435 You teach me how a beggar should be answer’d.
Bass. Good sir, this ring was given me by my wife;
And when she put it on, she made me vow
That I should neither sell nor give nor lose it.
Por. That ’scuse serves many men to save their gifts.
440 An if your wife be not a mad-woman,
[441] And know how well I have deserved the ring,
[442] She would not hold out enemy for ever,
For giving it to me. Well, peace be with you! [Exeunt Portia and Nerissa.
Ant. My Lord Bassanio, let him have the ring: