AS YOU LIKE IT. For my sake be comfortable P... de Louther boug del? London Printed for J.Bell British Library Strand Nov 19 1785. As I do live by food, I met a fool; Who laid him down, and bask'd him in the sun, Thus may we see, quoth he, how the world wags: e; And after one hour more, 'twill be eleven; 370 380 And I did laugh, sans intermission, An hour by his dial.-O noble fool! A worthy fool! Motley's the only wear. Jaq. O worthy fool!-One that hath been a courtier; And says, if ladies be but young, and fair, They have the gift to know it: and in his brain, Which is as dry as the remainder bisket After a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd 391 In mangled forms :-O, that I were a fool! Duke Duke Sen. Thou shalt have one. Jaq. It is my only suit; Provided, that you weed your better judgments 400 To blow on whom I please; for so fools have: so? The why is plain as way to parish-church: He, that a fool doth very wisely hit, Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Even by the squandring glances of the fool. Invest me in my motley; give me leave 409 To speak my mind, and I will through and through Cleanse the foul body of the infected world, If they will patiently receive my medicine. Duke Sen. Fie on thee! I can tell what thou wouldst do. Jaq. What, for a counter, would I do, but good? sin: For thou thyself hast been a libertine, And all the embossed sores, and headed evils, Eij 420 Jaq. |