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Jew is the very devil incarnation; and, in my con-

science, my conscience is but a kind of hard con-

science, to offer to counsel me to stay with the

Jew. The fiend gives the more friendly counsel:

I will run, fiend; my heels are at your command-

ment; I will run.

Gob. Master young man, you; I pray you,

which is the way to Master Jew's?

Laun. [Aside.] O heavens! this is my true-

begotten father, who, being more than sand-

blind, high-gravel blind, knows me not: I will

try confusions with him.

Gob. Master young gentleman, I pray you,

which is the way to Master Jew's?

Laun. Turn up on your right hand at the

next turning, but, at the next turning of all, on

your left; marry, at the very next turning, turn

of no hand, but turn down indirectly to the Jew's

house.

Gob. By God's sonties, 'twill be a hard way to

hit. Can you tell me whether one Launcelot,

that dwells with him, dwell with him or no?

Laun. Talk you of young Master Launcelot?

[Aside.] Mark me now; now will I raise the

waters. Talk you of young Master Launcelot?

Gob. No master, sir, but a poor man's son:

his father, though I say it, is an honest, exceed-

ing poor man, and, God be thanked, well to

live.

Laun. Well, let his father be what a' will, we

talk of young Master Launcelot.

 28 incarnation; cf. n.

37 sand-blind: half-blind; cf. n.

47 sonties; cf. n.

55 well to live: well to do 