No Fear Shakespeare
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Act 2, Scene 5, Page 3
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AMIENS
And I’ll sing it. (taking paper fromJAQUES) Thus it goes:
If it do come to pass
That any man turn ass,
Leaving his wealth and ease
A stubborn will to please,
Ducdame, ducdame, ducdame.
Here shall he see
Gross fools as he,
An if he will come to me.
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AMIENS
And I’ll sing it. (taking a paper fromJAQUES) It goes like this:
(sings)
If it should come to pass
That any man turns into an ass
And leaves his wealth and ease
Simply to please his stubborn will
Ducdame, ducdame, ducdame.
Here he will see
Fools as stupid as he
If he will only come to me.
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AMIENS
What’s that “ducdame”?
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AMIENS
What’s that word “ducdame”?
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JAQUES
'Tis a Greek invocation, to call fools into a circle. I’ll go
sleep if I can. If I cannot, I’ll rail against all the first-born of
Egypt.
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JAQUES
It’s a Greek invocation, calling fools into a circle. I’m going to take a nap, if I can—if I can’t, I’ll curse all the first-born children of Egypt.
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AMIENS
And I’ll go seek the duke. His banquet is prepared.
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AMIENS
And I’ll go find the duke; his banquet is ready.
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Exeunt severally |
They all exit in separate directions. |
