Rof. By my life, I do; which I tender dearly, tho' I fay I am a magician: therefore, put you on your best array; bid your friends, for if you will be married to-morrow, you fhall; and to Rofalind, if you will.

Enter SILVIUS and PHEBE.

Look, here comes a lover of mine, and a lover of her's.
Phe. Youth, you have done me much ungentleness,
To fhew the letter that I writ to you.

Rof. I care not, if I have: it is my study
To feem defpiteful and ungentle to you:

You are there follow'd by a faithful shepherd;

Look upon him, look upon him; he worships you,

Phe. Good fhepherd, tell this youth what 'tis to love.. Sil. It is to be made all of fighs and tears,

And fo am I for Phebe.

Phe. And I for Ganymed.

Orla. And I for Rofalind.

Rof. And I for no woman.

Sil. It is to be made all of faith and fervice;

And fo am I for Phebe.

Phe. And I for Genymed.
Orla. And I for Rofalind.
Rof. And I for no woman.

Sil. It is to be all made of fantasy,

All made of paffion, and all made of wishes,

All adoration, duty, and obfervance,

All humblenefs, all patience, and impatience,

All purity, all trial, all observance;

And fo am I for Phebe.

Phe. And fo am I for Ganymed.
Orla. And fo am I for Rofalind.
Rof. And fo am I for no woman.

Phe. If this be fo, why blame you me to love you? [ToRof.
Sil. If this be fo, why blame you me to love you? [ToPhe.
Orla. If this be fo, why blame you me to love you?
Rof. Who do you speak to, why blame you me to love you?
Orla. To her that is not here, nor doth not hear?

Rof. Pray you no more of this; 'tis like the howling of Irish wolves against the moon.-I will help you, if I can; [To Silvius.]-I would love you, if I could; [To Phebe]To-morrow meet me altogether.-I will marry you, [To

[Phebe]

man,

you

[Phebe] if ever I marry woman, and I'll be married tomorrow-I will fatisfy you, [To Orlando] if ever I fatisfied and fhall be married to-morrow. I will content you, To Silvius] if what pleases you contents you, and fhall be married to-morrow.-As love Rofayou lind, meet; [To Orlando]-As you love Phebe meet; [To Silanus]-And as I love no woman, I'll meet.-So fare you well; I have left you commands.

Sil. I'll not fail, if I live.

Phe. Nor I.

Orla. Nor I,

you

[Exeunt.

SCENE

III.

Enter Clown and AUDREY.

Clo. To-morrow is the joyful day, Audrey; to-morrow. will we be married.

Aud. I do defire it with all my heart and I hope it is no dishonest desire, to defire to be a woman of the world. Here come two of the banifhed Duke's

Enter two Pages.

1 Page. Well met, honeft gentleman.

pages.

Clo. By my troth, well met: Come, fit, fit, and a fong. 2 Page. We are for you: fit i'th middle.

1 Page. Shall we clap into't roundly, without hawking, or fpitting, or faying we are hoarse; which are the only prologues to a bad voice?

2 Page. I'faith, i'faith; and both in a tune like two gypfies on a horse.

S O N G.

It was a lover and his lass,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o'er the green corn-field did pass

In the fpring time, the pretty rank time,
When the birds dofing, hey ding a ding, ding;
Sweet lovers love the Spring.

Between the acres of the rye,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino
Thefe pretty country folks would lie,
In the fpring time, &c.

The carol they began that hour,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,

How that life was but a flower

In the fpring time, &c.

And therefore take the prefent time,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino;

For love is crowned with the prime

In the fpring time, &c.

Clo. Truly, young gentlemen, though there was no great matter in the ditty, yet the note was very untuneable.

1 Page. You are deceived, fir; we kept time, we lost

not our time.

Clo. By my troth, yes; I count it but time loft to hear fuch a foolish fong. God be with you; and God mend your voices.-Come, Audrey.

SCENE IV. Another part of the Foreft,

[Exeunt.

Enter Duke Senior, AMIENS, JAQUES, ORLANDO, OLIVER, and ČELIA.

