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Who then conceiving did in eaning time

Fall parti-color’d lambs, and those were Jacob’s.

This was a way to thrive, and he was blest;

And thrift is blessing, if men steal it not.

Ant.

This was a venture, sir, that Jacob serv’d for,

A thing not in his power to bring to pass,

But sway’d and fashion’d by the hand of heaven.

Was this inserted to make interest good?

Or is your gold and silver ewes and rams?

Shy.

I cannot tell, I make it breed as fast.

But note me, signior.

Ant.

Mark you this, Bassanio,

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

An evil soul producing holy witness

Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,

A goodly apple rotten at the heart.

O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

Shy.

Three thousand ducats—’tis a good round sum.

Three months from twelve; then let me see, the rate—

Ant.

Well, Shylock, shall we be beholding to you?

Shy.

Signior Antonio, many a time and oft

In the Rialto you have rated me

About my moneys and my usances.

Still have I borne it with a patient shrug