[…] he [Antonio] answered, do not so, Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio, But stay the very riping of the time
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene viii], page 171