otnote 60: _--we shall see your bearing_.; Bearing is
carriage--deportment.]

[Footnote 61: _We have not spoke us yet of torch-bearers_.; _Id est_, we
have not yet bespoken the torch-bearers.]

[Footnote 62: _--to break up this,_ To _break up_ was a term in
carving.]

[Footnote 63: _I am bid forth to supper,_; I am invited. To _bid_, in
old language, meant to _pray_.]

[Footnote 64: _to feed upon the prodigal Christian:_ The poet here means
to heighten the malignity of Shylock's character, by making him depart
from his settled resolve, of "neither to eat, drink nor pray with
Christians," for the prosecution of his revenge.]

[Footnote 65: _nose fell a bleeding_; Some superstitious belief was
annexed to the accident of bleeding at the nose.]

[Footnote 66: _wry-neck'd fife,_; The upper part or mouth-piece,
resembling the beak of a bird.]

[Footnote 67: _--worth a Jewess' eye_.; It's worth a Jews' eye is a
proverbial phrase.]

[Footnote 68: _The patch is kind enough;_ Patch is the name of a Fool,
probably in allusion to his _patch'd_ or party colored dress.]

[Footnote 69: Sung by Miss POOLE, Miss LEFFLER, and Mr. WALLWORTH.]

[Footnote 70: The words are from _Midsummer Night's Dream_, Act i.,
Scene 1.]

[Footnote 71: _--a Gentile and no Jew_.; A jest arising from the
ambiguity of _Gentile_, which signifies both a _Heathen_, and one
well-born.]

ACT III.

SCENE I.--SALOON OF THE CASKETS IN PORTIA'S HOUSE AT BELMONT.

_Enter_ NERISSA, _with_ SERVANTS.

_Ner_. The prince of Arragon hath ta'en his oath,
And comes to his election presently.

_Flourish of Trumpets. Enter the_ PRINCE OF ARRAGON, PORTIA, _and their
Trains_.

_Por_. Behold, there stand the caskets, noble prince;
If you choose that wherein I am contain'd,
Straight shall our nuptial rites be solemniz'd;
But if you fail, without more speech, my lord,
You must be gone from hence immediately.

_Arr_. I am enjoin'd by oath to observe three things:
First, never to unfold to any one
Which casket 'twas I chose; next, if I fail
Of the right casket, never in my life
To woo a maid in way of marriage; lastly,
If I do fail in fortune of my choice,
Immediately to leave you and be gone.

_Por_. To these injunctions every one doth swear
That comes to hazard for my worthless self.

_Arr_. And so have I address'd me:[72] Fortune now
To my heart's hope!--Gold, silver, and base lead.

'Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he ha