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As You Like It, I. i

voluntary exile with him, whose lands and re-

venues enrich the new duke; therefore he gives

them good leave to wander.

Oli. Can you tell if Rosalind, the duke's

daughter, be banished with her father?

Cha. O, no; for the duke's daughter, her

cousin, so loves her,—being ever from their

cradles bred together,—that she would have

followed her exile, or have died to stay behind

her. She is at the court, and no less beloved of

her uncle than his own daughter; and never two

ladies loved as they do.

Oli. Where will the old duke live?

Cha. They say he is already in the forest of

Arden, and a many merry men with him; and

there they live like the old Robin Hood of

England. They say many young gentlemen flock

to him every day, and fleet the time carelessly,

as they did in the golden world.

Oli. What, you wrestle to-morrow before the

new duke?

Cha. Marry, do I, sir; and I came to acquaint

you with a matter. I am given, sir, secretly to

understand that your younger brother Orlando

hath a disposition to come in disguised against

me to try a fall. To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for

my credit, and he that escapes me without some

broken limb shall acquit him well. Your brother

is but young and tender; and, for your love, I

would be loath to foil him as I must, for my

own honour, if he come in: therefore, out of

my love to you, I came hither to acquaint you

 112 duke's daughter; cf. n.

122 forest of Arden; cf. n.

126 fleet: pass

127 golden world; cf. n.

138 foil: throw in wrestling 