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<au>Shakespeare, William</au>
<ti>The Merchant of Venice</ti>
<dt>1596-1597</dt>
<doc>ShaMeVF</doc>
<ct>The First Folio of Shakespeare (1623)</ct>
<editor>Charlton Hinman</editor><role>ed.</role>
<ed>The Norton Facsimile</ed>
<pub>New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc., 1968</pub>
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<loc><locdoc>ShaMeVF1</locdoc><A><An>1</An>
<L><Ln>1</Ln><i>Actus  primus</i>.</L>
<L><Ln>2</Ln><sd><i>Enter Anthonio, Salarino, and Salanio</i>.</sd></L>
<L><Ln>3</Ln><sp><i>Anthonio</i>.</sp></L>
<L><Ln>4</Ln>In sooth I know not why I am so sad,</L>
<L><Ln>5</Ln>It wearies me: you say it wearies you;</L>
<L><Ln>6</Ln>But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,</L>
<L><Ln>7</Ln>What stuffe 'tis made of, whereof it is borne,</L>
<L><Ln>8</Ln>I am to learne: and such a Want-wit sadnesse makes of</L>
<L><Ln>9</Ln>mee,</L>
<L><Ln>10</Ln>That I haue much ado to know my selfe.</L>
<L><Ln>11</Ln><sp><i>Sal</i>.</sp> Your minde is tossing on the Ocean,</L>
<L><Ln>12</Ln>There . . .