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From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint, From stubborn Turks and Tartars, never train ' d To offices of tender courtesy. We all expect a gentle answer, Jew.
SHYLOCK. I have possess ' d your Grace of what I purpose, And by our holy Sabbath have I sworn To have the due and forfeit of my bond. If you deny it, let the danger light Upon your charter and your city ' s freedom. You ' ll ask me why I rather choose to have A weight of carrion flesh than to receive Three thousand ducats. I ' ll not answer that, But say it is my humour: is it answer ' d? What if my house be troubled with a rat, And I be pleas ' d to give ten thousand ducats To have it ban ' d? What, are you answer ' d yet? Some men there are love not a gaping pig; Some that are mad if they behold a cat; And others, when the bagpipe sings i ' the nose, Cannot contain their urine; for affection, Mistress of passion, sways it to the mood Of what it likes or loathes. Now, for your answer: As there is no firm reason to be render ' d, Why he cannot abide a gaping pig; Why he, a harmless necessary cat; Why he, a wauling bagpipe; but of force Must yield to such inevitable shame As to offend, himself being offended; So can I give no reason, nor I will not, More than a lodg ' d hate and a certain loathing I bear Antonio, that I follow thus A losing suit against him. Are you answered?