![]() ![]() If you deny me this rightful penalty, it will reflect poorly upon your city and its freedom. Your grace, I have told you what my intention is, and I have sworn by the holy Sabbath to take what is owed to me by our legal contract. Now, for your answer: As there is no firm reason to be rendered Why he cannot abide a gaping pig Why he, a harmless necessary cat Why he, a woollen bagpipe, but of force Must yield to such inevitable shame As to offend, himself being offended- So can I give no reason, nor I will not (More than a lodged hate and a certain loathing I bear Antonio), that I follow thus A losing suit against him. For affection, Mistress of passion, sways it to the mood Of what it likes or loathes. Is it answered? What if my house be troubled with a rat And I be pleased to give ten thousand ducats To have it baned? What, are you answered yet? Some men there are love not a gaping pig, Some that are mad if they behold a cat, And others, when the bagpipe sings i' th' nose, Cannot contain their urine. I’ll not answer that But say it is my humour. You’ll ask me why I rather choose to have A weight of carrion flesh than to receive Three thousand ducats. If you deny it, let the danger light Upon your charter and your city’s freedom. I have possessed your grace of what I purpose, And by our holy Sabbath have I sworn To have the due and forfeit of my bond. ![]()
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