{"id":1512,"date":"2012-08-30T22:04:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T02:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=1512"},"modified":"2012-08-30T22:04:45","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T02:04:45","slug":"merchant-of-venice-act-ii-scene-ii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=1512","title":{"rendered":"Merchant of Venice: Act II, Scene ii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Merchant of Venice.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 2, Scene 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Launcelot<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(This text is featured in our <a title=\"Blake Hackler and Ken Schatz: Clowns and Fools.\" href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=1483\">interview with Blake Hackler<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Certainly my conscience will serve me to run from<br \/>\n2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 this Jew my master. The fiend is at mine elbow and<br \/>\n3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tempts me saying to me &#8216;Gobbo, Launcelot Gobbo, good<br \/>\n4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Launcelot,&#8217; or &#8216;good Gobbo,&#8217; or good Launcelot<br \/>\n5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gobbo, use your legs, take the start, run away. My<br \/>\n6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 conscience says &#8216;No; take heed,&#8217; honest Launcelot;<br \/>\n7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 take heed, honest Gobbo, or, as aforesaid, &#8216;honest<br \/>\n8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Launcelot Gobbo; do not run; scorn running with thy<br \/>\n9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 heels.&#8217; Well, the most courageous fiend bids me<br \/>\n10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pack: &#8216;Via!&#8217; says the fiend; &#8216;away!&#8217; says the<br \/>\n11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fiend; &#8216;for the heavens, rouse up a brave mind,&#8217;<br \/>\n12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 says the fiend, &#8216;and run.&#8217; Well, my conscience,<br \/>\n13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hanging about the neck of my heart, says very wisely<br \/>\n14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to me &#8216;My honest friend Launcelot, being an honest<br \/>\n15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 man&#8217;s son,&#8217; or rather an honest woman&#8217;s son; for,<br \/>\n16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 indeed, my father did something smack, something<br \/>\n17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 grow to, he had a kind of taste; well, my conscience<br \/>\n18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 says &#8216;Launcelot, budge not.&#8217; &#8216;Budge,&#8217; says the<br \/>\n19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fiend. &#8216;Budge not,&#8217; says my conscience.<br \/>\n20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;Conscience,&#8217; say I, &#8216;you counsel well;&#8217; &#8216; Fiend,&#8217;<br \/>\n21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 say I, &#8216;you counsel well:&#8217; to be ruled by my<br \/>\n22\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 conscience, I should stay with the Jew my master,<br \/>\n23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 who, God bless the mark, is a kind of devil; and, to<br \/>\n24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 run away from the Jew, I should be ruled by the<br \/>\n25\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fiend, who, saving your reverence, is the devil<br \/>\n26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 himself. Certainly the Jew is the very devil<br \/>\n27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 incarnal; and, in my conscience, my conscience is<br \/>\n28\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 but a kind of hard conscience, to offer to counsel<br \/>\n29\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 me to stay with the Jew. The fiend gives the more<br \/>\n30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 friendly counsel: I will run, fiend; my heels are<br \/>\n31\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 at your command; I will run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Merchant of Venice.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 2, Scene 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Launcelot (This text is featured in our interview with Blake Hackler) 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Certainly my conscience will serve me to run from 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 this Jew my master. The fiend is at mine elbow and 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tempts me saying to me &#8216;Gobbo, Launcelot Gobbo, good 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Launcelot,&#8217; or &#8216;good<\/p>\n <a href='https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=1512' class='excerpt-more-append'>[...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1512","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-line-bottom","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2Frfq-oo","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1512"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1621,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1512\/revisions\/1621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}