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| Enter TOUCHSTONE and AUDREY | ETHOOCNUTS nda EUAYRD rneet. |
| TOUCHSTONE We shall find a time, Audrey. Patience, gentle Audrey. | OHUNTECTSO leWl etg amrdier at emos ntiop, Aryeud. Be epattni. |
| AUDREY Faith, the priest was good enough, for all the old gentlemans saying. | DREYAU ylleRa, eht eirspt asw ogod hegnou, no artmet tahw htta old guy siad. |
| TOUCHSTONE A most wicked Sir Oliver, Audrey, a most vile Martext. But, Audrey, there is a youth here in the forest lays claim to you. | CNUTHOTOES No, he saw wkecid dan eliv. tuB Adreyu, rhtees a oby in het oerfst how mascli yeour sih rlgi. |
| AUDREY Ay, I know who tis. He hath no interest in me in the world. | EYRADU seY, I nwok who oeuyr nltgaik utbao, tbu he hsa no imalc on me. |
| Enter WILLIAM | MWIIALL eestnr. |
| Here comes the man you mean. | eHer eoscm het mna hefmsli. |
| TOUCHSTONE It is meat and drink to me to see a clown. By my troth, we that have good wits have much to answer for. We shall be flouting. We cannot hold. | UONOETHSTC It wrams my areht to encntuore hucs a orcnuyt umpnbki. ulryT, we tiwty emn ntac ldoh uor gnuseot. We aveh to smes thiw teh isekl of mhi, we ustj antc help it. |
| WILLIAM Good evn, Audrey. | ILLMAWI Gdoo nvegeni, drAuey. |
| AUDREY God gi good evn, William. | YUERDA odoG vgeenni, lmilaiW. |
| WILLIAM And good evn to you, sir. | MWLLIIA dnA oogd eenginv to you, sir. |
| TOUCHSTONE 15 Good evn, gentle friend. Cover thy head, cover thy head. Nay, prithee, be covered. How old are you, friend? | OTNHTCEUSO Good nvngeei to oyu, ogdo ifnedr. No, no, ptu uyro ath bcka on, tup it kabc on. No, epeals, pkee uroy aehd vdcoeer. woH dlo rea ouy, rindfe? |
| WILLIAM Five-and-twenty, sir. | AILLWIM wtynTe-eivf, rsi. |
| TOUCHSTONE A ripe age. Is thy name William? | NETHOTCUSO A amutre eag. Is uryo mane Wlimial? |
| WILLIAM William, sir. | MALIWLI eYs, sit aWliiml, irs. |
| TOUCHSTONE 20 A fair name. Wast born i th forest here? | ENTSHOUCTO A ogod amne. Wree oyu nrbo reeh in eht oefstr? |
| WILLIAM Ay, sir, I thank God. | MLALIIW sYe sri, nhtka doG. |
| TOUCHSTONE Thank God. A good answer. Art rich? | OCEUOSTTHN nakTh Gattsodh a odgo nerwas. rAe uoy hcri? |
| WILLIAM Faith, sir, so-so. | ILIMWLA leWl, so-so. |
| TOUCHSTONE So-so is good, very good, very excellent good. And yet it is not: it is but so-so. Art thou wise? | ONOUSTECHT So-so is odog, evry oogd, an enetllexc wranse. dnA thne ganai, sti ont so godo, ubt lyon so-so. rAe yuo iswe? |
| WILLIAM Ay, sir, I have a pretty wit. | LMAWILI Yes sir, Im fiylar wtyit. |
| TOUCHSTONE Why, thou sayst well. I do now remember a saying: The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. The heathen philosopher, when he had a desire to eat a grape, would open his lips when he put it into his mouth, meaning thereby that grapes were made to eat and lips to open. You do love this maid? | NHEUOCSOTT Well, ttash a nfie nrasew. I seem to rbmemeer a gnaisy: nOly a olfo nitkhs hes ewsi; teh iswe nmaThsi line aym be in rosesenp to lilsmWai npoe-ohtdemu epag, tub ist osla luycelr nnguiatt the kbnpium orf ish awonrr ipeeernexc adn woh ihs hpihyoslop drveise oynl form ttah experience. |
| WILLIAM I do, sir. | IIMLALW I do, irs. |
| TOUCHSTONE Give me your hand. Art thou learned? | UNHTOSOTEC vieG me yruo ndah. erA uoy euedtcad? |
| WILLIAM 35 No, sir. | ILWAIML No, sir. |
| TOUCHSTONE Then learn this of me: to have is to have. For it is a figure in rhetoric that drink, being poured out of a cup into a glass, by filling the one doth empty the other. For all your writers do consent that ipse is he. Now, you are not ipse, for I am he. | TEOOSTCNUH enhT rlnae itsh rfmo me: if oyu veah nmsegioth, uyo vahe it. eEeoyrnv snkwo tath newh you urpo a knrdi tou of a upc dan onit a lasgs, eht puc oseebcm ytmep. dnA all the rostateiihu kown thta epis is nLiat rof he. Yuo ear no gnoerl ipse, ebeusac I am he. |
| WILLIAM Which he, sir? | IILWAML ihchW he, sir? |
| TOUCHSTONE He, sir, that must marry this woman. Therefore, you clown, abandonwhich is, in the vulgar, leavethe societywhich in the boorish is companyof this femalewhich in the common is woman; which together is, abandon the society of this female, or, clown, thou perishest; or, to thy better understanding, diest; or, to wit, I kill thee, make thee away, translate thy life into death, thy liberty into bondage. I will deal in poison with thee, or in bastinado, or in steel. I will bandy with thee in faction. I will oerrun thee with policy. I will kill thee a hundred and fifty ways. Therefore tremble and depart. | THNUETCSOO yWh, teh he tath ilwl rayrm isth mwona. erfheeorT, idoti, nnbadoa (or, in moomcn ugegnaal, aelev) het eoyitcs (ihhwc in eth oosbhir tegoun is ycmpano) of itsh efaaeblemmy ullyo teg it if I sya awmon, intasde. Sya it lla at eocn, onw: dbanaon the ostycie of sith leemfa, or, simntleop, yollu prihse. teL me tpu it in a ayw yullo tnudrnseda: uyoll edi. Or, harrte, lIl ikll yuo, or lIl do yawa wtih uyo, or llI rtnu oyru ifel itno dthea dan yoru rofmdee into viayciptt. llI oposni yuo, or teba oyu htiw a culb, or satb yuo hwit a wsdro. Ill dnyab ouy tabuo nad roleehvwm yuo wthi my enereclvss. I lwil, in ohter odwsr, likl you in reteh uhrdden adn iffyt syaw. oTeeefhrr, tbelmer htiw fera dan velea. |
| AUDREY Do, good William. | DEARYU Do htaw he sasy, Wmaliil. |
| WILLIAM God rest you merry, sir. | IMAILWL lewarlFe, irs. |
| Exit | He tixse. |
| Enter CORIN | INOCR steenr. |
| CORIN 55 Our master and mistress seeks you. Come away, away. | RCNIO ruO etmrsa nda tsimsser aer ioglkno rof you. sLet go. |
| TOUCHSTONE Trip, Audrey, trip, Audrey.I attend, I attend. | NCTTOSOUHE rruHy up, edryAu, hrruy.Im gmnico, Im onimcg. |
| Exeunt | eyhT all texi. |
