Comedy plays; Exiles -- Drama; Fathers and daughters -- Drama; Pastoral drama
Cel. So you may put a man in your belly
Ros. Is he of Gods making? What manner of man?
Is his head worth a hat? Or his chin worth a beard?
Cel. Nay, he hath but a little beard
Ros. Why God will send more, if the man will bee
thankful: let me stay the growth of his beard, if thou
delay me not the knowledge of his chin
Cel. It is yong Orlando, that tript vp the Wrastlers
heeles, and your heart, both in an instant
Ros. Nay, but the diuell take mocking: speake sadde
brow, and true maid
Cel. I'faith (Coz) tis he
Ros. Orlando?
Cel. Orlando
Ros. Alas the day, what shall I do with my doublet &
hose? What did he when thou saw'st him? What sayde
he? How look'd he? Wherein went he? What makes hee
heere? Did he aske for me? Where remaines he? How
parted he with thee? And when shalt thou see him againe?
Answer me in one word
Cel. You must borrow me Gargantuas mouth first:
'tis a Word too great for any mouth of this Ages size, to
say I and no, to these particulars, is more then to answer
in a Catechisme
Ros. But doth he know that I am in this Forrest, and
in mans apparrell? Looks he as freshly, as he did the day
he Wrastled?
Cel. It is as easie to count Atomies as to resolue the
propositions of a Louer: but take a taste of my finding
him, and rellish it with good obseruance. I found him
vnder a tree like a drop'd Acorne
Ros. It may wel be cal'd Ioues tree, when it droppes
forth fruite
Cel. Giue me audience, good Madam
Ros. Proceed
Cel. There lay hee stretch'd along like a Wounded
knight
Ros. Though it be pittie to see such a sight, it well
becomes the ground
Cel. Cry holla, to the tongue, I prethee: it curuettes
vnseasonably. He was furnish'd like a Hunter
Ros. O ominous, he comes to kill my Hart
Cel. I would sing my song without a burthen, thou
bring'st me out of tune
Ros. Do you not know I am a woman, when I thinke,
I must speake: sweet, say on.
Enter Orlando & Iaques.
Cel. You bring me out. Soft, comes he not heere?
Ros. 'Tis he, slinke by, and note him
Iaq. I thanke you for your company, but good faith
I had as liefe haue beene my selfe alone
Orl. And so had I: but yet for fashion sake
I thanke you too, for your societie
Iaq. God buy you, let's meet as little as we can
Orl. I do desire we may be better strangers
Iaq. I pray you marre no more trees with Writing
Loue-songs in their barkes
Orl. I pray you marre no moe of my verses with reading
them ill-fauouredly
Iaq. Rosalinde is your loues name?
Orl. Yes, Iust
Iaq. I do not like her name
Orl. There was no thought of pleasing you when she
was christen'd
Iaq. What stature is she of?
Orl. Iust as high as my heart
Iaq. You are ful of prety answers: haue you not bin acquainted
with goldsmiths wiues, & cond the[m] out of rings
Orl. Not so: but I answer you right painted cloath,
from whence you haue studied your questions
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