Chapter XXXV: Act I

SC. 1. "What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am
To learn; and such a want-wit sadness makes of me."

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"That courtesy to them, _and_ do them reverence."

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"And see my wealthy Andrew docks in sand."

For 'docks' the editors read, after Rowe, 'dock'_d_'; but it is simpler to read 'dock,' the _s_ being the usual printer's addition. We might even perhaps retain the text, reading 'see!'

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"If they should speak _'t_would almost damn those ears."

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SC. 2. "Come Nerissa. Sirrah, go before. Whiles we shut the gate
upon one wooer, another knocks at the door."

Perhaps a rime and a seven-foot line were intended, in which case we should arrange thus, as Knight has also done;

"Come _in_, Nerissa. Sirrah, go before.
Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another knocks at the door."

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SC. 3. "Will you pleasure me _in it_? Shall I know your answer?"

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"Mark you this Bassanio," etc.

This speech should be marked _Aside_. It is so in my Edition.

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"Hath a dog money? Is it possible?"

We should read 'monies,' the word Shylock always uses.

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"Of usance for my monies, and you'll not hear me.
This is kind _that_ I offer.--This were kindness."

So it should be arranged.