ACT 3
Scene 2

...and stake down.
Enter Lorenzo, Jessica, and Salerio, a messenger from Venice.

...with him along.
I did, my lord,
And I have reason for it.Handing him a paper.
Signior Antonio
Commends him to you.

...good friend doth.
Not sick, my lord, unless it be in mind,
Nor well, unless in mind. His letter there
Will show you his estate.

...won the Fleece.
I would you had won the fleece that he hath lost.

...Of merchant-marring rocks?
Not one, my lord.
Besides, it should appear that if he had
The present money to discharge the Jew,
He would not take it. Never did I know
A creature that did bear the shape of man
So keen and greedy to confound a man.
He plies the Duke at morning and at night,
And doth impeach the freedom of the state
If they deny him justice. Twenty merchants,
The Duke himself, and the magnificoes
Of greatest port have all persuaded with him,
But none can drive him from the envious plea
Of forfeiture, of justice, and his bond.

...’twixt us twain.
They exit.

ACT 4
Scene 1

...set you forth.
Enter the Duke, the Magnificoes, Antonio, Bassanio, Salerio, and Gratiano, with Attendants.

...into the court.
He is ready at the door. He comes, my lord.

...Come here today.
My lord, here stays without
A messenger with letters from the doctor,
New come from Padua.

...toward Belmont.—Come, Antonio.
They exit.