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SHYLOCK. Give me my principal, and let me go.
BASSANIO. I have it ready for thee; here it is.
PORTIA. He hath refus ' d it in the open court; He shall have merely justice, and his bond.
GRATIANO. A Daniel still say I; a second Daniel! I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
SHYLOCK. Shall I not have barely my principal?
PORTIA. Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.
SHYLOCK. Why, then the devil give him good of it! I ' ll stay no longer question.
PORTIA. Tarry, Jew. The law hath yet another hold on you. It is enacted in the laws of Venice, If it be prov ' d against an alien That by direct or indirect attempts He seek the life of any citizen, The party ' gainst the which he doth contrive Shall seize one half his goods; the other half Comes to the privy coffer of the state; And the offender ' s life lies in the mercy