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You taught me first to beg, and now methinks You teach me how a beggar should be answer ' d.
BASSANIO. Good sir, this ring was given me by my wife; And, when she put it on, she made me vow That I should neither sell, nor give, nor lose it.
PORTIA. That ' scuse serves many men to save their gifts. And if your wife be not a mad-woman, And know how well I have deserv ' d this ring, She would not hold out enemy for ever For giving it to me. Well, peace be with you!
[ Exeunt PORTIA and NERISSA.]
ANTONIO. My Lord Bassanio, let him have the ring: Let his deservings, and my love withal, Be valued ' gainst your wife ' s commandment.
BASSANIO. Go, Gratiano, run and overtake him; Give him the ring, and bring him, if thou canst, Unto Antonio ' s house. Away! make haste.
[ Exit GRATIANO.]
Come, you and I will thither presently; And in the morning early will we both Fly toward Belmont. Come, Antonio.
[ Exeunt.] SCENE II. The same. A street