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PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.
Duke, living in exile.
Frederick, brother to the Duke, and usurperof his dominions.
Amiens , ) Lords attending upon the Duke in hisJaques, J banishment.
Le Beau, a courtier attending upon Frederick.Charles, his wrestler.
Oliver, "J
Jaques, >sons of Sir Rowland de Bois.Orlando , )
Denni's,}*™ 3 '^ t0 0liver '
Touchstone, a clown.
Sir Oliver Mar-Text, a vicar.SvLvms,}^ Wi -
William, a country fellow, in love with Audrey.A person representing Hymen.
Rosalind, daughter to the banished Duke.Celia, daughter to Frederick.
Phebe, a shepherdess.
Audrey, a country wench.
Lords belonging to the two Dukes; Pages ,Foresters, and other Attendants.
The scene lies,first, near Olivers house; afterwards, partly in the Usurper ’s court,and partly in the forest of Arden.
ACT I.
SCENE I.— Ah orchard, near Oliver s house.
Orl. As I remember, Adam, it was upon thisfeshion bequeathed me: By will, but a poorthousand crowns; and, as thou say’st, chargedmy brother, on his blessing, to breed me well:and there begins my sadness. My brotherJaques he keeps at school, and report speaksgoldenly of his profit: for my part, he keepsme rustically at home, or, to speak more pro-perly, stays me here at home unkept: For call
you that keeping for a gentleman of my birth,that differs not from the stalling of an ox ? Hishorses are bred better; for, besides that theyare fair with their feeding, they are taught theirmanage, and to that end riders dearly hired:but I, his brother, gain nothing under him butgrowth ; for the which his animals on his dung-hills are as much bound to him as I. Besidesthis nothing, that he so plentifully gives me,the something, that nature gave me, his coun-tenance seems to take from me: he lets me feedwith his binds, bars me the place of a bro-