No Fear Shakespeare: As You Like It: Act 3, scene i

Enter DUKE FREDERICK, LORDS, and OLIVER

DUKE FREDERICK enters, with lords and OLIVER.

	DUKE FREDERICK
	Not see him since? Sir, sir, that cannot be.
	But were I not the better part made mercy,
	I should not seek an absent argument
	Of my revenge, thou present. But look to it:
5	Find out thy brother, wheresoe'er he is.
	Seek him with candle. Bring him, dead or living,
	Within this twelvemonth or turn thou no more
	To seek a living in our territory.
	Thy lands and all things that thou dost call thine
10	Worth seizure, do we seize into our hands
	Till thou canst quit thee by thy brother's mouth
	Of what we think against thee.

DUKE FREDERICK

You haven't seen him since? Sir, sir, that can't be true. If I weren't a merciful man, I'd forget about your missing brother and punish you in his place. But do this: find your brother, wherever he is. Bring him here dead or alive within the next year, or get out off my land. I'm seizing your lands and all that you possess until your brother gives testimony that absolves you of any guilt.

	OLIVER
	Oh, that your Highness knew my heart in this:
	I never loved my brother in my life.

OLIVER

I wish your Highness knew my true feelings in this matter: I have never in my life loved my brother.

	DUKE FREDERICK
15	More villain thou.—Well, push him out of doors
	And let my officers of such a nature
	Make an extent upon his house and lands.
	Do this expediently, and turn him going.

DUKE FREDERICK

That makes you an even bigger villain.—Well, throw him out, and have my officers seize his house and lands. Do this immediately, and send him packing.

Exeunt

They all exit.