Question

In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft, I shot his fellow of the self-same flight The self-same way with more advised watch, To find the other forth; and by adventuring both, I oft found both.

Q In what context does Bassanio speak these words?​

Answer 1

In this speech, Bassanio explains that back when he was a schoolboy, if he had lost an arrow, he would try to find it by shooting another arrow in the same direction, watching the second arrow more carefully than the first one. By risking the second arrow, he’d often get both of them back. And then, he uses this childhood example to explain that just like the way he got the lost arrow by shooting another one, he wants Antonio to give him another loan and will try to use it very carefully so that he gets enough money to pay off all.