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Launce

The clownish serving-man of Proteus, famous for his soliloquies to his dog Crab. (Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona. )

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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Launce - Launce The clownish serving-man of Proteus, famous for his soliloquies to his dog Crab. ...
William Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene V - Launce! by mine honesty, welcome to Milan!
William Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene III - Nay, 'twill be this hour ere I have done weeping; all the kind of the Launces have this very fault. I have received my proportion, like the prodigious
William Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act III - Sir Thurio, give us leave, I pray, awhile; We have some secrets to confer about.