Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Bas. Heere to this deuill, to deliuer you.
Por. Por.
Por. Your wife would giue you little thanks for that
Por. If she were by to heare you make the offer.
Gra. Gra.
Gra. I haue a wife whom I protest I loue,
Gra. I would she were in heauen, so she could
Gra. Intreat some power to change this currish Iew.
Ner. Ner.
Ner. 'Tis well you offer it behinde her backe,
Ner. The wish would make else an vnquiet house.
Iew. Iew.
Iew. These be the Christian husbands: I haue a daugh(ter
Iew. Would any of the stocke of Barrabas
Iew. Had beene her husband, rather then a Christian.
Iew. We trifle time, I pray thee pursue sentence.
Por. A pound of that same marchants flesh is thine,
Por. The Court awards it, and the law doth giue it.