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The Merchant of Venice - furiodetti.it

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SCENE II. <strong>Venice</strong>. A street.Enter LAUNCELOTLAUNCELOTCertainly my conscience will serve me to run fromthis Jew my master. <strong>The</strong> fiend is at mine elbow andtempts me saying to me 'Gobbo, Launcelot Gobbo, goodLauncelot,' or 'good Gobbo,' or good LauncelotGobbo, use your legs, take the start, run away. Myconscience says 'No; take heed,' honest Launcelot;take heed, honest Gobbo, or, as aforesaid, 'honestLauncelot Gobbo; do not run; scorn running w<strong>it</strong>h thyheels.' Well, the most courageous fiend bids mepack: 'Via!' says the fiend; 'away!' says thefiend; 'for the heavens, rouse up a brave mind,'says the fiend, 'and run.' Well, my conscience,hanging about the neck <strong>of</strong> my heart, says very wiselyto me 'My honest friend Launcelot, being an honestman's son,' or rather an honest woman's son; for,indeed, my father did something smack, somethinggrow to, he had a kind <strong>of</strong> taste; well, my consciencesays 'Launcelot, budge not.' 'Budge,' says thefiend. 'Budge not,' says my conscience.'Conscience,' say I, 'you counsel well;' ' Fiend,'say I, 'you counsel well:' to be ruled by myconscience, I should stay w<strong>it</strong>h the Jew my master,who, God bless the mark, is a kind <strong>of</strong> devil; and, torun away from the Jew, I should be ruled by thefiend, who, saving your reverence, is the devilhimself. Certainly the Jew is the very devilincarnal; and, in my conscience, my conscience isbut a kind <strong>of</strong> hard conscience, to <strong>of</strong>fer to counselme to stay w<strong>it</strong>h the Jew. <strong>The</strong> fiend gives the morefriendly counsel: I will run, fiend; my heels areat your command; I will run.Enter Old GOBBO, w<strong>it</strong>h a basketGOBBO28

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