Gobbo, Launcelot

a “wit-snapper,” a “merry devil.” [Br. Lit.: Merchant of Venice]

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The fiend is at mine elbow and tempts me saying to me 'Gobbo, Launcelot Gobbo, good Launcelot,' or 'good Gobbo' or good Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs, take the start, run away.

Ruzantine influences on the theater of Shakespeare: Launce e Launcelot inspired by Ruzante's Peasant?

The fiend is at mine elbow and tempts me, saying to me, "Gobbo, Launcelot Gobbo ...

The triumph of the Golden Fleece women, money, religion, and power in Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice

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