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Enter ROSALIND and CELIA
Enter ROSALIND and CELIA

ROSALIND

Never talk to me. I will weep.

ROSALIND

Never talk to me. I will weep.

CELIA

Do, I prithee, but yet have the grace to consider that tears do not become a man.

CELIA

Do, I prithee, but yet have the grace to consider that tears do not become a man.

ROSALIND

But have I not cause to weep?

ROSALIND

But have I not cause to weep?

CELIA

5 As good cause as one would desire. Therefore weep.

CELIA

As good cause as one would desire. Therefore weep.

ROSALIND

His very hair is of the dissembling color.

ROSALIND

His very hair is of the dissembling color.

CELIA

Something browner than Judas’s. Marry, his kisses are
Judas’s own children.

CELIA

Something browner than Judas’s. Marry, his kisses are
Judas’s own children.

ROSALIND

I' faith, his hair is of a good color.

ROSALIND

I' faith, his hair is of a good color.

CELIA

10 An excellent color. Your chestnut was ever the only color.

CELIA

An excellent color. Your chestnut was ever the only color.

ROSALIND

And his kissing is as full of sanctity as the touch of holy bread.

ROSALIND

And his kissing is as full of sanctity as the touch of holy bread.

CELIA

He hath bought a pair of cast lips of Diana. A nun of winter’s sisterhood kisses not more religiously. The very ice of chastity is in them.

CELIA

He hath bought a pair of cast lips of Diana. A nun of winter’s sisterhood kisses not more religiously. The very ice of chastity is in them.

ROSALIND

But why did he swear he would come this morning, and comes not?

ROSALIND

But why did he swear he would come this morning, and comes not?

CELIA

Nay, certainly, there is no truth in him.

CELIA

Nay, certainly, there is no truth in him.

ROSALIND

Do you think so?

ROSALIND

Do you think so?

CELIA

Yes, I think he is not a pick-purse nor a horse-stealer, but for his verity in love, I do think him as concave as a covered goblet or a worm-eaten nut.

CELIA

Yes, I think he is not a pick-purse nor a horse-stealer, but for his verity in love, I do think him as concave as a covered goblet or a worm-eaten nut.

ROSALIND

Not true in love?

ROSALIND

Not true in love?

CELIA

Yes, when he is in, but I think he is not in.

CELIA

Yes, when he is in, but I think he is not in.

ROSALIND

25 You have heard him swear downright he was.

ROSALIND

You have heard him swear downright he was.

CELIA

“Was” is not “is.” Besides, the oath of a lover is no stronger than the word of a tapster. They are both the confirmer of false reckonings. He attends here in the forest on the duke your father.

CELIA

“Was” is not “is.” Besides, the oath of a lover is no stronger than the word of a tapster. They are both the confirmer of false reckonings. He attends here in the forest on the duke your father.

ROSALIND

I met the duke yesterday and had much question with him. He asked me of what parentage I was. I told him, of as good as he. So he laughed and let me go. But what talk we of fathers when there is such a man as Orlando?

ROSALIND

I met the duke yesterday and had much question with him. He asked me of what parentage I was. I told him, of as good as he. So he laughed and let me go. But what talk we of fathers when there is such a man as Orlando?

CELIA

Oh, that’s a brave man. He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely, quite traverse, athwart the heart of his lover, as a puny tilter that spurs his horse but on one side breaks his staff like a noble goose; but all’s brave that youth mounts and folly guides.

CELIA

Oh, that’s a brave man. He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely, quite traverse, athwart the heart of his lover, as a puny tilter that spurs his horse but on one side breaks his staff like a noble goose; but all’s brave that youth mounts and folly guides.
Enter CORIN
Enter CORIN
40 Who comes here?
Who comes here?

CORIN

Mistress and master, you have oft inquired
After the shepherd that complained of love,
Who you saw sitting by me on the turf,
Praising the proud disdainful shepherdess
45 That was his mistress.

CORIN

Mistress and master, you have oft inquired
After the shepherd that complained of love,
Who you saw sitting by me on the turf,
Praising the proud disdainful shepherdess
That was his mistress.

CELIA

(as Aliena) Well, and what of him?

CELIA

(as Aliena) Well, and what of him?

CORIN

If you will see a pageant truly played
Between the pale complexion of true love
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain,
50 Go hence a little, and I shall conduct you,
If you will mark it.

CORIN

If you will see a pageant truly played
Between the pale complexion of true love
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain,
Go hence a little, and I shall conduct you,
If you will mark it.

ROSALIND

(aside to CELIA) O, come, let us remove.
The sight of lovers feedeth those in love.
—(as Ganymede) Bring us to this sight, and you shall say
55 I’ll prove a busy actor in their play.

ROSALIND

(aside to CELIA) O, come, let us remove.
The sight of lovers feedeth those in love.
—(as Ganymede) Bring us to this sight, and you shall say
I’ll prove a busy actor in their play.
Exeunt
Exeunt

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Enter ROSALIND and CELIA
Enter ROSALIND and CELIA

ROSALIND

Never talk to me. I will weep.

