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Act 2, Scene 6

Another part of the Forest.

  1. [Enter ORLANDO and ADAM.]
  2. Adam
  3. 840 Dear master, I can go no further: O, I die for food! Here
  4. 841 lie I down, and measure out my grave. Farewell, kind master.
  5. Orlando
  6. 842 Why, how now, Adam! no greater heart in thee? Live a
  7. 843 little; comfort a little; cheer thyself a little. If this uncouth
  8. 844 forest yield anything savage, I will either be food for it or
  9. 845 bring it for food to thee. Thy conceit is nearer death than thy
  10. 846 powers. For my sake be comfortable: hold death awhile at the
  11. 847 arm's end: I will here be with thee presently; and if I bring
  12. 848 thee not something to eat, I'll give thee leave to die: but if
  13. 849 thou diest before I come, thou art a mocker of my labour. Well
  14. 850 said! thou look'st cheerily: and I'll be with thee quickly.—Yet
  15. 851 thou liest in the bleak air: come, I will bear thee to some
  16. 852 shelter; and thou shalt not die for lack of a dinner if there
  17. 853 live anything in this desert. Cheerily, good Adam!
  18. [Exeunt.]