Signior Antonio, many a time and oft
Shylock
Signior Antonio, many a time and oftHendiadys
In the Rialto you have rated me
About my moneys and my usances.
Still have I borne it with a patient shrug
(For suff'rance is the badge of all our tribe).
You call me misbeliever, cutthroat dog,
And spet upon my Jewish gaberdine,
And all for use of that which is mine own.
What should I say to you? Should I not say
“Hath a dog money? Is it possible
A cur can lend three thousand ducats?”
Well then, it now appears you need my help.
Go to, then. You come to me and you say
“Shylock, we would have moneys”—you say so,
You, that did void your rheum upon my beard,
And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur
Over your threshold.Simile Moneys is your suit.
What should I say to you? Should I not say
“Hath a dog money? Is it possible
A cur can lend three thousand ducats?” Or
AlliterationShall I bend low, and in a bondman's key,
With bated breath and whisp'ring humbleness,
Say this: “Fair sir, you spet on me on Wednesday last;
You spurned me such a day; another time
You called me ‘dog'; and for these courtesies
I'll lend you thus much moneys”?Pysma
Antonio
I am as like to call thee so again,
To spet on thee again, to spurn thee, too.Anaphora
If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not
As to thy friends, for when did friendship take
A breed for barren metal of his friend?Alliteration
But lend it rather to thine enemy,
Who, if he break, thou mayst with better face
Exact the penalty.
Shylock
Why, look you how you storm!
I would be friends with you and have your love,
Forget the shames that you have stained me with,
Supply your present wants, and take no doit
Of usance for my moneys, and you'll not hear me!
This is kind I offer.Ellipsis and Hyperbaton