[053] An if he will come to me.

Ami. What’s that ‘ducdame’?

055 Jaq. ’Tis a Greek invocation, to call fools into a circle. I’ll go sleep, if I can; if I cannot, I’ll rail against all the first-born of Egypt.

Ami. And I’ll go seek the Duke: his banquet is prepared. [Exeunt severally.

Scene VI. The forest.

AYLI II. 6 Enter Orlando and Adam.

[001] Adam. Dear master, I can go no further: O, I die for food! Here lie I down, and measure out my grave. Farewell, kind master.

[004] Orl. Why, how now, Adam! no greater heart in thee? [005] Live a little; comfort a little; cheer thyself a little. If this uncouth forest yield any thing savage, I will either be food for it or bring it for food to thee. Thy conceit is nearer [008] death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold [009] death awhile at the arm’s end: I will here be with thee [010] presently; and if I bring thee not something to eat, I will give thee leave to die: but if thou diest before I come, thou art [012] a mocker of my labour. Well said! thou lookest cheerly, and I’ll be with thee quickly. Yet thou liest in the bleak air: come, I will bear thee to some shelter; and thou shalt 015 not die for lack of a dinner, if there live any thing in this desert. Cheerly, good Adam! [Exeunt.

[000] Scene VII. The forest.

AYLI II. 7 A table set out. Enter Duke senior, Amiens, and Lords like outlaws.