1 That's certain, if the devil may be her judge.
2 To offend and judge are distinct offices, And of opposed natures.
3 And when the tale is told, bid her be judge Whether Bassanio had not once a love.
4 Well, thou shalt see, thy eyes shall be thy judge, The difference of old Shylock and Bassanio.
5 It doth appear you are a worthy judge; You know the law; your exposition Hath been most sound.
6 My Lord Bassanio gave his ring away Unto the judge that begg'd it, and indeed Deserv'd it too.
7 Had I been judge, thou shouldst have had ten more, To bring thee to the gallows, not to the font.
8 Beshrew me but I love her heartily, For she is wise, if I can judge of her, And fair she is, if that mine eyes be true, And true she is, as she hath prov'd herself.
9 Now, by this hand, I gave it to a youth, A kind of boy, a little scrubbed boy, No higher than thyself, the judge's clerk, A prating boy that begg'd it as a fee, I could not for my heart deny it him.