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The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare homepage | Merchant of Venice | Act 4, Scene 1 Previous scene | Next scene SCENE I. Venice. A court of justice. Enter the DUKE, the Magnificoes, ANTONIO, BASSANIO, GRATIANO, SALERIO, and others DUKE What, is Antonio here? ANTONIO Ready, so please your grace. DUKE I am sorry for thee: thou art come to answerA stony adversary, an inhuman wretchuncapable of pity, void and emptyFrom any dram of mercy. ANTONIO I have heardYour grace hath taen great pains to qualifyHis rigorous course; but since he stands obdurateAnd that no lawful means can carry meOut of his envys reach, I do opposeMy patience to his fury, and am armdTo suffer, with a quietness of spirit,The very tyranny and rage of his. DUKE Go one, and call the Jew into the court. SALERIO He is ready at the door: he comes, my lord. Enter SHYLOCK DUKE Make room, and let him stand before our face.Shylock, the world thinks, and I think so too,That thou but leadst this fashion of thy maliceTo the last hour of act; and then tis thoughtThoult show thy mercy and remorse more strangeThan is thy strange apparent cruelty;And where thou now exactst the penalty,Which is a pound of this poor merchants flesh,Thou wilt not only loose the forfeiture,But, touchd with human gentleness and love,Forgive a moiety of the principal;Glancing an eye of pity on his losses,That have of late so huddled on his back,Enow to press a royal merchant downAnd pluck commiseration of his stateFrom brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint,From stubborn Turks and Tartars, never traindTo offices of tender courtesy.We all expect a gentle answer, Jew. SHYLOCK I have possessd your grace of what I purpose;And by our holy Sabbath have I swornTo have the due and forfeit of my bond:If you deny it, let the danger lightUpon your charter and your citys freedom.Youll ask me, why I rather choose to haveA weight of carrion flesh than to receiveThree thousand ducats: Ill not answer that:B