¶Gob. He hath a great infection
sir, as one would
say to
serue.
655Lau. Indeede the
short and the long is,
I serue the Iewe, & haue
¶a de
sire as my Father
shall
specifie.
¶Gob. His Mai
ster and he (
sauing your wor
ships reuerence) are
¶Lau. To be briefe, the very truth is, that the Iewe hauing done
660me wrong, dooth cau
se me as my Father being I hope an old man
¶shall frutifie vnto you.
¶Gob. I haue heere a di
sh of Doues that I would be
stow vppon
¶your wor
ship, and my
sute is.
¶Lau. In very briefe, the
sute is impertinent to my
selfe, as your
665wor
ship
shall knowe by this hone
st old man, and though I
say it,
¶though old man, yet poore man my Father.
¶Bass. One
speake for both, what would you?
¶Gob. That is the very defect of the matter
sir.
670Bass. I know thee well, thou ha
st obtaind thy
sute,
¶Shylocke thy Mai
ster
spoke with me this day,
¶And hath preferd thee, if it be preferment
¶To leaue a rich Iewes
seruice, to become
¶The follower of
so poore a Gentleman.
675Clowne. The old prouerb is very well parted betweene my Mai
ster
¶Shylocke and you
sir, you haue the grace of God
sir, and hee
¶Bass. Thou
speak
st it well; goe Father with thy Sonne
¶Take leaue of thy old Mai
ster, and enquire
680My lodging out, giue him a Lyuerie
¶More garded then his fellowes:
see it done.
¶Clowne. Father in, I cannot get a
seruice, no, I haue nere a tong
¶in my head, wel: if any man in Italy haue a fayrer table which
¶dooth offer to
sweare vpon a booke, I
shall haue good fortune;
685goe too, heere's a
simple lyne of life, heeres a
small tryfle of wiues,
¶alas, fifteene wiues is nothing, a leuen widdowes and nine maydes
¶is a
simple comming in for one man, and then to
scape drowning
¶thrice, and to be in perrill of my life with the edge of a featherbed,
¶heere are
simple
scapes:
vvell, if Fortune be a woman
she's a good
690wench for this gere: Father come, ile take my leaue of the Iewe in
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