Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Bond
I’ll have my bond; I will not hear thee speak;
I’ll have my bond; and therefore speak no more.
Shakespeare.—Merchant of Venice, Act III. Scene 3. (Shylock to Antonio.)
Is it so nominated in the bond?
Shakespeare.—Merchant of Venice, Act IV. Scene 1. (Shylock to Portia.)
All bond and privilege of nature break.
Shakespeare.—Coriolanus, Act V. Scene 3. (The General to Virginia and others.)