1 Let all of his complexion choose me so.
2 Here do I choose, and thrive I as I may.
3 If you choose that, then I am yours withal.
4 Let me choose, For as I am, I live upon the rack.
5 I could teach you How to choose right, but then I am forsworn.
6 But this reasoning is not in the fashion to choose me a husband.
7 There came divers of Antonio's creditors in my company to Venice that swear he cannot choose but break.
8 I pray you tarry, pause a day or two Before you hazard, for in choosing wrong I lose your company; therefore forbear a while.
9 I will not choose what many men desire, Because I will not jump with common spirits And rank me with the barbarous multitudes.
10 Behold, there stand the caskets, noble Prince, If you choose that wherein I am contain'd, Straight shall our nuptial rites be solemniz'd.
11 If he should offer to choose, and choose the right casket, you should refuse to perform your father's will, if you should refuse to accept him.
12 In terms of choice I am not solely led By nice direction of a maiden's eyes; Besides, the lott'ry of my destiny Bars me the right of voluntary choosing.
13 You must take your chance, And either not attempt to choose at all, Or swear before you choose, if you choose wrong Never to speak to lady afterward In way of marriage.
14 Therefore, for fear of the worst, I pray thee set a deep glass of Rhenish wine on the contrary casket, for if the devil be within and that temptation without, I know he will choose it.
15 Therefore the lott'ry that he hath devised in these three chests of gold, silver, and lead, whereof who chooses his meaning chooses you, will no doubt never be chosen by any rightly but one who you shall rightly love.