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And so did mine too, as the matter falls; For wooing here until I sweat again, And swearing till my very roof was dry With oaths of love, at last, if promise last, I got a promise of this fair one here To have her love, provided that your fortune Achiev ' d her mistress.
PORTIA. Is this true, Nerissa?
NERISSA. Madam, it is, so you stand pleas ' d withal.
BASSANIO. And do you, Gratiano, mean good faith?
GRATIANO. Yes, faith, my lord.
BASSANIO. Our feast shall be much honour ' d in your marriage.
GRATIANO. We ' ll play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats.
NERISSA. What! and stake down?
GRATIANO. No; we shall ne ' er win at that sport, and stake down. But who comes here? Lorenzo and his infidel? What, and my old Venetian friend, Salanio!
[ Enter LORENZO, JESSICA, and SALANIO.]