SCENE VI. The forest
Enter ORLANDO and ADAM
ADAM
Dear master, I can go no further. O, I die for food! Here lie I down, and measure out my
grave. Farewell, kind master.
ORLANDO
Why, how now, Adam! no greater heart in thee? Live a little; comfort a little; cheer
thyself a little. If this uncouth forest yield any thing savage, I will either be food for
it or bring it for food to thee. Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake
be comfortable; hold death awhile at the arm's end: I will here be with thee presently;
and if I bring thee not something to eat, I will give thee leave to die: but if thou diest
before I come, thou art a mocker of my labour. Well said! thou lookest cheerly, and I'll
be with thee quickly. Yet thou liest in the bleak air: come, I will bear thee to some
shelter; and thou shalt not die for lack of a dinner, if there live any thing in this
desert. Cheerly, good Adam!
Exeunt
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