Antonio and Shylock stand up in court, and Portia, after surveying each, inquires:
"Is your name Shylock?"
He replies: "Shylock is my name."
She says to Antonio: "You stand within Shylock's control, do you not?"
He responds: "Ay, so he says."
Portia asks: "Do you confess the bond?"
Antonio replies: "I do."
Portia: "Then must the Jew be merciful?"
Shylock asks: "On what compulsion must I? Tell me that?"
Then Portia rises in court and makes this lofty, never to be forgotten speech: