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If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? Why, revenge. The villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.

Enter a Servant Servant Gentlemen, my master Antonio is at his house and desires to speak with you both. The curse never fell upon our nation till now; I never felt it till now: two thousand ducats in that; and other precious, precious jewels. I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear! No news of them? Thou torturest me, Tubal: it was my turquoise; I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor: I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.

Go, Tubal, fee me an officer; bespeak him a fortnight before. I will have the heart of him, if he forfeit; for, were he out of Venice, I can make what merchandise I will. Go, go, Tubal, and meet me at our synagogue; go, good Tubal; at our synagogue, Tubal. But lest you should not understand me well,— And yet a maiden hath no tongue but thought,— I would detain you here some month or two Before you venture for me. O, these naughty times Put bars between the owners and their rights!

And so, though yours, not yours. Prove it so, Let fortune go to hell for it, not I. But let me to my fortune and the caskets. Nerissa and the rest, stand all aloof.

Let music sound while he doth make his choice; Then, if he lose, he makes a swan-like end, Fading in music: that the comparison May stand more proper, my eye shall be the stream And watery death-bed for him.

He may win; And what is music then? Now he goes, With no less presence, but with much more love, Than young Alcides, when he did redeem The virgin tribute paid by howling Troy To the sea-monster: I stand for sacrifice The rest aloof are the Dardanian wives, With bleared visages, come forth to view The issue of the exploit.

Go, Hercules! Live thou, I live: with much, much more dismay I view the fight than thou that makest the fray. Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head? How begot, how nourished?

Reply, reply. ALL Ding, dong, bell. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? Thus ornament is but the guiled shore To a most dangerous sea; the beauteous scarf Veiling an Indian beauty; in a word, The seeming truth which cunning times put on To entrap the wisest.

Therefore, thou gaudy gold, Hard food for Midas, I will none of thee; Nor none of thee, thou pale and common drudge Tween man and man: but thou, thou meagre lead, Which rather threatenest than dost promise aught, Thy paleness moves me more than eloquence; And here choose I; joy be the consequence!

O love, Be moderate; allay thy ecstasy, In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess. I feel too much thy blessing: make it less, For fear I surfeit. What demi-god Hath come so near creation? Move these eyes?

Or whether, riding on the balls of mine, Seem they in motion? Here in her hairs The painter plays the spider and hath woven A golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men, Faster than gnats in cobwebs; but her eyes,— How could he see to do them? Yet look, how far The substance of my praise doth wrong this shadow In underprizing it, so far this shadow Doth limp behind the substance.

Reads You that choose not by the view, Chance as fair and choose as true! Since this fortune falls to you, Be content and seek no new, If you be well pleased with this And hold your fortune for your bliss, Turn you where your lady is And claim her with a loving kiss. A gentle scroll. Fair lady, by your leave; I come by note, to give and to receive. My eyes, my lord, can look as swift as yours: You saw the mistress, I beheld the maid; You loved, I loved for intermission. No more pertains to me, my lord, than you.

Your fortune stood upon the casket there, And so did mine too, as the matter falls; For wooing here until I sweat again, And sweating until my very roof was dry With oaths of love, at last, if promise last, I got a promise of this fair one here To have her love, provided that your fortune Achieved her mistress.

But who comes here? Lorenzo and his infidel? What, and my old Venetian friend Salerio? By your leave, I bid my very friends and countrymen, Sweet Portia, welcome. For my part, my lord, My purpose was not to have seen you here; But meeting with Salerio by the way, He did entreat me, past all saying nay, To come with him along. Signior Antonio Commends him to you.

How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio? I know he will be glad of our success; We are the Jasons, we have won the fleece. What, worse and worse! With leave, Bassanio: I am half yourself, And I must freely have the half of anything That this same paper brings you.

