before. I will have the heart of him, if he for-
feit; for, were he out of Venice, I can make what 136
merchandise I will. Go, go, Tubal, and meet me
at our synagogue; go, good Tubal; at our syna-
gogue, Tubal. Exeunt.
Scene Two
[Belmont. A Room in Portia's House]
Enter Bassanio, Portia, Gratiano, [Nerissa,] and all their Train.
Por. I pray you, tarry: pause a day or two
Before you hazard; for, in choosing wrong,
I lose your company: therefore, forbear awhile.
There's something tells me, but it is not love, 4
I would not lose you; and you know yourself,
Hate counsels not in such a quality.
But lest you should not understand me well,—
And yet a maiden hath no tongue but thought,— 8
I would detain you here some month or two
Before you venture for me. I could teach you
How to choose right, but then I am forsworn;
So will I never be: so may you miss me; 12
But if you do, you'll make me wish a sin,
That I had been forsworn. Beshrew your eyes,
They have o'erlook'd me and divided me:
One half of me is yours, the other half yours, 16
Mine own, I would say; but if mine, then yours,
And so all yours. O! these naughty times
Put bars between the owners and their rights;
And so, though yours, not yours. Prove it so, 20
137 merchandise: business
6 Hate prompts no such advice
15 o'erlook'd: looked over, i.e., bewitched
20, 21 Prove it so, etc.; cf. n.
