THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

William Shakespeare

Merchant of Syracuse, plead no more;I am not partial to infringe our laws:The enmity and discord which of late Sprung from the rancorous outrage of your duke To merchants, our well-dealing countrymen,
Who wanting guilders to redeem their lives Have seal'd his rigorous statutes with their bloods,
Excludes all pity from our threatening looks.