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Enter the DUKE, the magnificoes, ANTONIO, BASSANIO, GRATIANO, SALERIO, and others
The DUKE , the magnificoes, ANTONIO, BASSANIO, GRATIANO, SALERIO, and attendants all enter.
 DUKE
  What, is Antonio here?
DUKE
Is Antonio here?
 ANTONIO
  Ready, so please your grace.
ANTONIO
Yes, sir, I'm here.
 DUKE
  I am sorry for thee. Thou art come to answer
  A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch
5 Uncapable of pity, void and empty
  From any dram of mercy.
DUKE
I feel sorry for you. You've come to face a ruthless enemy, an inhuman wretch incapable of pity, without any feelings of mercy.
 ANTONIO
                                  I have heard
  Your grace hath ta'en great pains to qualify
  His rigorous course. But since he stands obdurate
  And that no lawful means can carry me
10 Out of his envy's reach, I do oppose
  My patience to his fury, and am armed
  To suffer with a quietness of spirit
  The very tyranny and rage of his.
ANTONIO
They tell me you've done everything you can to talk him out of what he's doing. But since he remains stubborn, and there's no legal way to protect me from his malice, I'll just have to take what he'll give me. I'm ready to suffer peacefully whatever he does to me in his cruelty and anger.
 DUKE
  Go, one, and call the Jew into the court.
DUKE
One of you go call the Jew into court here.
 SALERIO
15 He is ready at the door. He comes, my lord.
SALERIO
He's standing ready outside the door. Here he comes, my lord.
Enter SHYLOCK
SHYLOCK enters.

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