LORENZO I shall grow jealous of you shortly, Launcelot, if you thus get my wife into corners.11
JESSICA Nay, you need not fear us, Lorenzo. Launcelot and I
are out.12 He tells me flatly there’s no mercy for me in heaven because I am a Jew’s daughter, and he says you are no good member of the commonwealth,13 for in converting Jews to Christians you raise the price of pork.
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12. arguing 13. society/the Venetian state
11. (lines 23–24) if you keep having secret chats with my wife