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Enter AMIENS, JAQUES, and others
| AMIENS
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SONG.
Under the greenwood tree
Who loves to lie with me,
And turn his merry note
Unto the sweet bird's throat,
Come hither, come hither, come hither:
Here shall he see No enemy
But winter and rough weather. |
| JAQUES
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More, more, I prithee,
more. |
| AMIENS
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It will make you
melancholy, Monsieur Jaques. |
| JAQUES
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I thank it. More, I
prithee, more. I can suck
melancholy out of a song, as a weasel sucks eggs.
More, I prithee, more. |
| AMIENS
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My voice is ragged: I know
I cannot please you. |
| JAQUES
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I do not desire you to
please me; I do desire you to
sing. Come, more; another stanzo: call you 'em stanzos? |
| AMIENS
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What you will, Monsieur
Jaques. |
| JAQUES
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Nay, I care not for their
names; they owe me
nothing. Will you sing? |
| AMIENS
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More at your request than
to please myself. |
| JAQUES
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Well then, if ever I thank
any man, I'll thank you;
but that they call compliment 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, sing; and you that will
not, hold your tongues. |
| AMIENS
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Well, I'll end the song.
Sirs, cover the while; the
duke will drink under this tree. He hath been all
this day to look you. |
| JAQUES
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And I have been all this
day to avoid him. He is
too disputable for my company: I think of as many
matters as he, but I give heaven thanks and make no
boast of them. Come, warble, come. |
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SONG.
Who doth ambition shun |
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[All together here]
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And loves to live i' the
sun,
Seeking the food he eats
And pleased with what he gets,
Come hither, come hither, come hither:
Here shall he see No enemy
But winter and rough weather. |
| JAQUES
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I'll give you a verse to
this note that I made
yesterday in despite of my invention. |
| AMIENS
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And I'll sing it.
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| JAQUES
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Thus it goes:--
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If it do come to pass
That any man turn ass,
Leaving his wealth and ease,
A stubborn will to please,
Ducdame, ducdame, ducdame:
Here shall he see
Gross fools as he,
An if he will come to me. |
| AMIENS
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What's that 'ducdame'?
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| JAQUES
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'Tis a Greek invocation,
to call fools into a
circle. I'll go sleep, if I can; if I cannot, I'll
rail against all the first-born of Egypt. |
| AMIENS
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And I'll go seek the duke:
his banquet is prepared. |
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[Exeunt severally]
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Act III, Scene 3 The Forest |
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Act I, Scene 1 Orchard of Oliver's house |
Act III, Scene 4 The Forest |
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Act I, Scene 2 Lawn Before the Duke's Palace |
Act III, Scene 5 Another Part of the Forest |
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Act I, Scene 3 A room in the Palace |
Act IV, Scene 1 The Forest |
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Act II, Scene 3 Before Oliver's House |
Act V, Scene 1 The Forest |
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Act II, Scene 4 The Forest of Arden |
Act V, Scene 2 The Forest |
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Act V, Scene 3 The Forest |
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