Shall we go, coz? Cel. Ay-fare you well, fair gentleman. Orl. Can I not say, I thank you? My better parts Are all thrown down; and that which here stands up, Is but a quintaine,1 a mere lifeless block. Ros. He calls us back. My pride fell with my fortunes: I'll ask him what he would.-Did you call, sir? More than your enemies. I cannot speak to her, yet she urged conference. Re-enter LE Bbeau. O poor Orlando! thou art overthrown : Or Charles, or something weaker, masters thee. That he misconstrues all that you have done. A post or butt set up for martial exercises. The duke is humorous; 1 what he is, indeed, More suits you to conceive, than me to speak of. this; Which of the two was daughter of the duke, That here was at the wrestling? Le Beau. Neither his daughter, if we judge by manners; But yet, indeed, the shorter is his daughter: But that the people praise her for her virtues, I shall desire more love and knowlege of you. [Exit Le Bear Thus must I from the smoke into the smother; ¡Erit. 1 Capricious. SCENE III. A room in the palace. Enter CELIA and ROSALIND. Cel. Why, cousin; why, Rosalind ;-Cupid have mercy!-Not a word? Ros. Not one to throw at a dog. Cel. No, thy words are too precious to be cast away upon curs; throw some of them at me: come, lame me with reasons. Ros. Then there were two cousins laid up; when the one should be lamed with reasons, and the other mad without any. Cel. But is all this for your father? Ros. No, some of it is for my child's father. 0, how full of briers is this working-day world! Cel. They are but burs, cousin, thrown upon thee in holyday foolery; if we walk not in the trodden paths, our very petticoats will catch them. Ros. I could shake them off my coat: these burs are in my heart. Cel. Hem them away. Ros. I would try; if I could cry hem, and have him. Cel. Come, come, wrestle with thy affections. Ros. O, they take the part of a better wrestler than myself. Cel. O, a good wish upon you! you will try in time, in despite of a fall.-But, turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest. Is it |