As You Like It by William Shakespeare
Act 2 - Scene 6
The forest
(stage directions) : Enter ORLANDO and ADAM
Adam : Dear master, I can go no further. O, I die for food! Here lie
[p]I
down, and measure out my grave. Farewell, kind master.
Orlando : Why, how now, Adam! No greater heart in thee? Live a
[p]little;
comfort a little; cheer thyself a little. If this uncouth
[p]forest
yield anything savage, I will either be food for it or
[p]bring it for
food to thee. Thy conceit is nearer death than thy
[p]powers. For my
sake be comfortable; hold death awhile at the
[p]arm's end. I will
here be with thee presently; and if I bring thee
[p]not something to
eat, I will give thee leave to die; but if thou
[p]diest before I
come, thou art a mocker of my labour. Well said!
[p]thou look'st
cheerly; and I'll be with thee quickly. Yet thou
[p]liest in the bleak
air. Come, I will bear thee to some shelter;
[p]and thou shalt not die
for lack of a dinner, if there live
[p]anything in this desert.
Cheerly, good Adam! Exeunt
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