619615Launce. Pray you let's haue no more fooling, about it, but giue

620616mee your blessing: I am Launcelet your boy that was, your sonne

621617that is, your child that shall be.

622618Gob. I cannot thinke you are my sonne.

623619Launc. I know not what I shall think of that: but I am Launce-

623.1620let the Iewes man, and I am sure Margerie your wife is my mo-

624621ther.

625622Gob. Her name is Margerie in deede, ile be sworne if thou bee

626623Launcelet, thou art mine owne flesh and blood: Lord worshipt

627624might he be, what a beard hast thou got; thou hast got more haire

628625on thy chinne, then Dobbin my philhorse hase on his taile.

629626Launce. It should seeme then that Dobbins taile growes back-

630627ward. I am sure hee had more haire of his taile then I haue of my

631628face when I lost saw him.

632629Gob. Lord how art thou changd: how doost thou and thy Ma-

633630ster agree, I haue brought him a present; how gree you now?

634631Launce. Well, well, but for mine owne part, as I haue set vp my

635632rest to runne away, so I will not rest till I haue runne some ground;

636633my Maister's a very Iewe, giue him a present, giue him a halter, I

637634am famisht in his seruice. You may tell euery finger I haue with

638635my ribs: Father I am glad you are come, giue me your present to

639636one Maister Bassanio, who in deede giues rare newe Lyuories, if I

640637serue not him, I will runne as farre as God has any ground. O rare

641638fortune, heere comes the man, to him Father, for I am a Iewe if I

642639serue the Iewe any longer.

644641Bass. You may doe so, but let it be so hasted that supper be ready

645642at the farthest by fiue of the clocke: see these Letters deliuered,

646643put the Lyueries to making, and desire Gratiano to come anone to

647644my lodging.

648645Launce. To him Father.

649646Gob. God blesse your worship.

650647Bass. Gramercie, wouldst thou ought with me.

651648Gobbe. Heere's my sonne sir, a poore boy.

652649Launce. Not a poore boy sir, but the rich Iewes man that would

653650sir as my Father shall specifie.