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Gra.

Fair sir, you are well o’erta’en.

My Lord Bassanio upon more advice

Hath sent you here this ring, and doth entreat

Your company at dinner.

Por.

That cannot be.

His ring I do accept most thankfully,

And so I pray you tell him; furthermore,

I pray you show my youth old Shylock’s house.

Gra.

That will I do.

Ner.

Sir, I would speak with you.

[Aside to Portia.]

I’ll see if I can get my husband’s ring,

Which I did make him swear to keep for ever.

Por. [Aside to Nerissa.]

Thou mayst, I warrant. We shall have old swearing

That they did give the rings away to men;

But we’ll outface them, and outswear them too.—

Away, make haste. Thou know’st where I will tarry.

Ner.

Come, good sir, will you show me to this house?

[Exeunt.]

¶

Enter Lorenzo and Jessica.

Lor.

The moon shines bright. In such a night as this,

When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees,

And they did make no noise, in such a night

Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls,

And sigh’d his soul toward the Grecian tents,