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Exit Servant

—Launcelet jpushing his fatherk
To him, father.

—Old Gobbo jbowingk
God bless your worship.

—Bassanio
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Many thanks. Would’st thou want° with me? {aught}

—Old Gobbo
Here’s my son, sir, a poor boy—

—Launcelet jsteps forwardk
Not a poor boy, sir, but the rich Jew’s man that would, sir, as my father shall specify—
jpulls his father in frontk

—Old Gobbo
He hath a great infection,° sir, as one would say, to serve— > affection / desire

—Launcelet jpulls his father awayk
Indeed, the short and the long is, I serve the Jew, and have the desire, as my father shall
specify— jpulls his father in frontk

—Old Gobbo
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His master and he—saving your worship’s reverence—are scarce on good terms —

—Launcelet jpulls his father awayk
To be brief, the very truth is that the Jew, having done me wrong, doth cause me, as my
father—being, I hope, a respected° man—shall frutify unto you— jpulls his father in frontk
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respected: {old} / a man wise with wisdom
—Old Gobbo
I have here a dish of doves that I would bestow° upon your worship, and my suit° is—
bestow: / offer / present suit: / request

—Launcelet jpulls his father awayk
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In very brief, the suit is impertinent to myself, as your worship shall know by this honest old

47. {Gramercy}: lit.: ‘grant mercy’; [God] grant [you] mercy
48. {are scarce cater-cousins}
scarce: (a) scarcely, hardly
cater-cousins: close friends, those who give (or cater) to each other like cousins
49. Error for fructify or certify.
50. Error for pertinent. Seems to be a blend between important and pertinent