Merchant of Venice. - Repositories

SCENE 1.] NOTES 175
I. 12. suffer. What is the object of this verb ?
L 13, tyranny.
Cruelty.
II. 18,19. lead'st this fashion, etc. Pushest this appearance
of malice to the very moment of execution.
1. 20. remorse. In the ordinary sense, or, perhaps, in the
sense of pity.
L 20. more strange, etc. Why so ?
L 26. moiety.
Part,
1. 29. enow. With the same meaning as in IH., v., 19,
L 33. o£&ces. Acts.
1. 34. gentle answer. If Shylock should do what the Duke
suggests, would he still get his revenge ? When he lent the
money, what, possibly, was all that he intended to do ?
1. 35. possess'd. See I., iii., 62—note,
L 39. charter.
See IIL, ii., 274 —note.
1. 43. humour. See IIL, v., 54.
L 46. baned. Killed.
1. 47. gaping pig. A roasted pig served at table with a
lemon in its mouth.
1. 54. certain. Fixed.
L 56. losing. Who is losing ? Shylock ?
1. 58. current. Why a good word here to express the nature
of Shylock's proceedings ? What comparison is implied m the
word?