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I am enjoin'd by oath to observe three things:First, never to unfold to any oneWhich casket 'twas I chose; next, if I failOf the right casket, never in my lifeTo woo a maid in way of marriage: Lastly,If I do fail in fortune of my choice,Immediately to leave you and be gone.
PORTIA
To these injunctions every one doth swearThat comes to hazard for my worthless self.
ARRAGON
And so have I address'd me. Fortune nowTo my heart's hope! Gold; silver; and base lead.'Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath.'You shall look fairer, ere I give or hazard.What says the golden chest? ha! let me see:'Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire.'What many men desire! that 'many' may be meantBy the fool multitude, that choose by show,Not learning more than the fond eye doth teach;Which pries not to the interior, but, like the martlet,Builds in the weather on the outward wall,Even in the force and road of casualty.
Monday, June 9, 2008
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