Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text . re sick. Thereis a man haunts the forest, that abuses our young plants with carving Rosalind on theirbarks; hangs odes upon hawthorns, and elegies on brambles; all, forsooth, deifyingthe name of Rosalind: if I could meet that fancy-monger, I would give him some goodcounsel, for he seems to have the [very ague] of love upon him. Orlando. I am he that is so love-shaked. I pray you, tell me your There is n
Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text . re sick. Thereis a man haunts the forest, that abuses our young plants with carving Rosalind on theirbarks; hangs odes upon hawthorns, and elegies on brambles; all, forsooth, deifyingthe name of Rosalind: if I could meet that fancy-monger, I would give him some goodcounsel, for he seems to have the [very ague] of love upon him. Orlando. I am he that is so love-shaked. I pray you, tell me your There is none of my uncles marks upon you : he taught me how toknow a man in love : in which cage of rushes, I am sure, you are not What were his marks ? Rosalind. A lean cheek, which you have not; a [dark] and sunken eye, which youhave not; an [unsociable] spirit, which you have not; a beard neglected, which youhave not: —but I pardon you for that, for [what you have] in beard is simply a youngerbrothers — Then, your hose should be ungartered, your bonnet unbanded,your sleeve unbuttoned, your shoe untied, and everything about you [showing] a care-. a An inland mci7t was probably one, who having lived away from the coast, where thesociety was ruder, might be supposed to possess some refinement. b A younger brothers revenue, according to English law, is generally very little. Here,while Rosalind playfully taunts Orlando on the lightness of his beard, she hits also on hisprivate history and fortunes, of which he never suspects she can know anything. AS YOU LIKE IT. 121 less desolation. But you are no such man ; you are rather [a dandy in your dress] ;as loving yourself, than seeming the lover of any other. Orlando. Fair youth, I would I could make thee believe I love. Rosalind. Me believe it ? you may as soon make her that you love believe it;which, I warrant, she is apter to do than to confess she does ; that is one of the pointsin which women [always] give
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