No Fear Shakespeare

As You Like It

William Shakespeare

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Act 1, Scene 3, Page 2

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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 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? 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?


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ROSALIND
Let me love him for that, and do you love him because I do.
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?

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DUKE FREDERICK
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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