 's very true. Go, Tubal, fee me an officer; bespeak him a fortnight before. I will have the heart of him, if he forfeit; for, were he out of Venice, I can make what merchandise I will. Go, go, Tubal, and meet me at our synagogue: go, good Tubal; at our synagogue, Tubal. (Exeunt. Scene II. Belmont. A Room in Porti...