Duke Sen. Doft thou believe, Orlando, that the boy Can do all this that he hath promised?

Orla. I fometimes do believe, and fometimes do not; As those that fear they hope, and know they fear.

Enter ROSALIND, SILVIUS, and PHEBE.

Rof. Patience once more, whiles our compact is urg'd;You fay, if I bring in your Rofalind,

You will beftow her on Orlando here?

[To the Duke

Duke Sen. That would I, had I kingdoms to give with

her,

Rof

Rof. And you fay, you will have her when I bring her ? [To Orlando

Orla. That would I, were I of all kingdoms king.
Rof. You fay, you'll marry me, if I be willing?

LTo Phebe

Phe. That will I, fhould I die the hour after.
Rof. But if you do refuse to marry me,
You'll give yourself to this most faithful shepherd?
Phe. So is the bargain.

Rof. You fay, that you'll have Phebe, if she will ?

[To Silvius. Sil. Though to have her and death were both one thing Rof. I have promised to make all this matter even. Keep you your word, O Duke! to give your daughter;— You yours, Orlando, to receive his daughter:Keep your word, Phebe, that you'll marry me ; Or elfe, refusing me, to wed this shepherd :Keep your word, Silvius, that you'll marry her, If the refufe me :-and from hence I go, To make these doubts all even.

Exeunt Rofalind, and Celia,
Duke Sen. I do remember in this fhepherd's boy
Some lively touches of my daughter's favour.

Orla. My lord, the first time that I ever faw him,
Methought, he was a brother to your daughter :
But, my good lord, this boy is foreft-born;
And hath been tutor'd in the rudiments
Of many defperate studies by his uncle,
Whom he reports to be a great magician,
Obfcured in the circle of this foreft.

Enter Clown and AUDREY.

Jaq. There is, fure, another flood toward, and these couples are coming to the ark! Here comes a pair of very ftrange beafts, which in all tongues are called fools.

Clo. Salutation and greeting to you all!

Faq. Good my lord, bid him welcome: This is the motley-minded gentleman, that I have fo often met in the foreft: he hath been a courtier, he fwears.

Cle. If any man doubt that, let him put me to my pur

I 2

gation.

gation. I have trod a meafure; I have flattered a lady; I have been politick with my friend, fmooth with mine. enemy; I have undone three taylors; I have had four quarrels, and like to have fought one.

Jaq. And how was that ta'en up ?

Clo. 'Faith, we met, and found the quarrel was upon the seventh cause.

Jaq. How feventh caufe?-Good, my Lord, like this fellow.

Duke Sen. I like him very well.

Clo. God'ild you, fir; I'defire you of the like. I press in here, fir, among the reft of the country copulatives, to fwear and to forfwear; according as marriage binds or blood breaks :-A poor virgin, fir, an ill-favoured thing, fir, but mine own; a poor humour of mine, fir, to take that that no man else will: Rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor-house; as your pearl, in your foul oyfter.

Duke Sen. By my faith, he is very swift and fententious Clo. According to the fool's bolt, Sir, and fuch dulcet diseases.

Jaq. But, for the feventh caufe; how did you find the quarrel on the seventh caufe?

Clo. Upon a lie feven times removed;-Bear your body more seeming, Audrey :—as thus, Sir, I did diflike the cut of a certain courtier's beard; he fent me word, if I faid his beard was not cut well, he was in the mind it was: This is called the Retort courteous. If I fent him word again, it was not well cut, he would fend me word, he cut it to please himself: This is called the Quip modeft. If again, it was not well cut, he disabled my judgment: This is called the Reply churlish. If again, it was not well cut he would answer, Ifpake not true. This is called the Reproof valiant. If again, it was not well cut, he would fay, I lie. This is called the Countercheck quarrelfome; and fo to the Lie circumftantial, and the Lie direct.

Jaq. And how oft did you fay his beard was not well

cut?

Clo. I durft go no further than the Lie circumftantial, nor he durft not give me the Lie direct; and so we measured fwords and parted.

Jaq. Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie?

Clo.