Both Uses of
amity
in
The Merchant of Venice
- There may as well be amity and life
'Tween snow and fire as treason and my love.
Scene 3.2 *amity = friendly relationseditor's notes: No Fear Shakespeare paraphrases this as "Treason has nothing at all to do with my love. They're as opposite as hot and cold."
- Madam, although I speak it in your presence, You have a noble and a true conceit Of godlike amity, which appears most strongly In bearing thus the absence of your lord.†
Scene 3.4
Definition:
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(amity) a state of friendly relations