Act 2, Scene 6

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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 ? Live a little, comfort a little, cheer thyself a little. If this uncouth forest yield anything savage, I will either be food for it or bring it for food to . conceit is nearer death than powers. For my sake, be comfortable. Hold death awhile at the arm’s end. I will here be with , and if I bring not something to eat, I’ll give leave to die. But if diest before I come, art a mocker of my labour. Well said, look’st cheerly, and I’ll be with quickly. Yet liest in the bleak air. Come, I will bear to some shelter and not die for lack of a dinner if there live anything in this desert. Cheerly, good Adam!

All of As You Like It

Act 1

Act 1, Scene 1 Act 1, Scene 2 Act 1, Scene 3,

Act 2

Act 2, Scene 1 Act 2, Scene 2 Act 2, Scene 3 Act 2, Scene 4 Act 2, Scene 5 Act 2, Scene 6 Act 2, Scene 7,

Act 3

Act 3, Scene 1 Act 3, Scene 2 Act 3, Scene 3 Act 3, Scene 4 Act 3, Scene 5,

Act 4

Act 4, Scene 1 Act 4, Scene 2 Act 4, Scene 3,

Act 5

Act 5, Scene 1 Act 5, Scene 2 Act 5, Scene 3 Act 5, Scene 4,

Opening and close

Epilogue

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