As You Like It by William Shakespeare

Act 3 - Scene 1

The palace

(stage directions) : Enter DUKE FREDERICK, OLIVER, and LORDS

Frederick : Not see him since! Sir, sir, that cannot be. [p]But were I not the
better part made mercy, [p]I should not seek an absent argument [p]Of
my revenge, thou present. But look to it: [p]Find out thy brother
wheresoe'er he is; [p]Seek him with candle; bring him dead or
living [p]Within this twelvemonth, or turn thou no more [p]To seek a
living in our territory. [p]Thy lands and all things that thou dost
call thine [p]Worth seizure do we seize into our hands, [p]Till thou
canst quit thee by thy brother's mouth [p]Of what we think against
thee.

Oliver : O that your Highness knew my heart in this! [p]I never lov'd my
brother in my life.

Frederick : More villain thou. Well, push him out of doors; [p]And let my officers
of such a nature [p]Make an extent upon his house and lands. [p]Do
this expediently, and turn him going. Exeunt

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