Gentle lady, When I did first impart my love to you, I freely told you, all the wealth I had Ran in my veins, I was a gentleman; And then I told you true: and yet, dear lady, Rating myself at nothing, you shall see How much I was a braggart. When I told you My state was nothing, I should then have told you That I was worse than nothing; for, indeed, I have engaged myself to a dear friend, Engaged my friend to his mere enemy, To feed my means.

Here is a letter, lady; The paper as the body of my friend, And every word in it a gaping wound, Issuing life-blood. But is it true, Salerio? What, not one hit? Besides, it should appear, that if he had The present money to discharge the Jew, He would not take it.

Never did I know A creature, that did bear the shape of man, So keen and greedy to confound a man: He plies the duke at morning and at night, And doth impeach the freedom of the state, If they deny him justice: twenty merchants, The duke himself, and the magnificoes Of greatest port, have all persuaded with him; But none can drive him from the envious plea Of forfeiture, of justice and his bond.

You shall have gold To pay the petty debt twenty times over: When it is paid, bring your true friend along. My maid Nerissa and myself meantime Will live as maids and widows. Come, away! For you shall hence upon your wedding-day: Bid your friends welcome, show a merry cheer: Since you are dear bought, I will love you dear.

But let me hear the letter of your friend. BASSANIO [Reads] Sweet Bassanio, my ships have all miscarried, my creditors grow cruel, my estate is very low, my bond to the Jew is forfeit; and since in paying it, it is impossible I should live, all debts are cleared between you and I, if I might but see you at my death.

Notwithstanding, use your pleasure: if your love do not persuade you to come, let not my letter. I do wonder, Thou naughty gaoler, that thou art so fond To come abroad with him at his request.

ANTONIO The duke cannot deny the course of law: For the commodity that strangers have With us in Venice, if it be denied, Will much impeach the justice of his state; Since that the trade and profit of the city Consisteth of all nations.

Therefore, go: These griefs and losses have so bated me, That I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh To-morrow to my bloody creditor.

Well, gaoler, on. Pray God, Bassanio come To see me pay his debt, and then I care not! But if you knew to whom you show this honour, How true a gentleman you send relief, How dear a lover of my lord your husband, I know you would be prouder of the work Than customary bounty can enforce you.

PORTIA I never did repent for doing good, Nor shall not now: for in companions That do converse and waste the time together, Whose souls do bear an equal yoke Of love, There must be needs a like proportion Of lineaments, of manners and of spirit; Which makes me think that this Antonio, Being the bosom lover of my lord, Must needs be like my lord.

This comes too near the praising of myself; Therefore no more of it: hear other things. I do desire you Not to deny this imposition; The which my love and some necessity Now lays upon you. And so farewell, till we shall meet again. Waste no time in words, But get thee gone: I shall be there before thee. I have within my mind A thousand raw tricks of these bragging Jacks, Which I will practise.

I was always plain with you, and so now I speak my agitation of the matter: therefore be of good cheer, for truly I think you are damned. There is but one hope in it that can do you any good; and that is but a kind of bastard hope neither.

This making Christians will raise the price of hogs: if we grow all to be pork-eaters, we shall not shortly have a rasher on the coals for money. I think the best grace of wit will shortly turn into silence, and discourse grow commendable in none only but parrots. Go in, sirrah; bid them prepare for dinner. Wilt thou show the whole wealth of thy wit in an instant? I pray tree, understand a plain man in his plain meaning: go to thy fellows; bid them cover the table, serve in the meat, and we will come in to dinner.

LAUNCELOT For the table, sir, it shall be served in; for the meat, sir, it shall be covered; for your coming in to dinner, sir, why, let it be as humours and conceits shall govern.

How cheerest thou, Jessica? DUKE I am sorry for thee: thou art come to answer A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch uncapable of pity, void and empty From any dram of mercy. We all expect a gentle answer, Jew. What if my house be troubled with a rat And I be pleased to give ten thousand ducats To have it baned?

