Bas. Gramercy! Would'st thou aught with me?
Gob. Here's my son, sir, a poor boy—
Lau. Not a poor boy, sir; but the rich Jew's man; that would, sir, as my father shall specify.
Gob. He hath a great infection, sir, as one would say, to serve——
Lau. Indeed, the short and the long is, I serve the Jew, and have a desire as my father shall specify.
Gob. His master and he (saving your worship's reverence) are scarce cater-cousins.
Lau. 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.
Gob. I have here a dish of doves, that I would bestow upon your worship; and my suit is——
Lau. In very brief, the suit is impertinent[[51]] 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.
Bas. One speak for both. What would you?