Ner. And I his clerk; therefore be well advised

235 How you do leave me to mine own protection.

Gra. Well, do you so: let not me take him, then;

For if I do, I’ll mar the young clerk’s pen.

Ant. I am the unhappy subject of these quarrels.

[239] Por. Sir, grieve not you; you are welcome notwithstanding.

240 Bass. Portia, forgive me this enforced wrong;

And, in the hearing of these many friends,

I swear to thee, even by thine own fair eyes,

Wherein I see myself,—