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The Merchant of Venice, III. i

luck stirring but what lights on my shoulders;

no sighs but of my breathing; no tears but of

my shedding.

Tub. Yes, other men have ill luck too. An-

tonio, as I heard in Genoa,—

Shy. What, what, what? ill luck, ill luck?

Tub. —hath an argosy cast away, coming

from Tripolis.

Shy. I thank God! I thank God! Is it true?

is it true?

Tub. I spoke with some of the sailors that

escaped the wrack.

Shy. I thank thee, good Tubal. Good news,

good news! ha, ha! Where? in Genoa?

Tub. Your daughter spent in Genoa, as I

heard, one night, fourscore ducats.

Shy. Thou stick'st a dagger in me: I shall

never see my gold again: fourscore ducats at a

sitting! fourscore ducats!

Tub. There came divers of Antonios creditors

in my company to Venice, that swear he cannot

choose but break.

Shy. I am very glad of it: I'll plague him;

I'll torture him: I am glad of it.

Tub. One of them showed me a ring that he

had of your daughter for a monkey.

Shy. Out upon her! Thou torturest me,

Tubal: it was my turquoise; I had it of Leah

when I was a bachelor: I would not have given

it for a wilderness of monkeys.

Tub. But Antonio is certainly undone.

Shy. Nay, that's true, that's very true. Go,

Tubal, fee me an officer; bespeak him a fortnight

 115 Where? in Genoa?; cf. n.

134 fee officer: engage a sheriff's officer for me 