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 * //__Summary__//**: The scene starts out with Lorenzo trying to persuade Portia to send Antonio help, and how if she did, then she would feel very proud and generous. Portia agrees to help Antonio because since he is such good friends with Bassanio, then they must be somewhat alike, which means just as she loves Bassanio as a person, she must like Antonio for a person too. Portia then puts Lorenzo and Jessica in charge of her house while her and Nerissa are gone to help Antonio. Once Portia puts Lorenzo and Jessica in charge of her house, she tells Balthazar to take a letter to Doctor Bellario, who lives in Padua, telling him to send his servant to give her and Nerissa notes and clothes that they can wear to the trial. Portia and Nerissa then head off to the trial.

2 //__**conceit**__//- understanding Lorenzo is saying to Portia that she has a very good understanding of friendship. MP

7 **//__lover__//**- a friend Lorenzo is telling Portia how good a friend Antonio is of her husband, Bassanio, so she should send him relief. MP

9 __**//customary bounty can enforce you//**-__ your usual generosity must make you feel. Lorenzo is explaining to Portia that if she helps Antonio get out of his bond, then this act of generosity would feel better than any other kind thing that Portia has ever done. MP

13 **//__yoke__//**- a woodem beam used by ox to pull a load. Portia is telling Lorenzo how Bassanio's and Antonio's souls are joined together in friendship. This is an example of a metaphor. MP

38 **//__acknowledge__//**- recognize your authority. Portia is telling Lorenzo that the people in her house will recognize Lorenzo and Jessica and will not send them away. MP

49 **//__render__//**- give Portia is telling Balthazar to give this letter to Doctor Bellario, who lives in Padua.

18 //__**my lord**__//- Portia is reffering to Bassanio in this statement. Portia says, "being the bosom lover of, must needs be like my lord." What Portia means by this is that because Antonio and Bassanio are such good friends, they should be alike in some ways. This is also an example of a similie, "like my lord."