DUKE How shalt thou hope for mercy, rendering none? You have among you many a purchased slave, Which, like your asses and your dogs and mules, You use in abject and in slavish parts, Because you bought them: shall I say to you, Let them be free, marry them to your heirs? Why sweat they under burthens? If you deny me, fie upon your law! There is no force in the decrees of Venice. I stand for judgment: answer; shall I have it?

DUKE Bring us the letter; call the messenger. What, man, courage yet! The Jew shall have my flesh, blood, bones and all, Ere thou shalt lose for me one drop of blood. Bellario greets your grace. Can no prayers pierce thee? And for thy life let justice be accused. I stand here for law. Where is he? DUKE With all my heart. Some three or four of you Go give him courteous conduct to this place. Clerk [Reads] Your grace shall understand that at the receipt of your letter I am very sick: but in the instant that your messenger came, in loving visitation was with me a young doctor of Rome; his name is Balthasar.

I beseech you, let his lack of years be no impediment to let him lack a reverend estimation; for I never knew so young a body with so old a head. I leave him to your gracious acceptance, whose trial shall better publish his commendation. Come you from old Bellario? DUKE You are welcome: take your place. Are you acquainted with the difference That holds this present question in the court? Which is the merchant here, and which the Jew?

You stand within his danger, do you not? Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.

I crave the law, The penalty and forfeit of my bond. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will. O wise young judge, how I do honour thee! No, not for Venice. Are figs gathered from thorns, or grapes from thistles? How great was its fall! Those who: are blind, regain their sight; have challenges of mobility, walk; have leprosy, are cured; are deaf, hear; are dead, are raised up; are poor, have good news announced to them.

A reed shaken by the wind? A man wearing fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes live in palaces. A prophet? So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers into the fields. Look, I send you out like lambs among wolves. Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the great deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed a long time ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Yes, Father, this was what you wanted. No one knows who the son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the son, and the one to whom the son wants to reveal him.

Let your reign come. The one who looks finds. And the crowds were amazed. His mind moved back. Tathachary knew it was Raman who had taken away his dress.

Tathachary had to remain naked under the water all the time. Raman narrated the painful experience faced by him when he earlier approached Tathachary. Tathachary agreed on the condition and Ranvan returned the dress to him. The priest began to walk along the crowded streets, carrying Raman on his shoulders. The people laughed at the priest.

The king was wandering on the portico of the palace. He saw a strange scene. The revered priest was carrying Raman on his shoulders, like a donkey. Raman was booing. The people assembled on either side of the road laughed at the unusual scene. The king was unable to tolerate this. He felt something wrong in it. He saw the soldiers coming from a distance. You have carried me on your shoulders till now.

Raman started walking. The two soldiers who reached the scene brought down the priest, and beat him. Tathachary could not understand what was happening. The priest remembered the scene in which his servants beating Raman, when the latter visited his house. The soldiers brought Raman before the king instead of Tathachary. It was the reverse that had happened.

When we reached the spot, we saw Raman carrying the priest on his shoulders, so we brought Raman here. This has, in effect, insulted me also. Take away this devil, and behead him. The soldiers took away Raman outside. The death sentence pronounced on Raman was heard by two close aides of the King. The two had animosity with the priest. Both had the intention of saving Raman from capital punishment.

The two followed Raman to the jungle where the execution was to be performed. The goat was also with them. They arranged the soldiers to kill the goat and show the blood stained sword to the army chief. The soldiers who earlier refused to obey, later accepted it. They also asked Raman not to remain in the native land. Raman gave them 10 gold coins each and left the place. The soldiers returned to the palace and showed the blood stained sword to the army chief. Everybody thought that Raman was executed.

Some of them felt sad. But Tathachary was happy for getting rid of his enemy. Raman, who escaped from the death sentence went directly to his home. He asked his mother and wife to plead before the King. They reached the palace and began to lament before the king. He was the only earning member of our house. I am a widow and who will look after me henceforth.

