n guilty of. To this the ready dukeconsented: and now nothing remained but thatProtheus, the false friend, was ordained, by wayof penance for his love-prompted faults, to bepresent at the recital of the whole story of hisloves and falsehoods before the duke; and theshame of the recital to his… … THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, the Jew, lived at Venice: he was anusurer, who had amassed an immense fortune bylending money at great interest to Christian mer-chants. Shylock, being a hard-hearted man,exacted the payment of the money he lent withsuch severity, that he was much disliked by…
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 · Children's stories, English · Children's literature, English · Children · Conduct of life
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