Sinopsis

SCENE—A Hall in Nathan's House.
NATHAN, in a travelling dress, DAYA meeting him.
DAYA.
'Tis he, 'tis Nathan! Thanks to the Almighty,
That you're at last returned.
NATHAN.
Yes, Daya, thanks,
That I have reached Jerusalem in safety.
But wherefore this AT LAST? Did I intend,
Or was it possible to come back sooner?
As I was forced to travel, out and in,
'Tis a long hundred leagues to Babylon;
And to get in one's debts is no employment,
That speeds a traveller.