How can I live? How cruel you are! I have also become a widow now. How will I look after my son? After hearing the two, the king felt sad. His heart filled with compassion. He consoled the two ladies. The king ordered to give gold sovereigns each to them. Krishnadevarayar also issued orders to grant 20 sovereigns as monthly pension to the family. Lakshmamma and Mangamma returned home and handed over the gold coins to Raman. Raman burst into laughter. The mother and wife also joined Raman in laughter.

Killing Brahmin is a great sin. A great repentance is needed to compensate the sin. This was the belief that prevailed since long ago. Tenali Raman was a Brahmin. The king had killed Raman. This cruel act will have negative impact on the entire country. Such a divine voice was heard by the queens of the palace. They informed it to king Krishnadevarayar. He convened a meeting of the priests and decided to bury the soul of Raman.

During a moonless night, the head priest and assistant priests set out from the palace to the nearby temple. It was midnight. Raman knew this secret. He painted black oil on his body and sat on the banyan tree. He looked like a ghost. The priests began to chant mantras under the tree to invoke the spirit.

Soon Raman jumped on them, the priests were bewildered and cried. They thought it was a ghost. They ran for shelter and returned to the palace.

The news spread throughout the entire empire. The fear of ghost weakened the mobility of the people. The king became worried. At last he found a solution. Anyone who does this will be rewarded with gold sovereigns. Raman who returned home also heard this news.

He felt happy as his plans proved fruitful. Naturally people were in fear. Even two days after the proclamation, there was no response from the public. On the third day, the king was sitting gloomy in the durbar. Tathachary also sat beside the king. A soldier came before the king and announced the arrival of a sage. The king ordered to bring the sage in.

The sage came. He wore a sqffron dress. He had long hair and beard. The long matted hair extended up to his navel. He wore a beads roll around the neck. Altogether the king liked the sage.

Are you ready to reward with anything I demand? The sage agreed to the condition. The king had other ideas in mind. It is well known that Raman was a threat to Tathachary. You have to go there. But the monk had other ideas. Tathachary moved back with fear. It was really Tenali Raman. Thus Raman. All of them believed that Raman was dead. The king accepted the demands and acted accordingly.

The fame and goodwill of Vijayanagaram empire made many people jealous. There were attempts to kill the King Krishnadevarayar. Once, a spy from Nalgonda came to Vijayanagaram. The king thought that it was Raman who had sent the messenger to him. The timely intervention of fellow people saved the king from danger.

The crime committed by Raman in providing shelter to a spy with the intention to kill the king was severe During the trial, Raman admitted the crime. It was the monster Appaji who sentenced Raman with the death penalty People became upset over the verdict.

They protested. Then the minister gave Raman a small favor. Raman was allowed to choose the mode of his death. The crime was done without my knowledge or consent Anyway I am thankful to the Minister for allowing me to choose the mode of my death. The people were excited over the comment.

They hailed Raman. Thus, he escaped from the death-trap once more. There was a fake monk at Vijayanagaram who indulged in several crimes including murders. He was very clever and eloquent. He looked smart and well dressed. He also behaved politely.

But in true life, he was cruel and wicked. His mode of operation was strange. If there was animosity between two people, he. He will promise to destroy the enemy. The enemy will either die or become a mental patient. This was the queer mode of operation of the monk. He had cheated several people like this. One day, Raman met the monk on his way. At that time, a man cheated by the monk also came near them.

The man had become a mental patient due to the misdeeds of the monk. Raman caught hold of the mental patient and introduced him to the monk. He soon became a violent person and killed the monk. Raman was excited. The death of the monk had its consequence. The mental patient was arrested for killing the monk. He was acquitted on the grounds of mental insanity. But the trial of the case continued.

