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 ROSALIND
  Oh, they take the part of a better wrestler than myself.
ROSALIND
But they're siding with a better wrestler than myself.
 CELIA
  Oh, a good wish upon you. You will try in time, in despite
20 of a fall. But turning these jests out of service, let us talk in
  good earnest. Is it possible on such a sudden you should fall
  into so strong a liking with old Sir Rowland's youngest son?
CELIA
Oh, that's a good wish! You'll fight with him eventually, and fall . But let's put these jokes aside for a moment, and speak earnestly. Is it possible that you could have fallen in love with Orlando, Sir Rowland's youngest son, this suddenly?
 ROSALIND
  The duke my father loved his father dearly.
ROSALIND
The duke, my father, loved his father very much.
 CELIA
  Doth it therefore ensue that you should love his son dearly?
25 By this kind of chase I should hate him, for my father hated
  his father dearly. Yet I hate not Orlando.
CELIA
Does that necessarily mean you should love his son? By that kind of logic, I should hate Orlando, since my father hates his father. But I don't hate Orlando.
 ROSALIND
  No, faith, hate him not, for my sake.
ROSALIND
No, please don't hate him—for my sake.
 CELIA
  Why should I not? Doth he not deserve well?
CELIA
Why shouldn't I? Doesn't he deserve it?
 ROSALIND
  Let me love him for that, and do you love him because I do.
30 Look, here comes the duke.
ROSALIND
Let me love him because he deserves it, and you can love him because I do. Look, here comes the duke.
Enter DUKE FREDERICK with lords
DUKE FREDERICK enters, with lords
 CELIA
  With his eyes full of anger.
CELIA
He looks angry.
 DUKE FREDERICK
  Mistress, dispatch you with your safest haste,
  And get you from our court.
DUKE FREDERICK
Madam, hurry as fast as you can get out of my court.
 ROSALIND
  Me, uncle?
ROSALIND
Me, uncle?
 DUKE FREDERICK
35 You, cousin.
  Within these ten days if that thou beest found
  So near our public court as twenty miles,
  Thou diest for it.
DUKE FREDERICK
You, niece. In ten days time, if you're found within twenty miles of the court, you'll die for it.

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