1473again
st whom I know mo
sl faults.
1474Iaq. The wor
st fault you haue, is to be in loue.
1475Orl. 'Tis a fault I will not change, for your be
st ver
- 1476tue: I am wearie of you.
1477Iaq. By my troth, I was
seeking for a Foole, when I
1479Orl. He is drown'd in the brooke, looke but in, and
1481Iaq. There I
shal
see mine owne
figure.
1482Orl. Which I take to be either a foole, or a Cipher.
1483Iaq. Ile tarrie no longer with you, farewell good
sig
- 1485Orl. I am glad of your departure: Adieu good Mon
- 1487Ros. I wil
speake to him like a
sawcie Lacky. and vn
- 1488der that habit play the knaue with him, do you hear For
-(rester. 1489Orl. Verie wel, what would you?
1490Ros. I pray you, what i'
st a clocke?
1491Orl. You
should a
ske me what time o'day: there's no
1492clocke in the Forre
st.
1493Ros. Then there is no true Louer in the Forre
st, el
se
1494sighing euerie minute, and groaning euerie houre wold
1495dete
ct the lazie foot of time, as wel as a clocke.
1496Orl. And why not the
swift foote of time? Had not
1498Ros. By no meanes
sir; Time trauels in diuers paces,
1499with diuers per
sons: Ile tel you who Time ambles with
- 1500all, who Time trots withal, who Time gallops withal,
1501and who he
stands
stil withall.
1502Orl. I prethee, who doth he trot withal?
1503Ros. Marry he trots hard with a yong maid, between
1504the contra
ct of her marriage, and the day it is
solemnizd:
1505if the interim be but a
sennight, Times pace is
so hard,
1506that it
seemes the length of
seuen yeare.
1507Orl. Who ambles Time withal?
1508Ros. With a Prie
st that lacks Latine, and a rich man
1509that hath not the Gowt : for the one
sleepes ea
sily be
- 1510cau
se he cannot
study, and the other liues merrily, be
- 1511cau
se he feeles no paine: the one lacking the burthen of
1512leane and wa
steful Learning; the other knowing no bur
- 1513then of heauie tedious penurie. The
se Time ambles
1515Orl. Who doth he gallop withal?
1516Ros. With a theefe to the gallowes : for though hee
1517go as
softly as foot can fall, he thinkes him
selfe too
soon
1519Orl. Who
staies it
stil withal?
1520Ros. With Lawiers in the vacation: for they
sleepe
1521betweene Terme and Terme, and then they perceiue not
1523Orl. Where dwel you prettie youth?
1524Ros. With this Shephearde
sse my
sister : heere in the
1525skirts of the Forre
st, like fringe vpon a petticoat.
1526Orl. Are you natiue of this place?
1527Ros. As the Conie that you
see dwell where
shee is
1529Orl. Your accent is
something
finer, then you could
1530purcha
se in
so remoued a dwelling.
1531Ros. I haue bin told
so of many: but indeed, an olde
1532religious Vnckle of mine taught me to
speake, who was
1533in his youth an inland man, one that knew Court
ship too
1534well: for there he fel in loue. I haue heard him read ma
- 1535ny Le
ctors again
st it, and I thanke God, I am not a Wo
- 1536man to be touch'd with
so many giddie o
ffences as hee
1537hath generally tax'd their whole
sex withal.
1538Orl. Can you remember any of the principall euils,
1539that he laid to the charge of women?
1540Ros. There were none principal, they were all like
1541one another, as halfe pence are, euerie one fault
seeming
1542mon
strous, til his fellow-fault came to match it.
1543Orl. I prethee recount
some of them.
1544Ros. No: I wil not ca
st away my phy
sick, but on tho
se
1545that are
sicke. There is a man haunts the Forre
st, that a
- 1546bu
ses our yong plants with caruing
Rosalinde on their
1547barkes; hangs Oades vpon Hauthornes, and Elegies on
1548brambles; all (for
sooth) defying the name of
Rosalinde.
1549If I could meet that Fancie-monger, I would giue him
1550some good coun
sel, for he
seemes to haue the Quotidian
1552Orl. I am he that is
so Loue-
shak'd, I pray you tel
1554Ros. There is none of my Vnckles markes vpon you:
1555he taught me how to know a man in loue: in which cage
1556of ru
shes, I am
sure you art not pri
soner.
1557Orl. What were his markes?
1558Ros. A leane cheeke, which you haue not: a blew eie
1559and
sunken, which you haue not: an vnque
stionable
spi
- 1560rit, which you haue not: a beard negle
cted, which you
1561haue not: (but I pardon you for that, for
simply your ha
- 1562uing in beard, is a yonger brothers reuennew) then your
1563ho
se
should be vngarter'd, your bonnet vnbanded, your
1564sleeue vnbutton'd, your
shoo vnti'de, and euerie thing
1565about you, demon
strating a carele
sse de
solation: but you
1566are no
such man; you are rather point deuice in your ac
- 1567cou
strements, as louing your
selfe, then
seeming the Lo
- 1569Orl. Faire youth, I would I could make thee beleeue
(I Loue. 1570Ros. Me beleeue it? You may a
ssoone make her that
1571you Loue beleeue it, which I warrant
she is apter to do,
1572then to confe
sse
she do's: that is one of the points, in the
1573which women
stil giue the lie to their con
sciences. But
1574in good
sooth, are you he that hangs the ver
ses on the
1575Trees, wherein
Rosalind is
so admired?
1576Orl. I
sweare to thee youth, by the white hand of
1577Rosalind, I am that he, that vnfortunate he.
1578Ros. But are you
so much in loue, as your rimes
speak?
1579Orl. Neither rime nor rea
son can expre
sse how much.
1580Ros: Loue is meerely a madne
sse, and I tel you, de
- 1581serues as wel a darke hou
se, and a whip, as madmen do:
1582and the rea
son why they are not
so puni
sh'd and cured, is
1583that the Lunacie is
so ordinarie, that the whippers are in
1584loue too: yet I profe
sse curing it by coun
sel.
1585Orl. Did you euer cure any
so?
1586Ros. Yes one, and in this manner. Hee was to ima
- 1587gine me his Loue, his Mi
stris
: and I
set him euerie day
1588to woe me. At which time would I, being but a mooni
sh 1589youth, greeue, be e
ffeminate, changeable, longing, and
1590liking, proud, fanta
stical, api
sh,
shallow, incon
stant, ful
1591of teares, full of
smiles; for euerie pa
ssion
something, and
1592for no pa
ssion truly any thing, as boyes and women are
1593for the mo
st part, cattle of this colour: would now like
1594him, now loath him: then entertaine him, then for
swear
1595him: now weepe for him, then
spit at him; that I draue
1596my Sutor from his mad humor of loue, to a liuing humor
1597of madnes,
w^c was to for
sweare the ful
stream of
y^e world,
1598and to liue in a nooke meerly Mona
stick: and thus I cur'd
1599him, and this way wil I take vpon mee to wa
sh your Li
- 1600uer as cleane as a
sound
sheepes heart, that there
shal not
1601be one
spot of Loue in't.
1602Orl. I would not be cured, youth.
1603Ros. I would cure you, if you would but call me
Rosa- 1604lind, and come euerie day to my Coat, and woe me.