No Fear Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
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Act 3, Scene 1, Page 5
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TUBAL
Yes, other men have ill luck too. Antonio, as I heard in
Genoa—
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TUBAL
Well, other men have bad luck too. Antonio, as I heard in Genoa—
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SHYLOCK
What, what, what? Ill luck, ill luck?
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SHYLOCK
What, what, what? Bad luck, bad luck?
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TUBAL
Hath an argosy cast away coming from Tripolis.
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TUBAL
He’s had a ship wrecked coming from Tripolis.
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SHYLOCK
I thank God, I thank God! Is ’t true, is ’t true?
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SHYLOCK
Thank God, thank God! Is it true, is it true?
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TUBAL
I spoke with some of the sailors that escaped the wrack.
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TUBAL
I spoke with some of the sailors who survived the wreck.
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SHYLOCK
I thank thee, good Tubal. Good news, good news! Ha, ha,
heard in Genoa.
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SHYLOCK
Thank you, Tubal. Good news, good news! Ha, ha, heard in Genoa.
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TUBAL
Your daughter spent in Genoa, as I heard, in one night
fourscore ducats.
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TUBAL
I also heard that your daughter spent eighty ducats in Genoa one night.
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SHYLOCK
Thou stickest a dagger in me. I shall never see my gold
again. Fourscore ducats at a sitting! Fourscore ducats!
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SHYLOCK
Oh, you’re sticking a dagger in me! I’ll never see my gold again.
Eighty ducats in one shot! Eighty ducats!
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TUBAL
There came divers of Antonio’s creditors in my company
to Venice that swear he cannot choose but break.
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TUBAL
I came to Venice with a number of Antonio’s creditors who say he
won’t be able to avoid going bankrupt.
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SHYLOCK
I am very glad of it. I’ll plague him. I’ll torture him. I am
glad of it.
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SHYLOCK
I’m very glad about that. I’ll hound him. I’ll torture him.
I’m very glad.
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TUBAL
One of them showed me a ring that he had of your
daughter for a monkey.
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TUBAL
One creditor showed me a ring he got from your daughter in exchange for a
monkey.
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SHYLOCK
Out upon her! Thou torturest me, Tubal. It was my
turquoise. I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor. I would
not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.
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SHYLOCK
Damn her! You’re torturing me, Tubal. That was my turquoise ring! Leah gave it
to me before we were married. I wouldn’t have given it away for a whole jungle of
monkeys.
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