AS YOU LIKE IT

Act 2 Scene 6

(Enter Orlando and Adam)
l1l	Adam	 Dear master, I can go no further. O, I die for food.
l2l		Here lie I down and measure out my grave. Farewell,
l3l		kind master.
l4l	Orlando	Why, how now, Adam? No greater heart in
l5l		thee? Live a little, comfort a little, cheer thyself a little.
l6l		If this uncouth forest yield anything savage I will either
l7l		be food for it or bring it for food to thee. Thy conceit
l8l		is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be
l9l		comfortable. Hold death awhile at the arm’s end. I will
l10l		here be with thee presently, and if I bring thee not
l11l		something to eat, I will give thee leave to die. But if
l12l		thou diest before I come, thou art a mocker of my
l13l		labour. Well said. Thou lookest cheerly, and I’ll be with
l14l		thee quickly. Yet thou liest in the bleak air. Come, I
l15l		will bear thee to some shelter, and thou shalt not die
l16l		for lack of a dinner if there live anything in this desert.
l17l		Cheerly, good Adam.
		(Orlando carries Adam off)