"Tarry, Jew," she said; "the law hath yet another hold on you." Then
she stated that, for conspiring against the life of a citizen of
Venice, the law compelled him to forfeit all his wealth, and his own
life was at the mercy of the duke.
The duke said he would grant him his life before he asked it; one-half
of his riches only should go to the State, the other half should be
Antonio's.
More merciful of heart than his enemy could expect, Antonio declared
that he did not desire the Jew's property, if he would make it over at
his death to his own daughter, whom he had discarded for marrying a
Christian, to which Shylock reluctantly agreed.
THE AFFLICTED PRINCE.
A TALE OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS.
I.
It is said by some ancient historians, and by those who have bestowed
much pains in examining and comparing old conditions, that several
kings reigned over Britain before Julius Caesar landed in the country.
Lud Hurdebras is supposed to have been the eighth king from Brute, whom
the Bards, and after them, the monkish historians, report to have been
the first monarch of Britain.
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