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As You Like It, I. iii

Ros. I could shake them off my coat: these

burrs are in my heart.

Cel. Hem them away.

Ros. I would try, if I could cry 'hem,' and

have him.

Cel. Come, come; wrestle with thy affections.

Ros. O! they take the part of a better wrestler

than myself!

Cel. O, a good wish upon you! you will try in

time, in despite of a fall. But, turning these

jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest:

is it possible, on such a sudden, you should fall

into so strong a liking with old Sir Rowland's

youngest son?

Ros. The duke my father loved his father

dearly.

Cel. Doth it therefore ensue that you should

love his son dearly? By this kind of chase, I

should hate him, for my father hated his father

dearly; yet I hate not Orlando.

Ros. No, faith, hate him not, for my sake.

Cel. Why should I not? doth he not deserve

well?

Ros. Let me love him for that; and do you

love him, because I do. Look, here comes the

duke.

Cel. With his eyes full of anger.

Duke F. Mistress, dispatch you with your safest haste,

 19 Hem: clear away with a cough

20 'hem' him; cf. n.

26 in despite of: notwithstanding

turning out of service: dismissing

34 chase: pursuit of an argument

36 dearly: deeply

38 Why not; cf. n.

deserve well; cf. n.

44 safest haste: i.e., with haste conducive to your best safety 