1976Orl. Vertue is no horne-maker: and my
Rosalind is
1978Ros. And I am your
Rosalind.
1979Cel. It plea
ses him to call you
so: but he hath a
Rosa- 1980lind of a better leere then you.
1981Ros. Come, wooe me, wooe mee: for now I am in a
1982holy-day humor, and like enough to con
sent: What
1983would you
say to me now, and I were your verie, verie
1985Orl. I would ki
sse before I
spoke.
1986Ros. Nay,you were better
speake
fir
st, and when you
1987were grauel'd, for lacke of matter, you might take oc
- 1988ca
sion to ki
sse: verie good Orators when they are out,
1989they will
spit, and for louers, lacking (God warne vs)
1990matter, the cleanlie
st shift is to ki
sse.
1991Orl. How if the ki
sse be denide?
1992Ros. Then
she puts you to entreatie, and there begins
1994Orl. Who could be out, being before his beloued
1996Ros. Marrie that
should you if I were your Mi
stris,
1997or I
should thinke my hone
stie ranker then my wit.
1998Orl. What, of my
suite?
1999Ros. Not out of your apparrell, and yet out of your
2001Am not I your
Rosalind? 2002Orl. I take
some ioy to
say you are, becau
se I would
2004Ros. Well, in her per
son, I
say I will not haue you.
2005Orl. Then in mine owne per
son, I die.
2006Ros. No faith, die by Attorney: the poore world is
2007almo
st six thou
sand yeeres old, and in all this time there
2008was not anie man died in his owne per
son (
videlicet) in
2009a loue cau
se:
Troilous had his braines da
sh'd out with a
2010Grecian club, yet he did what hee could to die before,
2011and he is one of the patternes of loue.
Leander, he would
2012haue liu'd manie a faire yeere though
Hero had turn'd
2013Nun; if it had not bin for a hot Mid
somer-night, for
2014(good youth
) he went but forth to wa
sh him in the Hel
- 2015le
spont, and being taken with the crampe, was droun'd,
2016and the fooli
sh Chronoclers of that age, found it was
2017Hero of Ce
stos. But the
se are all lies, men haue died
2018from time to time, and wormes haue eaten them, but not
2020Orl. I would not haue my right
Rosalind of this mind,
2021for I prote
st her frowne might kill me.
2022Ros. By this hand, it will not kill a
flie: but come,
2023now I will be your
Rosalind in a more comming-on di
s- 2024po
sition: and aske me what you will, I will grant it.
2025Orl. Then loue me
Rosalind.
2026Ros. Yes faith will I, fridaies and
saterdaies, and all.
2027Orl. And wilt thou haue me?
2028Ros. I, and twentie
such.
2029Orl. What
saie
st thou?
2030Ros. Are you not good?
2032Rosalind. Why then, can one de
sire too much of a
2033good thing: Come
sister, you
shall be the Prie
st, and
2034marrie vs: giue me your hand
Orlando: What doe you
2036Orl. Pray thee marrie vs.
2037Cel. I cannot
say the words.
2038Ros. You mu
st begin, will you
Orlando.
2039Cel. Goe too
: wil you
Orlando, haue to wife this
Ro- 2043Orl. Why now, as fa
st as
she can marrie vs.
2044Ros. Then you mu
st say, I take thee
Rosalind for
2046Orl. I take thee
Rosalind for wife.
2047Ros. I might aske you for your Commi
ssion,
2048But I doe take thee
Orlando for my husband : there's a
2049girle goes before the Prie
st, and certainely a Womans
2050thought runs before her a
ctions.
2051Orl. So do all thoughts, they are wing'd.
2052Ros. Now tell me how long you would haue her, af
- 2053ter you haue po
sse
st her?
2054Orl. For euer, and a day.
2055Ros. Say a day, without the euer: no, no
Orlando, men
2056are Aprill when they woe, December when they wed:
2057Maides are May when they are maides, but the sky chan
- 2058ges when they are wiues: I will bee more iealous of
2059thee, then a Barbary cocke-pidgeon ouer his hen, more
2060clamorous then a Parrat again
st raine, more new-fang
- 2061led then an ape, more giddy in my de
sires, then a mon
- 2062key: I will weepe for nothing, like
Diana in the Foun
- 2063taine, & I wil do that when you are di
spos'd to be merry:
2064I will laugh like a Hyen, and that when thou art inclin'd
2066Orl. But will my
Rosalind doe
so
? 2067Ros. By my life,
she will doe as I doe.
2068Orl. O but
she is wi
se.
2069Ros. Or el
se
shee could not haue the wit to doe this:
2070the wi
ser, the waywarder: make the doores vpon a wo
- 2071mans wit, and it will out at the ca
sement:
shut that, and
2072'twill out at the key-hole:
stop that, 'twill
flie with the
2073smoake out at the chimney.
2074Orl. A man that had a wife with
such a wit, he might
2075say, wit whether wil't?
2076Ros. Nay, you might keepe that checke for it, till you
2077met your wiues wit going to your neighbours bed.
2078Orl. And what wit could wit haue, to excu
se that?
2079Rosa. Marry to say,
she came to
seeke you there: you
2080shall neuer take her without her an
swer, vnle
sse you take
2081her without her tongue: ô that woman that cannot
2082make her fault her hu
sbands occa
sion, let her neuer nur
se
2083her childe her
selfe, for
she will breed it like a foole.
2084Orl. For the
se two houres
Rosalinde, I wil leaue thee.
2085Ros. Alas, deere loue, I cannot lacke thee two houres.
2086Orl. I mu
st attend the Duke at dinner, by two a clock
2087I will be with thee againe.
2088Ros. I, goe your waies, goe your waies: I knew what
2089you would proue, my friends told mee as much, and I
2090thought no le
sse: that
flattering tongue of yours wonne
2091me: 'tis but one ca
st away, and
so come death: two o'
2092clocke is your howre.
2093Orl. I,
sweet
Rosalind.
2094Ros. By my troth, and in good earne
st, and
so God
2095mend mee, and by all pretty oathes that are not dange
- 2096rous, if you breake one iot of your promi
se, or come one
2097minute behinde your houre, I will thinke you the mo
st 2098patheticall breake-promi
se, and the mo
st hollow louer,
2099and the mo
st vnworthy of her you call
Rosalinde, that
2100may bee cho
sen out of the gro
sse band of the vnfaith
- 2101full: therefore beware my cen
sure, and keep your pro
- 2103Orl. With no le
sse religion, then if thou wert indeed
2104my
Rosalind:
so adieu.
2105Ros. Well, Time is the olde Iu
stice that examines all
2106such o
ffenders, and let time try: adieu.
Exit. 2107Cel. You haue
simply mi
sus'd our
sexe in your loue
-