Page 1922 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1
P. 1922
SPEED
It stands under thee, indeed.
LAUNCE
Why, stand-under and under-stand is all one.
SPEED
But tell me true, will’t be a match? [30]
LAUNCE
Ask my dog. If he say ay, it will; if he say no, it will; if he shake his tail and
say nothing, it will.
SPEED
The conclusion is, then, that it will.
LAUNCE
Thou shalt never get such a secret from me but by a parable. [35]
SPEED
’Tis well that I get it so. But, Launce, how sayest thou that my master is
become a notable lover?
LAUNCE
I never knew him otherwise.
SPEED
Than how?
LAUNCE
A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be. [40]
SPEED
Why, thou whoreson ass, thou mistakest me.
LAUNCE
Why, fool, I meant not thee, I meant thy master.
SPEED
