Page 457 - Shakespeare - Vol. 2

Hear me yet, good Shylock.

SHYLOCK
I’ll have my bond! Speak not against my bond!
I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond. [5]
Thou call’dst me dog before thou hadst a cause,
But since I am a dog, beware my fangs.

The Duke shall grant me justice. I do wonder,
Thou naughty gaoler, that thou art so fond
To come abroad with him at his request. [10]

ANTONIO
I pray thee hear me speak.

SHYLOCK

I’ll have my bond. I will not hear thee speak.
I’ll have my bond, and therefore speak no more.
I’ll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool,
To shake the head, relent, and sigh, and yield [15]
To Christian intercessors. Follow not,

I’ll have no speaking, I will have my bond.
Exit.

SOLANIO
It is the most impenetrable cur
That ever kept with men.

ANTONIO

Let him alone.
I’ll follow him no more with bootless prayers. [20]
He seeks my life; his reason well I know:
I oft delivered from his forfeitures
Many that have at times made moan to me,

Therefore he hates me.

SOLANIO
I am sure the Duke