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,—