ROSALIND

Never talk to me. I will weep.

CELIA

Do, I prithee, but yet have the grace to consider that tears do not become a man.

CELIA

Do, I prithee, but yet have the grace to consider that tears do not become a man.

ROSALIND

But have I not cause to weep?

ROSALIND

But have I not cause to weep?

CELIA

5 As good cause as one would desire. Therefore weep.

CELIA

As good cause as one would desire. Therefore weep.

ROSALIND

His very hair is of the dissembling color.

ROSALIND

His very hair is of the dissembling color.

CELIA

Something browner than Judas’s. Marry, his kisses are
Judas’s own children.

CELIA

Something browner than Judas’s. Marry, his kisses are
Judas’s own children.

ROSALIND

I' faith, his hair is of a good color.

ROSALIND

I' faith, his hair is of a good color.

CELIA

10 An excellent color. Your chestnut was ever the only color.

CELIA

An excellent color. Your chestnut was ever the only color.

ROSALIND

And his kissing is as full of sanctity as the touch of holy bread.

ROSALIND

And his kissing is as full of sanctity as the touch of holy bread.

CELIA

He hath bought a pair of cast lips of Diana. A nun of winter’s sisterhood kisses not more religiously. The very ice of chastity is in them.

CELIA

He hath bought a pair of cast lips of Diana. A nun of winter’s sisterhood kisses not more religiously. The very ice of chastity is in them.

ROSALIND

But why did he swear he would come this morning, and comes not?

ROSALIND

But why did he swear he would come this morning, and comes not?

CELIA

Nay, certainly, there is no truth in him.

CELIA

Nay, certainly, there is no truth in him.

ROSALIND

Do you think so?

ROSALIND

Do you think so?

CELIA

Yes, I think he is not a pick-purse nor a horse-stealer, but for his verity in love, I do think him as concave as a covered goblet or a worm-eaten nut.

CELIA

Yes, I think he is not a pick-purse nor a horse-stealer, but for his verity in love, I do think him as concave as a covered goblet or a worm-eaten nut.

ROSALIND

Not true in love?

ROSALIND

Not true in love?

CELIA

Yes, when he is in, but I think he is not in.

CELIA

Yes, when he is in, but I think he is not in.

ROSALIND

25 You have heard him swear downright he was.

ROSALIND

You have heard him swear downright he was.

CELIA

“Was” is not “is.” Besides, the oath of a lover is no stronger than the word of a tapster. They are both the confirmer of false reckonings. He attends here in the forest on the duke your father.

CELIA

“Was” is not “is.” Besides, the oath of a lover is no stronger than the word of a tapster. They are both the confirmer of false reckonings. He attends here in the forest on the duke your father.

ROSALIND

I met the duke yesterday and had much question with him. He asked me of what parentage I was. I told him, of as good as he. So he laughed and let me go. But what talk we of fathers when there is such a man as Orlando?

ROSALIND

I met the duke yesterday and had much question with him. He asked me of what parentage I was. I told him, of as good as he. So he laughed and let me go. But what talk we of fathers when there is such a man as Orlando?

CELIA

Oh, that’s a brave man. He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely, quite traverse, athwart the heart of his lover, as a puny tilter that spurs his horse but on one side breaks his staff like a noble goose; but all’s brave that youth mounts and folly guides.

CELIA

Oh, that’s a brave man. He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely, quite traverse, athwart the heart of his lover, as a puny tilter that spurs his horse but on one side breaks his staff like a noble goose; but all’s brave that youth mounts and folly guides.
Enter CORIN
Enter CORIN
40 Who comes here?
Who comes here?

CORIN

Mistress and master, you have oft inquired
After the shepherd that complained of love,
Who you saw sitting by me on the turf,
Praising the proud disdainful shepherdess
45 That was his mistress.

CORIN

Mistress and master, you have oft inquired
After the shepherd that complained of love,
Who you saw sitting by me on the turf,
Praising the proud disdainful shepherdess
That was his mistress.

CELIA

(as Aliena) Well, and what of him?

CELIA

(as Aliena) Well, and what of him?

CORIN

If you will see a pageant truly played
Between the pale complexion of true love
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain,
50 Go hence a little, and I shall conduct you,
If you will mark it.

CORIN

If you will see a pageant truly played
Between the pale complexion of true love
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain,
Go hence a little, and I shall conduct you,
If you will mark it.

ROSALIND

(aside to CELIA) O, come, let us remove.
The sight of lovers feedeth those in love.
—(as Ganymede) Bring us to this sight, and you shall say
55 I’ll prove a busy actor in their play.

ROSALIND

(aside to CELIA) O, come, let us remove.
The sight of lovers feedeth those in love.
—(as Ganymede) Bring us to this sight, and you shall say
I’ll prove a busy actor in their play.
Exeunt
Exeunt
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