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JAQUES
Well then, if ever I thank any man, I’ll thank you; but that they call
compliment is like th’encounter of two dog-apes. And when a man thanks me
heartily, methinks I have given him a penny and he renders me the beggarly
[25] thanks. Come sing; and you that will not, hold your tongues.
AMIENS
Well, I’ll end the song. Sirs, cover the while: the Duke will drink under this
tree. He hath been all this day to look you. [30]
JAQUES
And I have been all this day to avoid him. He is too disputable for my
company. I think of as many matters as he, but I give heaven thanks and
make no boast of them. Come, warble, come.
(Amiens sings.)
Who doth ambition shun, [35]
And loves to live i’ th’ sun,
Seeking the food he eats,
And pleas’d with what he gets,
Come hither, come hither, come hither.
All together here.
Here shall he see [40]
No enemy,
But winter and rough weather.
JAQUES
I’ll give you a verse to this note, that I made yesterday in despite of my
invention.
AMIENS
And I’ll sing it. [45]
JAQUES
Thus it goes.
If it do come to pass
That any man turn ass,
Leaving his wealth and ease,
A stubborn will to please, [50]
