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Rof. I could find in my heart to difgrace my man's apparel, and cry like a woman; but I must comfort the weaker veffel, as doublet and hofe ought to thow itself 'courageous to petticoat; therefore, courage, good Aliena. Cel. I pray you, bear with me, I cannot go no further. Clo. For my part, I had rather bear with you, than bear you; yet I fhould bear no crofs, if I did bear you; for, I think, you have no money in your purfe.

Rof. Well, this is the foreft of Arden.

Clo. Ay; now I am in Arden, the more fool I; when I was at home, I was in a better place; but travellers must be content.

Rof. Ay, be fo, good Touchstone: look you, who comes here; a young man and an old in folemn talk.

Enter Corin and Silvius.

Cor. That is the way to make her scorn you flill.
Sil. O Corin, that thou knew 'ft how I do love her!
Cor. partly guefs; for I have lov'd ere now.
Sil. No, Corin, being old, thou can't not guefs,
Tho' in thy youth thou waft as true a lover,
As ever figh'd upon a midnight pillow;
But if thy love were ever like to mine,
(As, fure, I think, did never man love fő)
How many actions moft ridiculous
Haft thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?

Cor. Into a thoufand that I have forgotten.
Sil. O, thou didst then ne'er love so heartily;
If thou remember'it not the flighteft folly,
That ever love did make thee run into;
Thou haft not lov'd.

Or if thou haft not fate as I do now,
Wearying the hearer in thy mistress praife,
Thou hatt not lov'd.-

Or if thou haft not broke from company,
Abruptly, as my paffion now makes me;

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[Exit Sil. Ro Alas, poor shepherd! fearching of thy wound, [ have by hard adventure found my own.

Clo. And I mine; 1 remember, when I was in love, I broke my fword upon a ftone, and bid him take that for coming a-nights to Jane Smile; the and I remember kiffing of her batlet, and the cow's dugs that her pretty chopt hands had milk'd.; and I remember the wooing of a peafcod instead of her, from whom I took two cods, and giving her them again, faid with weeping tears, wear thefe for my fake. We, that are true lovers, run into ftrange capers; but as all is mortal in nature, fo is all nature in love mortal in folly.

Rof. Thou fpeak't wifer, than thou art ware of.

Clo. Nay, I fhall ne'er be ware of mine own wit, 'till I break my thins against it.

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Rof. Jove! Jove! this fhepherd's paffion is much upon

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Cla. And mine, but it grows fomething fale with me. .Gel. I pray you, one of you question yond man,

If he for gold will give us any food;

I faint almoft to death.

Clo. Hölla you, Clown'!

Rof. Peace, fool; he's not thy kinsman.
Cor. Who calls?

Clo. Your betters, Sir.

Cor. Elfe they are very wretched.

Rof. Peace, I fay; good even to you, friend.
Cer. And to you, gentle Sir, and to you all.
Rof. I pr'ythee, fhepherd, if that love or gold
Can in this defart place buy entertainment,"
Bring us where we may relt ourselves, and feed;
Here's an oung
maid with travel much opprefs'd,

And faint for fuccour.

Cor. Far sir, I pity her,

And with, for her fake more than for mine own,
My fortunes were more able to relieve her;

But I am fhepherd to another man,
And do not heer the fleeces that I

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And little wreaks to find the way to heav'n
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Rof. What is he, that fhall buy his flock and pasture ?
Cor. That young fwain, that you faw here but ere while,
That little cares for buying any thing.

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And thou shalt have to pay for it of us. agua
Cel. And we will mend thy wages.

I like this place, and willingly could waste
My time in it.

Cor. Affuredly the thing is to be fold;
Go with me; if you like, upon report,
The foil, the profit, and this kind of life,
I will your very faithful feeder be;

And buy it with your gold right fuddenly.

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SCENE changes to a defart Part of the Foreft.

Enter Amiens, Jaques, and others.

SON G.

Under the green-wood tree,

Who loves to lie with me,

And tune his merry note,

Unto the fweet bird's throat,

Come hither, come hither, come hither:

Here fhall he fee

No enemy,

But winter and rough weather.

faq. More, more, I pr'ythee, more.

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Ami. It will make you melancholy, Monfieur Jaques. faq. I thank it; more, I pr'ythee, more; I can fuck melancholy out of a fong, as a weazle fucks eggs: more, I pr'ythee, more.

Ami. My voice is rugged; I know, I cannot please you. Jaq. I do not defire you to please me, I do defire you to fing; come, come, another ftanzo; call you 'em stanzo's? Ami. What you will, Monfieur Jaques.

Jaq. Nay, I care not for their names, they owe me nothing.Will you fing?

Ami. More at your request, than to please myfelf.

Jaq. Well then, if ever I thank any man, I'll thank you; but that, they call compliments, is like the encounter of two dog-apes. And when a man thanks me heartily, methinks, I have given him a penny, and he renders me. the beggarly thanks. Come, fing; and you that will not, hold your tongues.

Ami. Well, I'll end the fong, Sirs, cover the while; the Duke will dine under this tree; he hath been all this. day to look you.

Jaq. And I have been all this day to avoid him. He is too difputable for my company: I think of as many matters as he, but I give heav'n thanks, and make no boaft of them. Come, warble, come.

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SONG,

Who doth ambition shun,

And loves to lie i'th' fun,

Seeking the food he eats,

And pleas'd with what he gets;

Come hither, come hither, come hither

Here fhall he fee

No enemy,

But winter and rough weather.

Faq I'll give you a verfe to this note, that I made.

yellerday in defpight of my invention,

Ami. And I'll fing it.

Juq. Thus it goes,

If it do come to pass,
That any man turn afs; 1
Leaving his wealth and ease
A ftubborn will to please,
Ducdame, ducdame, ducdame;
Here fhall he fee

Grofs fools as he,

And if he will come to me,

Ami What's that ducdame?

Jaq. 'Tis a Greek invocation, to call fools into a circle. I'll go fleep if I can; if I cannot, I'll rail against all the firft-born of Egypt:

Ami. And I'll go feek the Duke: his banquet is prepar'd. [Exeunt, feverally..

Enter Orlando and Adam.

Adam. Dear mafter, I can go no further; O, I die for food! here lie I down, and meafure out my grave. Farewel, kind master.

Orla. Why, how now, Adam! no greater heart in thee? live a little; comfort a little; cheer thyfelf a little. If this uncouth foreft yield any thing favage, I will either be food for it, or bring it for food to thee: thy conceit is nearer death, than thy powers. For my fake be comfortable, hold death a while at the arm's end: I will be here with thee prefently, and if I bring thee not fomething to eat, I'll give thee leave to die. But if thou dieft before I come, thou art a mocker of my labour.. Well faid, thou look'ft cheerly. And I'll be with thee quickly; yet thou lieft in the bleak air. Come, I will bear thee to fome shelter, and thou shalt not die for lack of a dinner, if there live any thing in this defart. Cheerly, good Adam. [Exeunt.

Enter Duke Sen. and Lords.

[A table fet out. Duke Sen. I think, he is transform'd into a beast, For I can no where find him like a man.

1 Lord. My Lord, he is but even now gone hence;

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