Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Gra. Gra.
Gra. O Iew, an vpright Iudge, a learned Iudge.
Por. Por.
Por. Therefore prepare thee to cut off the flesh,
Por. Shed thou no bloud, nor cut thou lesse nor more
Por. But iust a pound of flesh: if thou tak'st more
Por. Or lesse then a iust pound, be it so much
Por. As makes it light or heauy in the substance,
Por. Or the deuision of the twentieth part
Por. Of one poore scruple, nay if the scale doe turne
Por. But in the estimation of a hayre,
Por. Thou diest, and all thy goods are confiscate.
Gra. A second Daniel, a Daniel Iew,
Gra. Now infidell I haue thee on the hip.
Por. Why doth the Iew pause, take thy forfeiture.
Shy. Shy.
Shy. Giue me my principall, and let me goe.
Bass. Bass.