The trial proved that Tenali Raman was guilty. So Raman was ordered to be executed by the king. The mode of killing, ordered by the king was strange. Raman was to be brought to an isolated area and his body was to be covered with earth up to the neck. Later, he was to be trampled to death by an elephant. Raman was brought to the spot where a pit was dug for the pur-. The soldiers then went to bring the elephant. At that time, a dhobi came that way. He was a hunch back.

Raman noticed the hunch on the dhobi. He laughed at the dhobi. The washerman looked at Raman, who was covered up to his neck by mud. The dhobi removed the earth covered on Raman. The dhobi was unaware of the good health of Raman. He thought that Raman had a hunch on his back, before covering his body with mud. The dhobi had trust in the wor t ds of Raman. He stood in the pit and covered his body upto neck with earth.

Raman returned home. In the meantime the elephant came and trampled the dhobi to death. The king was very much dejected. He thought that Raman was dead. It was he who ordered to kill Raman for assassinating a monk. The king was distressed after knowing that the dead monk was a criminal. Although it was Raman who was responsible for the murder, the act saved several innocent people. The king began to cry and tears flowed from his eyes. Raman, who knew about it appeared before the king.

He narrated how he escaped from the death sentence. She also got married to a man without hunch, after an year. But, Raman had no money with him. He had other loans to be paid. After he left, Raman laid at the bed like a dead man. The body was covered with white clothes, from top to bottom.

They saw Raman lying dead. The king also reached there to pay fiomages. He had owed gold sovereigns to the palace. A messenger had come here today, demanding the money. Instantly Raman laid in. He asked me to pay the money. As soon as the king declared the order, Raman woke up from the bed by removing the white clothes.

The king was shocked. He moved a little backward. Then how did you die? The king also laughed. He raised the salary of Raman. The King Krishnadevarayar bought a horse.

It was a highly trained animal. The horse showed various actions which surprised the soldiers. People began to praise the horse. One day, the king was doing exercises sitting on the horse. The venue was a bridge on top of the Thungabhadra river. Raman came near and looked at the exercises. But can you do all the exercises done by my horse, with your horse?

He did not like Raman for insulting his horse. Raman brought a horse soon. It was a weak animal. The horse, only with bones and skin looked like an animal affected by famine. If anybody climbed on its back, the animal would fall down. Such was the pitiable condition of the horse. Tenali Raman 29 Raman brought the horse by pulling and pushing. The king looked at what Raman was doing with the horse.

When the horse reached the center of the bridge,. Raman pushed it into the river. It swimrfied in the river for some time to safety, but, succumbed to injuries at last.

The poor state of health prevented the horse to escape. The king got angry seeing this. The king criticized Raman for the death of the horse. He also gave Raman a bag full of money.

Horse is a vegetarian. But sometimes it has to be turned into a non-vegetarian also when it matters. Here is the story of how Raman turned his horse to a nonvegetarian. It was an evening on a rainy day. Raman did not expect rain on that day. He set out riding the horse. After some time, it began to rain. He did not return, but continued his journey. Rain continued unabated. Raman traveled further. He was drenched in water. When he started shivering, Raman entered a nearby shop.

The horse was kept in front of the shop. Meat cutlet was selling at the shop. He was shivering with cold. Some kind of heat will cease the shivering. But people seemed surrounding the stove. Raman was in a fix. But people wondered. Everybody followed the man. They all began to look at the strange horse.

Raman in the meantime sat near the stove and dried his dresses. The shivering and coldness of the body also disappeared. The rain also receded. Raman bought cutlet and went outside. He showed cutlet to the horse.

But the horse did not pay any attention. Raman gave the cutlets to a dog standing nearby. He rode on the horse. The people curiously looked at Raman and not at the horse.

Human sacrifice was common in ancient India. Even today also, there are reports of human sacrifice made by savage people. What can be done, if human sacrifice is the only solution to set things right? Raman found a way to perform human sacrifice. Superstition among the public was that the destruction of the bridge was caused due to the anger of a ghost. He was a Cluel and a saddist monk. The king was in a dilemma. He wanted the bridge to be built across the river Thungabhadra. The bridge has to be strong and durable.

