Act 2 — Scene VI. The forest.
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AYLI II. 6 Enter Orlando and Adam.
001 Adam. Dear master, I can go no further: O, I die for food! Here lie I down, and measure out my grave. Farewell, kind master.
004 Orl. Why, how now, Adam! no greater heart in thee? 005 Live a little; comfort a little; cheer thyself a little. If this uncouth forest yield any thing savage, I will either be food for it or bring it for food to thee. Thy conceit is nearer 008 death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold 009 death awhile at the arm’s end: I will here be with thee 010 presently; and if I bring thee not something to eat, I will give thee leave to die: but if thou diest before I come, thou art 012 a mocker of my labour. Well said! thou lookest cheerly, and I’ll be with thee quickly. Yet thou liest in the bleak air: come, I will bear thee to some shelter; and thou shalt 015 not die for lack of a dinner, if there live any thing in this desert. Cheerly, good Adam! [Exeunt.