Editing As You Like It IIv

===Act II. Scene V.=== [[As You Like It IIiv|<<]] [[As You Like It -- by William Shakespeare|As You Like It]] [[As You Like It IIvi|>>]] ::: Scene V.—Another Part of the Forest. Enter AMIENS, JAQUES, and Other. Ami. Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie-with me, And turn his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat, Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Jaq. More, more, I prithee, more. Ami. It will make you melancholy. Monsieur Jaques. Jaq. I thank it. More! I prithee, more. I can suck melancholy out of a song as a weasel sucks eggs. More! I prithee, more. Ami. My voice is ragged; I know I cannot please you. Jaq. I do not desire you to please me; I do desire you to sing. Come, more; another stanzo: call you them stanzos? Ami. What you will, Monsieur Jaques. Jaq. Nay, I care not for their names; they owe me nothing. Will you sing? Ami. More at your request than to please myself. Jaq. Well then, if ever I thank any man, I'll thank you: but that they call compliment is like the encounter of two dog-apes, and when a man thanks me heartily, methinks I have given him a penny and he renders me the beggarly thanks, Come,sing;and you that will not,hold your tongues. Ami. Well, I'll end the song. Sirs, cover the while; the duke will drink under this tree. He hath been all this day to look you. Jaq. And I have been all this day to avoid him. He is too disputable for my company: I think of as many matters as he, but I give heaven thanks, and make no boast of them. Come, warble; come. Ami. Who doth ambition shun, [All together here. And loves to live i' the sun, Seeking the food he eats, And pleas'd with what he gets, Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Jaq. I'll give you a verse to this note, that I made yesterday in despite of my invention. Ami. And I'll sing it. Jaq. Thus it goes: If it do come to pass That any man turn Ass, Leaving his wealth and ease, A stubborn will to please, Ducdame, ducdame, ducdame: Here shall he see Gross fools as he, An if he will come to me. Ami. What's that 'ducdame?' Jaq. 'Tis a Greek invocation to call fools into a circle. I'll go sleep if I can; if I cannot, I'll rail against all the first-born of Egypt. Ami. And I'll go seek the duke: his banquet is prepared. [Exeunt severally.] ::: [[As You Like It IIiv|<<]] [[As You Like It -- by William Shakespeare|As You Like It]] [[As You Like It IIvi|>>]]

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