Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Iew. Most rightfull Iudge.
Por. Por.
Por. And you must cut this flesh from off his breast,
Por. The Law allowes it, and the Court awards it.
Iew. Iew.
Iew. Most learned Iudge, a sentence, come prepare.
Por. Tarry a little, there is something else,
Por. This bond doth giue thee heere no iot of bloud,
Por. The words expresly are a pound of flesh:
Por. Then take thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh,
Por. But in the cutting it, if thou dost shed
Por. One drop of Christian bloud, thy lands and goods
Por. Are by the Lawes of Venice confiscate
Por. Vnto the state of Venice.
Gra. Gra.
Gra. O vpright Iudge,
Gra. Marke Iew, ô learned Iudge.
Shy. Shy.
Shy. Is that the law?