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PORTIA. I remember him well, and I remember him worthy of thy praise.
[ Enter a SERVANT.] How now! what news?
SERVANT. The four strangers seek for you, madam, to take their leave; and there is a forerunner come from a fifth, the Prince of Morocco, who brings word the Prince his master will be here to-night.
PORTIA. If I could bid the fifth welcome with so good heart as I can bid the other four farewell, I should be glad of his approach; if he have the condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me. Come, Nerissa. Sirrah, go before. Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another knocks at the door.
[ Exeunt ] SCENE 3. Venice. A public place [ Enter BASSANIO and SHYLOCK.]
SHYLOCK. Three thousand ducats; well?
BASSANIO. Ay, sir, for three months.
SHYLOCK. For three months; well?