2 Lord. We did, my lord, weeping and commenting Upon the sobbing deer. Duke S. Show me the place; I love to cope' him in these sullen fits, 2 Lord. I'll bring you to him straight. [Exeunt. SCENE II. A Room in the Palace. Enter DUKE FREDERICK, Lords, and Attendants. Duke F. Can it be possible that no man saw them? It cannot be; some villains of my court Are of consent and sufferance in this. 1 Lord. I cannot hear of any that did see her. The ladies, her attendants of her chamber, Saw her abed; and, in the morning early, They found the bed untreasured of their mistress. 2 2 Lord. My lord, the roynish clown, at whom so oft Your grace was wont to laugh, is also missing. That did but lately foil the sinewy Charles; That youth is surely in their company. Duke F. Send to his brother; fetch that gallant hither; If he be absent, bring his brother to me; I'll make him find him. Do this suddenly; 1 i. e. to encounter him. [Exeunt. 2 "The roynish clown," mangy or scurvy, from rogneux (French). The word is used by Chaucer. 3 "To quail," says Steevens, "is to faint, to sink into dejection;" but the word is here used in a different and quite obvious sense. SCENE III. Before Oliver's House. Enter ORLANDO and ADAM, meeting. Orl. Who's there? Adam. What! my young master?-O, my gentle master, O, my sweet master, O, you memory Of old sir Rowland! Why, what make you here? Your praise is come too swiftly home before you. O, what a world is this, when what is comely Orl. Why, what's the matter? Adam. O, unhappy youth, Come not within these doors; within this roof The enemy of all your graces lives. Your brother-(no, no brother: yet the son- Hath heard your praises; and this night he means I overheard him, and his practices.3 4 This is no place, this house is but a butchery; 1 i. e. rash, foolish. 2 A prise was a term in wrestling for a grappling or hold taken. 31. e. treacherous devices. 4 Place here signifies a seat, a mansion, a residence: it is not yet obsolete in this sense. Orl. Why, whither, Adam, wouldst thou have me go? Adam. No matter whither, so you come not here. Orl. What, wouldst thou have me go and beg my food? Or with a base and boisterous sword enforce A thievish living on the common road? Adam. But do not so. I have five hundred crowns, Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Orl. O good old man; how well in thee appears 1 i. e. blood turned out of a course of nature; affections alienated In lieu of all thy pains and husbandry. Adam. Master, go on, and I will follow thee, SCENE IV. The Forest of Arden. [Exeunt. Enter ROSALIND in boy's clothes, CELIA dressed like a Ros. O Jupiter! how weary' are my spirits! not weary. Ros. I could find in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel, and to cry like a woman; but I must comfort the weaker vessel, as doublet and hose ought to show itself courageous to petticoat; therefore, courage, good Aliena. Cel. I pray you, bear with me; I cannot go no farther. 2 Touch. For my part, I had rather bear with you than bear you; yet I should bear no cross, if I did bear you; for, I think, you have no money in your purse. Ros. Well, this is the forest of Arden. Touch. Ay, now am I in Arden. The more fool 1. 1 The old copy reads merry; perhaps rightly. Rosalind's language, as well as her dress, may be intended to have an assumed character. 2 A cross was a piece of money stamped with a cross; on this Shakspeare often quibbles. When I was at home, I was in a better place; but travellers must be content. Ros. Ay, be so, good Touchstone.-Look you who comes here; a young man, and an old, in solemn talk. Enter CORIN and SILVIUS. Cor. That is the way to make her scorn you still. Cor. Into a thousand that I have forgotten. Or if thou hast not sat, as I do now, Or if thou hast not broke from company, Touch. And I mine. I remember, when I was in love, I broke my sword upon a stone, and bid him take that for coming anight to Jane Smile; and I remember the kissing of her batlet,' and the cow's dugs that her pretty chopped hands had milked; and I remember the wooing of a peascod instead of her; from 2 1 Batlet, the instrument with which washers beat clothes. 2 A peascod. This was the ancient term for peas growing or gathered, the cod being what we now call the pod. |