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tune he is driven; and it is not impossible to me, if it appear not inconvenient to you, to set her before your eyes, human as she is, and without any danger. Orl. Speak'st thou in sober meaning?

Ros. By my life, I do; which I tender dearly, though I say I am a magician: Therefore put you on your best array, bid your friends; for if you will be married to-morrow, you shall; and to Rosalind, if you will.

Enter SYLVIUS and PHEBE.

Look here comes a lover of mine, and a lover of hers! Phebe. Youth, you have done me much ungentle

ness,

To show the letter that I writ to you.

Ros. I caré not, if I have: it is my study,
To seem despiteful and ungentle to you :
You are there follow'd by a faithful shepherd;
Look upon him, love him; he worships you.

Phebe. Good shepherd, tell this youth what 'tis to
love.

Sylv. It is to be made all of sighs and tears;— And so I am for Phebe.

Phebe. And I for Ganymede.

Orl. And I for Rosalind.

Ros. And I for no woman.

Sylo. It is to be all made of faith and service;And so am I for Phebe.

Phebe. And I for Ganymede.

Orl. And I for Rosalind.

Ros. And I for no woman. Pray you, no more of this; 'tis like the howling of Irish wolves against the moon. I will help you, if I can; [To SYLVIUS.]—I would love you, if I could; [To PHEBE.]-To-morrow meet me all together.-I will marry you, [To PHEBE.] if ever I marry woman, and I'll be married to-morrow I will satisfy you, [To ORLANDO.] if ever I satisfied man, and you shall be married to-mor

row-I will content you, [To SYLVIUS.] if what pleases you contents you, and you shall be married to-morrow. As you love Rosalind, meet; [To ORLANDO.]-As you love Phebe, meet; [To SYLVIUS.] -And as I love no woman, I'll meet.-So fare you well; I have left your commands.

Sylv. I'll not fail, if I live.
Phebe. Nor I.

Orl. Nor I.

[Exeunt.

SCENE III.

Another Part of the Forest.

Enter DUKE, ORLANDO, OLIVER, JAQUES, SYLVIUS, PHEBE, and FORESTERS.

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

Orl. I sometimes do believe, and sometimes do not; As those that fear they hope, and know they fear.

Enter ROSALIND.

Ros. Patience once more, whiles our compact is urg'd ;

You say, if I bring in your Rosalind, [To the DUKE. You will bestow her on Orlando here?

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

her.

Ros. And you say, you will have her, when I bring [TO ORLANDO.,

her?

H

Orl. That would I, were I of all kingdoms king. Ros. You say, you'll marry me, if I be willing? [TO PHEBE. Phebe. That will I, should I die the hour after. Ros. But, if you refuse to marry me, You'll give yourself to this most faithful shepherd ? Phebe. So is the bargain.

Ros. You say, that you'll have Phebe, if she will?

[To SYLVIUS. Sylv, Though to have her and death were both one

thing.

Ros. I have promis'd to make all this matter even. Keep you your word, O duke! to give your daugh

ter:

You yours, Orlando, to receive his daughter:
Keep your word, Phebe, that you'll marry me;
Or else, refusing me, to wed this shepherd:
Keep your word, Sylvius, that you'll marry her,
If she refuse me :-and from hence I
To make these doubts all even.

go,

[Exit ROSALIND. Duke. I do remember in this shepherd boy Some lively touches of my daughter's favour. Orl. My lord, the first time that I ever saw him, Methought, he was a brother to your daughter: But, my good lord, this boy is forest born; And hath been tutor'd in the rudiments Of many desperate studies by his uncle, Whom he reports to be a great magician, Obscured in the circle of this forest, Touch. [Without.] Come along, Audrey.

Enter TOUCHSTONE and AUDREY.

Jaques. There is, sure, another flood toward, and these couples are coming to the ark! Here comes a pair of very strange beasts, which in all tongues are called fools,

Touch. Salutation and greeting to you all!

Jaques. Good my lord, bid him welcome: This is

the motley-minded gentleman, that I have so often met in the forest: he hath been a courtier, he swears. Touch. If any man doubt that, let him put me to my purgation. I have trod a measure; I have flattered a lady; I have been politick with my friend, smooth with mine enemy; I have undone three tailors; I have had four quarrels, and like to have fought one.

Jaques. And how was that ta'en up?

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

Jaques. How seventh cause?-Good my lord, like this fellow.

Duke. I like him very well.

Touch. God'ild you, sir; I desire of you the like. I press in here, sir, amongst the rest of the country copulatives, to swear, and to forswear; according as marriage binds, and blood breaks:-A poor virgin, sir, an ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own; a poor humour of mine, sir, 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 oyster.

Duke. By my faith, he is very swift and sententious! Touch. According to the fool's bolt, sir, and such dulcet diseases.

Jaques. But, for the seventh cause; how did you find the quarrel on the seventh cause ?

Touch. Upon a lie seven times removed;-Bear your body more seeming, Audrey :—as thus, sir, I did dislike the cut of a certain courtier's beard; he sent me word, if I said his beard was not cut well, he was in the mind it was: This is called the retort courteous. If I sent him word again, it was not well cut, he would send me word, he cut it to please himself: This is called the quip modest. 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, I speak not true. This is called the reproof valiant. If again, it was not well cut, he would say, I lie. This is called the countercheck quarrelsome; and so to the lie circumstantial, and the lie direct.

Jaques. And how oft did you say, his beard was not well cut?

Touch. I durst go no further than the lie circumstantial, nor he durst not give me the lie direct; and so we measured swords, and parted.

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

Touch. O, sir, we quarrel in print, by the book; as you have books for good manners; I will name you the degrees. The first, the retort courteous; the second, the quip modest; the third, the reply churlish; the fourth, the reproof valiant; the fifth, the countercheck quarrelsome; the sixth, the lie with circumstance; the seventh, the lie direct. All these you may avoid, but the lie direct; and you may avoid that too, with an If. I knew when seven justices could not take up a quarrel; but when the parties were met themselves, one of them thought but of an If, asyou said so, then I said so; and they shook hands, and swore brothers. Your If is the only peacemaker; much virtue in If.

-If

Jaques. Is not this a rare fellow, my lord? he's good at any thing, and yet a fool!

Duke. He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that, he shoots his wit.

Enter JAQUES DE BOYS.

Jaq. de B. Let me have audience for a word or two. I am the second son of old Sir Rowland, That bring these tidings to this fair assembly:Duke Frederick, hearing how, that, every day Men of great worth resorted to this forest, Address'd a mighty power; which were on foot,

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