* The. 1623, 32. AMIENS sings. SONG. I. Blow, blow, thou winter wind, As man's ingratitude; Although thy breath be rude. Heigh, ho! sing, heigh, ho! unto the green holly: II. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, As friend remember'd not. Heigh, ho! sing, heigh, ho! &c. DUKE S. If that you were the good Sir Rowland's son, unkind] i. e. unnatural; actest not against nature or kind. See IV. 3. Rosal. b freeze, thou bitter sky] See "bitter business," Haml. III. 2. Haml. As friend remember'd not] i. e. forgotten; as the case of one friend not remembered by another: as before "benefits forgot," are obligations overlooked or disregarded by him, who ought to have acknowledged them. As you have whisper'd faithfully, you were; [Exeunt. So 1632. masters. 1623. ACT III. SCENE I. A Room in the Palace. Enter Duke FREDERICK, OLIVER, Lords, and DUKE F. Not see him since? Sir, sir, that cannot be: But were I not the better part made mercy, Of my revenge, thou present: But look to it; Seek him with candle; (2) bring him dead or living Thy lands, and all things that thou dost call thine, OLI. O, that your highness knew my heart in this! DUKE F. More villain thou.-Well, push him out of doors; And let my officers of such a nature Make an extent upon his house and lands :(3) [Exeunt. SCENE II. The Forest. Enter ORLANDO, with a paper. ORL. Hang there, my verse, in witness of my love: And, thou, thrice-crowned queen of night,(5) survey With thy chaste eye, from thy pale sphere above, Thy huntress' name, that my full life doth sway." O Rosalind! these trees shall be my books, And in their barks my thoughts I'll character;" That every eye, which in this forest looks, Shall see thy virtue witness'd every where. Run, run, Orlando; carve, on every tree, The fair, the chaste, and unexpressive(6) she. [Exit. Enter CORIN and TOUCHSTone. COR. And how like you this shepherd's life, master Touchstone? TOUCH. Truly, shepherd, in respect of itself, it is a good life; but in respect that it is a shepherd's life, it is naught. In respect that it is solitary, I like it very well; but in respect that it is private, it is a very vile life. Now, in respect it is in the a my full life doth sway] "M. O. A. I. doth sway my life." 7w. N. II. 5. Malv. Full is intire. b thoughts I'll character] i. e. inscribe. We have " thoughts in tables character'd and engrav'd, "Two G. of V. II. 7. Jul. : but see character, Haml. IV. 7. King. "the hoofed Centaures thunder And character deepe halfe moones, where they tread." Heywood's Britaine's Troy, 1609. p. 113. fields, it pleaseth me well; but in respect it is not in the court, it is tedious. As it is a spare life, look you, it fits my humour well; but as there is no more plenty in it, it goes much against my stomach. Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd? COR. No more, but that I know, the more one sickens, the worse at ease he is; and that he that wants money, means, and content, is without three good friends: That the property of rain is to wet, and fire to burn: That good pasture makes fat sheep; and that a great cause of the night, is lack of the sun: That he, that hath learned no wit by nature nor art, may complain of good breeding, or comes of a very dull kindred. TOUCH. Such a one is a natural philosopher. (8) Wast ever in court, shepherd? COR. No, truly. TOUCH. Then thou art damn'd. TOUCH. Truly, thou art damn'd; like an illroasted egg, all on one side. COR. For not being at court? Your reason. TOUCH. Why, if thou never wast at court, thou never saw'st good manners; if thou never saw'st good manners,(9) then thy manners must be wicked; and wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation: Thou art in a parlous state, shepherd. COR. Not a whit, Touchstone: those, that are good manners at the court, are as ridiculous in the country, as the behaviour of the country is most mockable at the court. You told me, you salute not at the court, but you kiss your hands; that courtesy would be uncleanly, if courtiers were shepherds. TOUCH. Instance, briefly; come, instance. a parlous] i. e. perilous. |