Act 5 scene 1

  Act V  Scene I The forest.  
  [Enter TOUCHSTONE and AUDREY]  
TOUCHSTONE We shall find a time, Audrey; patience,
gentle Audrey.		  
AUDREY Faith, the priest was good enough, for all the
old gentleman's saying.		  
TOUCHSTONE A most wicked Sir Oliver, Audrey, a most
vile Martext. But, Audrey, there is a youth here in
the forest lays claim to you.		 5
AUDREY Ay, I know who 'tis; he hath no interest in me
in the world:
here comes the man you mean.

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TOUCHSTONE It is meat and drink to me to see a clown:
by my troth, we that have good wits have much to
answer for; we shall be flouting; we cannot hold.		  
  [Enter WILLIAM]  
WILLIAM Good even, Audrey.  
AUDREY God ye good even, William. 15
WILLIAM And good even to you, sir.  
TOUCHSTONE Good even, gentle friend. Cover thy head,
cover thy head; nay, prithee, be covered. How old
are you, friend?		  
WILLIAM Five and twenty, sir. 20
TOUCHSTONE A ripe age. Is thy name William?  
WILLIAM William, sir.  
TOUCHSTONE A fair name. Wast born i' the forest here?  
WILLIAM Ay, sir, I thank God.  
TOUCHSTONE 'Thank God;' a good answer. Art rich? 25
WILLIAM Faith, sir, so so.  
TOUCHSTONE 'So so' is good, very good, very excellent
good; and yet it is not; it is but so so. Art thou wise?		  
WILLIAM Ay, sir, I have a pretty wit.  
TOUCHSTONE Why, thou sayest well. I do now remember
a saying, 'The fool doth think he is wise, but the
wise man knows himself to be a fool.' The heathen
philosopher, when he had a desire to eat a grape,
would open his lips when he put it into his mouth;
meaning thereby that grapes were made to eat and
lips to open. You do love this maid?		 30




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WILLIAM I do, sir.  
TOUCHSTONE Give me your hand. Art thou learned?  
WILLIAM No, sir.  
TOUCHSTONE Then learn this of me: to have, is to have;
for it is a figure in rhetoric that drink, being poured
out of a cup into a glass, by filling the one doth
empty the other; for all your writers do consent
that ipse is he: now, you are not ipse, for I am he.		 40
WILLIAM Which he, sir? 45
TOUCHSTONE






He, sir, that must marry this woman.
Therefore, you clown, abandon,--which is in the
vulgar leave,--the society,--which in the boorish
is company,--of this female,--which in the com-
mon is woman; which together is, abandon the
society of this female, or, clown, thou perishest; or,
to thy better understanding, diest; or, to wit I kill
thee, make thee away, translate thy life into death,
thy liberty into bondage: I will deal in poison with
thee, or in bastinado, or in steel; I will bandy with
thee in faction; I will o'errun thee with policy; I
will kill thee a hundred and fifty ways: therefore
tremble and depart.



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AUDREY Do, good William.  
WILLIAM God rest you merry, sir. 60
  [Exit]  
  [Enter CORIN]  
CORIN Our master and mistress seeks you; come, away,
away!		  
TOUCHSTONE Trip, Audrey! trip, Audrey! I attend, I
attend.		  
  [Exeunt]