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As You Like It - Act 2, scene 6
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As You Like It - Act 2, scene 6Act 2, scene 6
Scene 6
Synopsis:
Orlando leaves Adam, near starvation, under a tree and goes off determined to find food.
Enter Orlando and Adam.ADAM 0941 Dear master, I can go no further. O, I die for
0942 food. Here lie I down and measure out my grave.
0943 Farewell, kind master.⌜He lies down.⌝
ORLANDO 0944 Why, how now, Adam? No greater heart in
0945 5 thee? Live a little, comfort a little, cheer thyself a
0946 little. If this uncouth forest yield anything savage, I
0947 will either be food for it or bring it for food to thee.
0948 Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my
0949 sake, be comfortable. Hold death awhile at the
0950 10 arm’s end. I will here be with thee presently, and if
0951 I bring thee not something to eat, I will give thee
0952 leave to die. But if thou diest before I come, thou art
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a mocker of my labor. Well said. Thou look’st0954 cheerly, and I’ll be with thee quickly. Yet thou liest
0955 15 in the bleak air. Come, I will bear thee to some
0956 shelter, and thou shalt not die for lack of a dinner if
0957 there live anything in this desert. Cheerly, good
0958 Adam.
They exit.