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<T MVQ><L 1><Y ><C ><P A2><J :>+
<L 2><J *><I  The Merchant of Venice - Q1>+
<I 1 1>+
<D Enter {Anthonio}, {Salaryno}, and {Salanio}.>
<L 3><S {An}.>IN sooth I know not why I am so sad,
<L 4>It wearies me, you say it wearies you;
<L 5>But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
<L 6>What stuffe tis made of, whereof it is borne,
<L 7>I am to learne: and such a want-#wit sadnes
<L 8>makes of mee,
<L 9>That I haue much adoe to know my selfe.
<L 10><S {Salarino}.>Your minde is tossing on the Ocean,
<L 11>There where your Argosies with portlie sayle
<L 12>Like Signiors and rich Burgars on the flood,
<L 13>Or as it were the Pageants of the sea,
<L 14>Doe ouer-#peere the petty traffiquers
<L 15>That cursie to them do them reuerence
<L 16>As they flie by them with theyr wouen wings.
<L 17><S {Salanio}.>Beleeue mee sir, had I such venture forth,
<L 18>The better part of my affections would
<L 19>Be with my hopes abroade. I should be still
<L 20>Plucking the grasse to know where sits the wind, . . .