i am always willing to help you, Bassanio said Antonio, but I have no money to give you just now it all to trade with foreign countries. My ships are away at sea at the moment. However, I s have plenty of money when they come back. Until then, shall borrow some for you, from Shylock. Shylock the Jew was well known in Venice. He was a moneylender, and he had become very wealthy. He loved making more and more money, but he hated spending it