No Fear Shakespeare: As You Like It: Act 2 Scene 5

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Enter AMIENS , JAQUES , and others	ESIAMN , QJEASU , nad thoesr etren.
AMIENS (sings) Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me And turn his merry note Unto the sweet birds throat, Come hither, come hither, come hither. Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather.	AIESMN (nsngigi) vhereWo nawts to lei ithw me, Unerd hte wgendooer tree, ndA urtn hsi eyrmr gnos To foolwl the stewe irsbd igsinng, Ceom eerh, cmoe eehr, ocem ereh. Here uoy lwli fidn No mneey sBeiesd iwertn dan orguh aretewh.
JAQUES 10 More, more, I prithee, more.	JUQAES reoM, eomr, pelsae, reom.
AMIENS It will make you melancholy, Monsieur Jaques.	NAIEMS sIt noly gongi to kaem uoy sad, usorineM qauesJ.
JAQUES I thank it. More, I prithee, more. I can suck melancholy out of a song as a weasel sucks eggs. More, I prithee, more.	SUAJEQ Im dgla auobt taht. oeMr, elapse, erom. I can ckus sedassn uot of a onsg eth wya a weesal sscuk gges. orMe, leeaps, rome.
AMIENS My voice is ragged. I know I cannot please you.	IMNSAE My eovci is edargg. I ownk I otnw aleesp ouy.
JAQUES 15 I do not desire you to please me. I do desire you to sing. Come, more, another stanzo. Call you em stanzos?	AUQJES I dnot wnat yuo to pelaes me, I want oyu to igsn. omeC on, erohatn zisstaan ahtt hwat uoy alcl em, nastasz?
AMIENS What you will, Monsieur Jaques.	SNEAMI lalC htem arehwvet you wtan, oeriMsun uJseaq.
JAQUES Nay, I care not for their names. They owe me nothing. Will you sing?	QASEUJ hNa, I tndo ecar htaw ierht smaen By namse, Jsqaue is htginikn of eht ssintuarge on I.O.U nsteo, in ihcwh the mnea ylglale rqereisu tath the btde be honored. names are; yhte woe me ihnongt. lilW uyo ings?
AMIENS 20 More at your request than to please myself.	SNEIAM Oaky, btu ylno uacbees oyu want me to.
JAQUES Well then, if ever I thank any man, Ill thank you. But that they call compliment is like th 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.	QEASUJ lWle tneh, if vIe vere anekhdt a amn, llI ntkah ouy own. Btu owt mne ntlcinmpgimeo aech reoht is eilk wot bonasbo gtgneit ttreghoe. nveerWeh a amn metipncomsl me, I efle klei hes a gagbre nda I stju aevg mhi a nepaynn sseigmanrbra ghxecaen. eCmo on, diasnng hoste of you how town ings, tuhs up.
AMIENS Well, Ill end the song.Sirs, cover the while; the duke will drink under this tree.He hath been all this day to look you.	MESINA lleW, Ill hsnfii teh gsno I taedrts.ileahMwen, sris, tse eth atelb. ehT eduk lwli krnid unedr isth rete.seH nebe loknogi rof uyo lla yda, uoy kwno.
JAQUES 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.	QUJSEA dAn veI neeb igionavd mhi lla yda. eHs oot egntuearavmit rof me. I ktnhi of as nmya gtshin as he sode, tbu I jtus hkant evhnae dan tdno shwo fof buato it. moeC, ralwbe rof me.
EVERYONE (singing) Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i th 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.	YVEONEER (sigingn) rveeohW hsnsu inobtmai And lsevo to vile in eth snu, ginntHu het odfo he taes edPelsa hwit hatw he nisdf, oCme ereh, omce here, ocem rehe. erHe he llwi Nfndio yneem But ienwrt and urhog haeetwr.
JAQUES Ill give you a verse to this note that I made yesterday in despite of my invention.	AESQJU I etwor a sveer to tish nuet, utghho sit not yevr angimiitvae. llI vgei it oyu.
AMIENS And Ill sing it. (taking paper fromJAQUES) Thus it goes: 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.	NMIAES dnA Ill nisg it. (kigtna a eppra fromJAQUES) It ogse ekli tsih: (gssin) If it olhdsu coem to saps aTth nay nam tnsur onit an ass ndA vaeesl sih elahwt nad eeas lmpyiS to apesle ihs usborbtn wlli adcDuem, aducemd, dmuaecd. eeHr he ilwl see olsoF as upitds as he If he wlil ynlo moec to me.
AMIENS Whats that ducdame?	NSEAMI tahsW htta drow eauddmc? The ataluc namngie of dacmeud is ayhveil beetdad. sqJesua reswna eemss to be ailmyn a bja at hte nmbelnoe ohw ehav eofwldol Deuk Sneoir otni hte woods. ducdame?
JAQUES Tis a Greek invocation, to call fools into a circle. Ill go sleep if I can. If I cannot, Ill rail against all the first-born of Egypt.	EAUQJS tIs a rGkee cvitonoani, gclialn solfo ntio a cliecr. Im gngoi to kate a apn, if I icanf I ncat, Ill surce lal eht fisrt-nrbo iedcnhlr of gEytp.
AMIENS And Ill go seek the duke. His banquet is prepared.	ESMAIN ndA llI go fdin eth duke; shi ubqtena is ydera.
Exeunt severally	Thye lal ietx in parestae troedisinc.