As You Like It (Folio 1, 1623)
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Enter Orlando, & Adam.
¶O I die for food. Heere lie I downe,
¶Orl. Why how now Adam? No greater heart in thee:
955Liue a little, comfort a little, cheere thy selfe a little.
¶I wil either be food for it, or bring it for foode to thee:
¶Thy conceite is neerer death, then thy powers.
¶For my sake be comfortable, hold death a while
960At the armes end: I wil heere be with thee presently,
¶And if I bring thee not something to eate,
¶I wil giue thee leaue to die: but if thou diest
¶Before I come, thou art a mocker of my labor.
965And Ile be with thee quickly: yet thou liest
¶In the bleake aire. Come, I wil beare thee
¶For lacke of a dinner,
¶If there liue any thing in this Desert.
970Cheerely good Adam.
Exeunt
