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[Enter the DUKE, the MAGNIFICOES, ANTONIO, BASSANIO, GRATIANO, SALERIO, and OTHERS].
DUKE OF VENICE: What, is Antonio here? ANTONIO: Ready, so please your Grace. DUKE OF VENICE: I am sorry for thee; thou art come to answer A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch, Uncapable of pity, void and empty From any dram of mercy. ANTONIO: I have heard Your Grace hath ta'en great pains to qualify His rigorous course; but since he stands obdurate, And that no lawful means can carry me Out of his envy's reach, I do oppose My patience to his fury, and am arm'd To suffer with a quietness of spirit The very tyranny and rage of his. DUKE OF VENICE: Go one, and call the Jew into the court. SALERIO: He is ready at the door; he comes, my lord.