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And buy it with your gold right suddenly. [Exeunt.

SCENE V. Another Part of the Forest.

Enter AMIENS, JAQUES, and others.

Ami.

I Under the greenwood tree
Who loves to lie with me,
And turn his merry note
Unto the sweet bird's throat,
Come hither, come hither, come
hither:

Here shall he see

No enemy

But winter and rough weather.

Jaq. More, more! I prithee,

more.

Ami. It will make you mel ancholy, Monsieur Jaques. Jaq. I thank it. More! I prithee, more. I can suck melancholy out of a song as a weasel sucks eggs. More! prithee, more.

I

Ami. My voice is ragged; I know I cannot please you. Jaq. I do not desire you to please me; I do desire you to sing. Come, more; another stanzo. Call you 'em stanzos?

Ami. What you will, Monsieur Jaques.

Jaq. Nay, i care not for their names; they owe me nothing. Will you sing?

Ami. More at your request than to please myself.

Faq. Well then, if ever I thank any man, I'll thank you: but that they call compliment is like the encounter of two dog-apes, and when a man thanks me heartily, methinks I have given him penny and he renders me the beggarly thanks. Come, sing; and you that will not, hold your tongues.

Ami. 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.

Jag. 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. warble; come.

All.

Come,

Who doth ambition shun,
And loves to live i' the sun,
Seeking the food he eats,
And pleased with what he
gets,

Come hither, come hither, come hither:

Here shall he see

No enemy

But winter and rough weather.

Faq, I'll give you a verse to this note, that I made yesterday in despite of my invention.

Ami. And I'll sing it.
Jaq. Thus it goes:

If it do come to pass
That any man turn ass,
Leaving his wealth and ease
A stubborn will to please,

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