But Raman has other ideas. Their lives should be sacrificed for public welfare. Now onwards, execute their sentences at the site of the bridges to be built. Your highness should issue necessary orders in this regard. The king showed a sign of relief. He was excited. He rewarded Raman by presenting gold sovereigns. The king was always generous to Raman. That made the court jester a rich man. We must donate a portion of our wealth to the poor.

Is it possible to donate a portion of your assets to the poor? The king was glad. He was reluctant to part with anything that came to his possession. He hanged a board in one of his houses notifying this. Many read the board. But nobody came forward to accept the house. At that time a Brahmin came there. The house is to be donated to those who are satisfied themselves with their assets. The Brahmin became silent.

He had no answer. The Brahmin was ashamed. He returned empty handed. The story is like this. Once King Krishnadevarayar exhibited 10 pups in the durbar hall. The bend of its tail has to be straightened. He offered gold sovereigns to those who straightened the tail of the pups. The king was of the belief that its tail could never be straightened.

He allowed three months to those who take the pups to straighten their tails. Many took the pups home. They were confident of achieving success in this regard.

The people who brought the pups began to perform tricks in its tail. One man tied a stone in its tail to get rid of its bend. The poor pup walked with weight in its tail. Another man put a metal tube around its tail. The dog had died. The court priests used this situation to the fourth person to buy costly medicines produced by a trap Raman.

The fifth person chanted putting the pup to starvation was deliberate. The sixth man thought if the pup becomes fat, its tail will straighten. They conspired to grab money from Raman in the name of These people suffered a lot to fulfill the challenge poojas.

But Raman came to know about the dubious posed by the king. Raman came to know about all these plans of the priests. I am going to sell my horse. It is a good mission. He simply tied his pup and provided only a horse. His pup began to weaken day by Raman promised the priests.

The priests were happy. They thought the horse will, At last, the day came for the return of the pups to the yield at least gold coins. They believed that their durbar.

All of them produced the pups before the king. Then it was the turn of Raman from the king, by way of putting the dog to starvation to produce his pup. Its tail was not bent.

The pup was dead. The king inspected the ten pups. He gave the promised convince Raman and the locals. They approached Raman gold sovereigns to Raman. Everybody hailed for remuneration for further poojas. The continuous starvation made the time had advertised the sale of his horse. Similarly constant famine sale.

It costs only a copper coin. Then only the horse. Tenali Raman will be given. This was the advertisement appeared for the sale of the horse. Tenali Raman gave the money received from the sale of the horse, a single copper coin. Raman taught a lesson to the greedy and jealous priests. They did not receive the actual price of the horse; whereas the dustbin yielded coins.

Thus Raman ridiculed the priests and managed to get the full amount for his horse. The Mughal emperors were planning to attack Vijayanagaram. King Krishnadevarayar knew about the mobilisation of forces on the borders.

He also made arrangements for national security. The strength of cavalry was also increased. The king bought some ponies. He handed over them to his trusted locals to bring up.

He had also arranged to provide 15 silver coins per month towards the feeding expenses of the horses. Raman, who knew about this, reached the palace and brought a horse. Raman was in dire need of money at that time. He tied the pony to an adjacent room in his house. He sealed the entrance in that room. The fodder was given to the horse through a hole dug on the wall.

Tenali Raman did not use the money for providing food to the horse. Instead, he spent the money on food for his people. So Raman did not spend even a copper coin for food to the horse. He gave a handful of dried grass daily to the horse for its survival. Months have passed. The king ordered to present all the horses at the durbar.

Everybody except Raman presented the horse at the palace. Raman informed the king that it was not so easy to bring his horse to the palace. Then the king directed his Muslim General, in charge of cavalry, to bring the pony. The bearded Muslim General was capable of bringing any troublesome horse.