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              A ROOM IN PORTIA'S HOUSE.


BASSANJO, FOR hA, GRATIANO, NERISSA, and ATTENDANTS.


           Bassanw.-     Fair lady; by your leave;
         I come by note, to give and to receive.
         Like one of two contending in a prize,
         That thinks he hath done well in people's eyes,
         Hearing applause and universal shout,
         Giddy in spirit, still gazing in a doubt
         Whether those peals of praise be his or no;
         So, thrice-fair lady, stand I, even so;
         As doubtful whether what I see be true,
         Until confirm'd, sign'd, ratified by you.


             Pain/ed by RICHARD WES TALL, R. A.

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