DUKE. FREDERICK, brother to the Duke, and ufurper. AMIENS, Lords attending upon the Duke in his banishment. JAQUES, LE BEAU, a courtier attending upon FREDERICK. OLIVER, eldeft fon to Sir ROWLAND DE Boys. JAQUES, ORLANDO, younger brothers to OLIVer. ADAM, an old fervant of Sir ROWLAND DE BOYS. TOUCHSTONE, a clown. CORIN, } Shepherds. SYLVIUS, WILLIAM, in love with AUDrey. Sir OLIVER MAR-TEXT, a vicar. CHARLES, wreftler to the ufurping Duke FREDerick. ROSALIND, daughter to the Duke. CELIA, daughter to FREDERICK. PHEBE, a fhepherdess. AUDREY, a country wench. A perfon representing HYMEN. Lords belonging to the two Dukes; with Pages, Foresters, and other Attendants. The SCENE lies, firft, near Oliver's boufe; and, afterwards, partly in the Duke's court; and partly in the foreft of Arden. THIS COMEDY, founded on Lodge's Novel of Rofalynde, or Euphues' Golden Legacye, was written in the year 1600. AS YOU LIKE IT. ACT I. SCENE I. Oliver's Orchard. Enter Orlando and Adam. Orlando. As I remember, Adam, it was upon this fafhion: He bequeathed me, by will, but a poor thousand crowns; and, as thou fay'ft, charged my brother, on his bleffing, to breed me well: and there begins my sadness. My brother Jaques he keeps at school, and report speaks goldenly of his profit: for my part, he keeps me rustically at home, or, to speak more properly, stays me here at home, unkept; For call you that keeping for a gentleman of my birth, that differs not from the ftalling of an ox? His horses are bred better; for, befides that they are fair with their feeding, they are taught their manage, and to that end riders dearly hired: but I, his brother, gain nothing under him but growth; for the which his animals on his dunghills are as much bound to him as I. Besides this nothing that he fo plentifully gives me, the VOL. II. a He (my father.) fomething с fomething that nature gave me, his countenance feems to take from me he lets me feed with his hinds, bars me the place of a brother, and, as much as in him lies, mines my gentility with my education. This is it, Adam, that grieves me; and the fpirit of my father, which I think is within me, begins to mutiny against this servitude: I will no longer endure it, though yet I know no wile remedy how to avoid it. Enter Oliver. Adam. Yonder comes my mafter, your brother. Orla. Go apart, Adam, and thou fhalt hear how he will thake me up. с Oli. Now, fir! what 'make you here? Orla. Nothing: I am not taught to make any thing. Orla. Marry, fir, I am helping you to mar that which God made, a poor unworthy brother of yours, with idlenefs. g Oli. Marry, fir, be better employ'd, and be nought a while. Orla. Shall I keep your hogs, and eat hufks with them? What prodigal portion have I spent, that I fhould come to fuch penury? Oli. Know you where you are, fir? Orla. O, fir, very well here in your orchard, Orla. Ay, better than he, I am before, knows me. I know you are my eldest brother; and, in the gentle condition of blood, you should fo know me: The courtesy bfeems-indicates a wish. d bars me]-excludes me from. mines my gentility with my education.]-faps, feeks to defeat, through neglect of my education, all the advantages of a fair descent. с fbake me up.]-rate, vex, provoke me. be nought a while.]-go hang yourself. f make]-do. of of nations allows you my better, in that you are the firstborn; but the fame tradition takes not away my blood, were there twenty brothers betwixt us: I have as much of my father in me, as you; albeit, I confefs your coming. before me is nearer to his " reverence. Oli. What, boy! h Orla. Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this. Oli. Wilt thou lay hands on me, 'villain? k Orla. I am no villain: I am the youngest fon of fir Rowland de Boys; he was my father; and he is thrice a villain, that fays, fuch a father begot villains: Wert thou not my brother, I would not take this hand from thy throat, 'till this other had pulled out thy tongue for faying fo; thou haft rail'd on thyself. Adam. Sweet mafters, be patient; for your father's remembrance, be at accord. Oli. Let me go, I say. Orla. I will not, 'till I please: you fhall hear me. My father charg'd you in his will to give me good education: you have train'd me up like a peasant, obfcuring and hiding from me all gentleman-like qualities: the spirit of my father grows ftrong in me, and I will no longer endure it: therefore allow me fuch exercises as may become a gentleman, or give me the poor allottery my father left me by teftament; with that I will go buy my fortunes. Oli. And what wilt thou do? beg, when that is spent? Well, fir, get you in: I will not long be troubled with you: you shall have fome part of your will: I pray you, leave me. Orla. I will no further offend you than becomes me for my good. brevenue, in estate. * ne villain :]—not of base extraction. villain ?-worthless wretch. N 2 Oli. Oli. Get you with him, you old dog. Adam. Is old dog my reward? Most true, I have loft my teeth in your service.-God be with my old master, he would not have spoke fuch a word. [Exeunt Orlando and Adam. Oli. Is it even fo? begin you to grow upon me? I will phyfick your rankness, and yet give no thousand crowns neither. Holla, Dennis! Enter Dennis. Den. Calls your worship? Oli. Was not Charles, the duke's wrestler, here to speak with me? Den. So please you, he is here at the door, and importunes access to you. Oli. Call him in. -[Exit Dennis.] 'Twill be a good way; and to-morrow the wrestling is. Enter Charles. Cha. Good-morrow to your worship. Oli. Good monfieur Charles!-what's the new news at the new court? Cha. There's no news at the court, fir, but the old news that is, the old duke is banish'd by his younger brother the new duke; and three or four loving lords have put themselves into voluntary exile with him, whofe lands and revenues enrich the new duke, therefore he gives them good leave to wander. Oli. Can you tell, if Rofalind, the old duke's daughter, be banish'd with her father? Cha. O, no; for the new duke's daughter, her coufin, fo loves her,-being ever from their cradles bred together, that she would have followed her exile, or have died to I a good way ;]-to get rid of Orlando, Atay. |