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At Gratiano ' s lodging some hour hence.
SALARINO. ' Tis good we do so.
[ Exeunt SALARINO and SALANIO.]
GRATIANO. Was not that letter from fair Jessica?
LORENZO. I must needs tell thee all. She hath directed How I shall take her from her father ' s house; What gold and jewels she is furnish ' d with; What page ' s suit she hath in readiness. If e ' er the Jew her father come to heaven, It will be for his gentle daughter ' s sake; And never dare misfortune cross her foot, Unless she do it under this excuse, That she is issue to a faithless Jew. Come, go with me, peruse this as thou goest; Fair Jessica shall be my torch-bearer.
[ Exeunt ] SCENE 5. The same. Before SHYLOCK ' S house [ Enter SHYLOCK and LAUNCELOT.]
SHYLOCK. Well, thou shalt see; thy eyes shall be thy judge, The difference of old Shylock and Bassanio:-- What, Jessica!--Thou shalt not gormandize, As thou hast done with me;--What, Jessica!-- And sleep and snore, and rend apparel out-- Why, Jessica, I say!