Dramatis Personæ.

DUKE of Venice.

Morochius, a Moorish Prince, Suiters to Portia.

Prince of Arragon,
Anthonio, the Merchant of Venice.
Bassanio, his Friend, in love with Portia.
Salanio,
Solarino, Friends to Anthonio and Bassanio,
Gratiano,
Lorenzo, in love with Jessica.
Shylock, a Jew.
Tubal, a Jew, bis Friend.
Launcelot, a Clown, Servant to the Jew,
Gobbo, an old Man, Father to Launcelot.
Leonardo, Servant to Baffanio.
Balthazar,

Servants to Portia. .
Stephano,

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Portia, an Heiress of great Quality and Fortune.
Neriffa, 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

ANTHONIO:
N sooth, 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,
What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is

born,

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

Sal. Your mind is tosling on the ocean;
There, where your Argofies with portly Sail,
Like signiors and rich burghers on the food,
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 then with their woven wings.

Sola,