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Ducdame, ducdame, ducdame,
Here shall he see
Gross fools as he,
And if he will come to me.

AMIENS
What’s that ‘ducdame’? [55]

JAQUES
’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.

AMIENS
And I’ll go seek the Duke; his banquet is prepared. [60]
Exeunt.

Scene VI IT

Enter Orlando and Adam.

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.

ORLANDO
Why how now Adam? No greater heart in thee? Live a little, comfort a little,

cheer thyself a little. If [5] this uncouth forest yield anything savage, I will
either be food for it, or bring it for food to thee. Thy conceit is nearer death
than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death awhile at the arm’s
end. I will here be with thee presently, and if I bring thee not something to

[10] eat, I will give thee leave to die; but if thou diest before I come, thou art
a mocker of my labour. Well said! Thou lookst 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 not die for lack of a dinner, if [15] there live any thing in this

desert. Cheerly good Adam.
Exeunt.