With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;

And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,

With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too
wide

For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every
thing.

Re-enter Orlando with Adam.

Duke S. Welcome. Set down your venerable

burthen,

And let him feed.

Orl. I thank you most for him.

Adam.

So had you need: I scarce can speak to thank you for myself. 170 Duke S. Welcome; fall to: I will not trouble you As yet, to question you about your fortunes. Give us some music; and, good cousin, sing.

SONG.

Ami.

Blow, blow, thou winter wind,

Thou art not so unkind

As man's ingratitude;

163. "his"; its.-C. H. H.

165. “mere”· complete.-C. H. H.

Thy tooth is not so keen,

Because thou art not seen,

Although thy breath be rude

179

Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere

folly:

Then heigh-ho, the holly!

This life is most jolly.

Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite so nigh

As benefits forgot:

Though thou the waters warp,

Thy sting is not so sharp

As friend remember'd not..

Heigh-ho! sing, &c.

190

Duke S. If that you were the good Sir Rowland's

son,

As you have whisper'd faithfully you were,
And as mine eye doth his effigies witness
Most truly limn'd and living in your face,
Be truly welcome hither: I am the Duke
That loved your father: the residue of your for-
tune,

Go to my cave and tell me.

Good old man,

178. "because thou art not seen,” i. e. “as thou art an enemy that dost not brave us with thy presence" (Johnson): several unnecessary emendations have been proposed, e. g. "Thou causest not that teen" (Hanmer); "Because thou art foreseen" (Staunton), &c.—I. G.

189. “As friend remember'd not," i. e. "as forgotten friendship," or "as what an unremembered friend feels": cp. "benefits forgot,” supra.-I. G.

Thou art right welcome as thy master is. Support him by the arm. Give me your

hand,

And let me all your fortunes understand.

[Exeunt.

ACT THIRD

SCENE I

A room in the palace.

Enter Duke Frederick, Lords, and Oliver.

Duke F. Not see him since? Sir, sir, that cannot be:

But were I not the better part made mercy,
I should not seek an absent argument

Of my revenge, thou present. But look to it:
Find out thy brother, wheresoe'er he is;

Seek him with candle; bring him dead or living
Within this twelvemonth, or turn thou no more
To seek a living in our territory.

Thy lands and all things that thou dost call
thine

Worth seizure do we seize into our hands,

10

Till thou canst quit thee by thy brother's mouth
Of what we think against thee.

Oli. O that your Highness knew my heart in this!
I never loved my brother in my life.

'Duke F. More villain thou. Well, push him out of doors;

And let my officers of such a nature

6. “Seek him with candle”; a reference to the parable of the lost piece of silver.-C. H. H.

Make an extent upon his house and lands:
Do this expediently and turn him going.

SCENE II

The forest.

Enter Orlando, with a paper.

Orl. Hang there, my verse, in witness of my love: And thou, thrice-crowned queen of night,

survey

With thy chaste eye, from thy pale sphere above,

Thy huntress' name that my full life doth sway.

O Rosalind! these trees shall be my books

And in their barks my thoughts I'll char

acter;

That every eye which in this forest looks

Shall see thy virtue witness'd every where.
Run, run, Orlando; carve on every tree
The fair, the chaste and unexpressive she.

Enter Corin and Touchstone.

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[Exit.

Cor. And how like you this shepherd's life,
Master Touchstone?

Touch. Truly, shepherd, in respect of itself, it is

a good life; but in respect that it is a shep-
herd's life, it is naught. In respect that it is
solitary, I like it very well; but in respect