654651Gob. He hath a great infection sir, as one would say to serue.

655652Lau. Indeede the short and the long is, I serue the Iewe, & haue

656653a desire as my Father shall specifie.

657654Gob. His Maister and he (sauing your worships reuerence) are

658655scarce catercosins,

659656Lau. To be briefe, the very truth is, that the Iewe hauing done

660657me wrong, dooth cause me as my Father being I hope an old man

661658shall frutifie vnto you.

662659Gob. I haue heere a dish of Doues that I would bestow vppon

663660your worship, and my sute is.

664661Lau. In very briefe, the sute is impertinent to my selfe, as your

665662worship shall knowe by this honest old man, and though I say it,

666663though old man, yet poore man my Father.

667664Bass. One speake for both, what would you?

668665Laun. Serue you sir.

669666Gob. That is the very defect of the matter sir.

670667Bass. I know thee well, thou hast obtaind thy sute,

671668Shylocke thy Maister spoke with me this day,

672669And hath preferd thee, if it be preferment

673670To leaue a rich Iewes seruice, to become

674671The follower of so poore a Gentleman.

675672Clowne. The old prouerb is very well parted betweene my Maister

676673Shylocke and you sir, you haue the grace of God sir, and hee

677674hath enough.

678675Bass. Thou speakst it well; goe Father with thy Sonne

679676Take leaue of thy old Maister, and enquire

680677My lodging out, giue him a Lyuerie

681678More garded then his fellowes: see it done.

682679Clowne. Father in, I cannot get a seruice, no, I haue nere a tong

683680in my head, wel: if any man in Italy haue a fayrer table which

684681dooth offer to sweare vpon a booke, I shall haue good fortune;

685682goe too, heere's a simple lyne of life, heeres a small tryfle of wiues,

686683alas, fifteene wiues is nothing, a leuen widdowes and nine maydes

687684is a simple comming in for one man, and then to scape drowning

688685thrice, and to be in perrill of my life with the edge of a featherbed,

689686heere are simple scapes: well, if Fortune be a woman she's a good

690687wench for this gere: Father come, ile take my leaue of the Iewe in

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