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THE

MERCHANT

OF

VENICE.

DUKE of Venice.

Morochius, a Moorish Prince,

Prince of Arragon,

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Suiters to Portia.

Anthonio, the Merchant of Venice.

Bassanio, his Friend, in love with Portia.

Salanio,
Solarino,

Gratiano,

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Friends to Anthonio and Bassanio.

Lorenzo, in love with Jessica.

Shylock, a Jew.

Tubal, a Jew, his Friend.

Launcelot, a Clown, Servant to the Jew.

Gobbo, an old Man, Father to Launcelot.

Leonardo, Servant to Bassanio.

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Portia, an Heiress of great Quality and Fortune.

Nerissa, Confident to Portia.

Jessica, Daughter to Shylock.

Senators of Venice, Officers, Jailer, Servants and other Attendants.

SCENE, partly at Venice; and partly at Belmont, the Seat of Portia upon the Continent.

THE

THE

MERCHANT of VENICE.

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SCENE, a Street in Venice.

Enter Anthonio, Solarino, and Salanio.

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ANTHOΝΙΟ:

ON footh, I know not why I am so sad:
It wearies me; you say, it wearies you,
But how I caught it, found it, or came
by it,

T

I am to learn

What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is
born,

And fuch a want-wit sadness makes of me,
That I have much ado to know my self.

Sal. Your mind is tossing on the ocean;
There, where your Argofies with portly Sail,
Like figniors and rich burghers on the flood,
Or as it were the pageants of the sea,
Do over-peer the petty traffickers,

That curtsie to them, do them reverence,

As they fly by them with their woven wings.

Sola.

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