Dramatis Personae

As You Like It

Act I

Scene I Orchard Of Oliver's House.

Scene II Lawn before the Duke's palace.

Scene III A room in the palace.

Act II

Scene I The Forest of Arden.

Scene II A room in the palace.

Scene III Before Oliver's house.

Scene IV The Forest of Arden.

Scene V The forest.

Scene VI The forest.

Scene VII The forest.

Act III

Scene I A room in the palace.

Scene II The forest.

Scene III The forest.

Scene IV The forest.

Scene V Another part of the forest.

Act IV

Scene I The forest.

Scene II The forest.

Scene III The forest.

Act V

Scene I The forest.

Scene II The forest.

Scene III The forest.

Scene IV The forest.

Epilogue

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Duke Senior, Living In Banishment.

Duke Frederick, His Brother, An Usurper Of His Dominions.

Lords Attending On The Banished Duke

Amiens

Jaques |

Le Beau, A Courtier Attending Upon Frederick.

Charles, Wrestler To Frederick.

Sons Of Sir Rowland De Boys

Oliver

Jaques (Jaques De Boys:)

Orlando|

Servants To Oliver

Adam

Dennis |

Touchstone, A Clown.

Sir Oliver Martext, A Vicar.

Shepherds

Corin

Silvius

William, A Country Fellow In Love With Audrey. A Person Representing Hymen. (Hymen:)

Rosalind, Daughter To The Banished Duke.

Celia, Daughter To Frederick.

Phebe, A Shepherdess.

Audrey, A Country Wench.

Lords, pages, and attendants, &c.

 (Forester:)

 (A Lord:)

 (First Lord:)

 (SECOND LORD:)

 (First Page:)

 (Second Page:)

SCENE Oliver's house; Duke Frederick's court; and the Forest of Arden.

AS YOU LIKE IT

ACT I

SCENE I Orchard of Oliver's house.

 [Enter ORLANDO and ADAM]

(1) ORLANDO As I remember, Adam, it was upon this fashion

 bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crowns,

 and, as thou sayest, charged my brother, on his

 blessing, to breed me well: and there begins my

 sadness. My brother Jaques he keeps at school, and

 report speaks goldenly of his profit: for my part,

 he keeps me rustically at home, or, to speak more

 properly, stays me here at home unkept; for call you

 that keeping for a gentleman of my birth, that

(10) differs not from the stalling of an ox? His horses

 are bred better; for, besides that they are fair

 with their feeding, they are taught their manage,

 and to that end riders dearly hired: but I, his

 brother, gain nothing under him but growth; for the

 which his animals on his dunghills are as much

 bound to him as I. Besides this nothing that he so

 plentifully gives me, the something that nature gave

 me his countenance seems to take from me: he lets

 me feed with his hinds, bars me the place of a

(20) brother, and, as much as in him lies, mines my

 gentility with my education. This is it, Adam, that

 grieves me; and the spirit of my father, which I

 think is within me, begins to mutiny against this

 servitude: I will no longer endure it, though yet I

 know no wise remedy how to avoid it.

ADAM Yonder comes my master, your brother.

ORLANDO Go apart, Adam, and thou shalt hear how he will

(30) shake me up.

 [Enter OLIVER]

OLIVER Now, sir! what make you here?

ORLANDO Nothing: I am not taught to make any thing.

OLIVER What mar you then, sir?

ORLANDO Marry, sir, I am helping you to mar that which God

 made, a poor unworthy brother of yours, with idleness.

OLIVER Marry, sir, be better employed, and be naught awhile.

(40) ORLANDO Shall I keep your hogs and eat husks with them?

 What prodigal portion have I spent, that I should

 come to such penury?

OLIVER Know you where your are, sir?

ORLANDO O, sir, very well; here in your orchard.

OLIVER Know you before whom, sir?

ORLANDO Ay, better than him I am before knows me. I know

 you are my eldest brother; and, in the gentle

 condition of blood, you should so know me. The

 courtesy of nations allows you my better, in that

(50) you are the first-born; but the same tradition

 takes not away my blood, were there twenty brothers

 betwixt us: I have as much of my father in me as

 you; albeit, I confess, your coming before me is

 nearer to his reverence.

OLIVER What, boy!

ORLANDO Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this.

OLIVER Wilt thou lay hands on me, villain?

ORLANDO I am no villain; I am the youngest son of Sir

(60) Rowland de Boys; he was my father, and he is thrice

 a villain that says such a father begot villains.

 Wert thou not my brother, I would not take this hand

 from thy throat till this other had pulled out thy

 tongue for saying so: thou hast railed on thyself.

ADAM Sweet masters, be patient: for your father's

 remembrance, be at accord.

OLIVER Let me go, I say.

ORLANDO I will not, till I please: you shall hear me. My

(70) father charged you in his will to give me good

 education: you have trained me like a peasant,

 obscuring and hiding from me all gentleman-like

 qualities. The spirit of my father grows strong in

 me, and I will no longer endure it: therefore allow

 me such exercises as may become a gentleman, or

 give me the poor allottery my father left me by

 testament; with that I will go buy my fortunes.

OLIVER And what wilt thou do? beg, when that is spent?

(80) Well, sir, get you in: I will not long be troubled

 with you; you shall have some part of your will: I

 pray you, leave me.

ORLANDO I will no further offend you than becomes me for my good.

OLIVER Get you with him, you old dog.

ADAM Is 'old dog' my reward? Most true, I have lost my

 teeth in your service. God be with my old master!

 he would not have spoke such a word.

 [Exeunt ORLANDO and ADAM]

(90) OLIVER Is it even so? begin you to grow upon me? I will

 physic your rankness, and yet give no thousand

 crowns neither. Holla, Dennis!

 [Enter DENNIS]

DENNIS Calls your worship?

OLIVER Was not Charles, the duke's wrestler, here to speak with me?

DENNIS So please you, he is here at the door and importunes

 access to you.

OLIVER Call him in.

 [Exit DENNIS]

 'Twill be a good way; and to-morrow the wrestling is.

 [Enter CHARLES]

(100) CHARLES Good morrow to your worship.

OLIVER Good Monsieur Charles, what's the new news at the

 new court?

CHARLES There's no news at the court, sir, but the old news:

 that is, the old duke is banished by his younger

 brother the new duke; and three or four loving lords

 have put themselves into voluntary exile with him,

 whose lands and revenues enrich the new duke;

 therefore he gives them good leave to wander.

(110) OLIVER Can you tell if Rosalind, the duke's daughter, be

 banished with her father?

CHARLES O, no; for the duke's daughter, her cousin, so...