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As You Like It, I. ii

banished father, had banished thy uncle, the

duke my father, so thou hadst been still with

me, I could have taught my love to take thy

father for mine: so wouldst thou, if the truth

of thy love to me were so righteously tempered

as mine is to thee.

Ros. Well, I will forget the condition of my

estate, to rejoice in yours.

Cel. You know my father hath no child but

I, nor none is like to have; and, truly, when he

dies, thou shalt be his heir: for what he hath

taken away from thy father perforce, I will

render thee again in affection; by mine honour,

I will; and when I break that oath, let me turn

monster. Therefore, my sweet Rose, my dear

Rose, be merry.

Ros. From henceforth I will, coz, and devise

sports. Let me see; what think you of falling

in love?

Cel. Marry, I prithee, do, to make sport

withal: but love no man in good earnest; nor

no further in sport neither, than with safety of

a pure blush thou mayst in honour come off

again.

Ros. What shall be our sport then?

Cel. Let us sit and mock the good housewife

Fortune from her wheel, that her gifts may

henceforth be bestowed equally.

Ros. I would we could do so, for her benefits

are mightily misplaced, and the bountiful blind

woman doth most mistake in her gifts to women.

 21 perforce: by violence

22 render: return

24 monster: i.e., something to point one's finger at in scorn

27 sports: amusements, diversions

32 pure blush: i.e., one without shame in it

come off: escape

36 Fortune wheel; cf. n. 