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GOBBO. Here ' s my son, sir, a poor boy--
LAUNCELOT. Not a poor boy, sir, but the rich Jew ' s man, that would, sir,--as my father shall specify--
GOBBO. He hath a great infection, sir, as one would say, to serve--
LAUNCELOT. Indeed the short and the long is, I serve the Jew, and have a desire, as my father shall specify--
GOBBO. His master and he, saving your worship ' s reverence, are scarce cater-cousins--
LAUNCELOT. To be brief, the very truth is that the Jew, having done me wrong, doth cause me,--as my father, being I hope an old man, shall frutify unto you--
GOBBO. I have here a dish of doves that I would bestow upon your worship; and my suit is--
LAUNCELOT. In very brief, the suit is impertinent to myself, as your worship shall know by this honest old man; and, though I say it, though old man, yet poor man, my father.
BASSANIO. One speak for both. What would you?