_Adam._ But do not so. I have five hundred crowns, The thrifty hire I saved under your father, Which I did store to be my foster-nurse 40 When service should in my old limbs lie lame, And unregarded age in corners thrown: Take that, and He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age! Here is the gold; 45 All this I give you. Let me be your servant: Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo 50 The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I’ll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities. 55 _Orl._ O good old man, how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed! Thou art not for the fashion of these times, Where none will sweat but for promotion, 60 And having that do choke their service up Even with the having: it is not so with thee. But, poor old man, thou prunest a rotten tree, That cannot so much as a blossom yield In lieu of all thy pains and husbandry. 65 But come thy ways; we’ll go along together, And ere we have thy youthful wages spent, We’ll light upon some settled low content. _Adam._ Master, go on, and I will follow thee, To the last gasp, with truth and loyalty. 70 From seventeen years till now almost fourscore Here lived I, but now live here no more. At seventeen years many their fortunes seek; But at fourscore it is too late a week: Yet fortune cannot recompense me better 75 Than to die well and not my master’s debtor. [_Exeunt._ ~~~~~ Linenotes: _As You Like It_, II, 3. SCENE III. Before O.’s house] Capell. O.’s house. Rowe. ...meeting] Capell. om. Ff. 8: _bonny_] F2 F3 F4. _bonnie_ F1. _boney_ Warburton. 10: _some_] _seeme_ F1. 15: _bears_] _wears_ Anon. conj. 16: Orl.] om. F1. 17: _within_] _with_ F2. _within this_] _beneath this_ Capell conj. 29: Orl.] Ad. F1. 30: _so_] F1. _for_ F2 F3 F4. 37: _blood_] _proud_ Collier MS. 39: _your_] F1. _you_ F2 F3 F4. 41: _lie_] _be_ De Quincy MS. 49: _in_] _to_ Capell conj. 50: _not_] _I_ Rowe. 57: _service_] _favour_ Collier MS. _temper_ Lettsom conj. 58: _service_] _servants_ Anon. ap. Halliwell conj. 71: _seventeen_] Rowe. _seauentie_ F1. _seventy_ F2 F3 F4. 74: _it...week_] _too late: it is a-weak_ Becket conj. ~~~~~ SCENE IV. _The Forest of Arden._ _Enter_ ROSALIND _for_ GANYMEDE, CELIA _for_ ALIENA, _and_ TOUCHSTONE. _Ros._ O Jupiter, how weary are my spirits! _Touch._ I care not for my spirits, if my legs were not weary.