DUKE.

Frederick, brother to the Duke, and ufurper of bis-dukedom.

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Jaques,

Lords attending upon the Duke in his banishment.

Le Beu, a courtier, attending on Frederick.

Oliver, eldeft fon to Sir Rowland de Boys, who had for merly been a fervant to the Duke.

Jaques, Younger brothers to Oliver.

Adam, an old fervant of Sir Rowland de Boys, now following the fortunes of Orlando.

Dennis, fervant to Oliver.

Charles, a wrestler, and fervant to the ufurping Duke

Frederick.

Touchftone, a clown attending on Celia and Rosalind. Corin, Shepherds.

Sylvius,

A clorun in love with Audrey.

William, another clown, in love with Audrey.

Sir Oliver Martext, a country curate.

Rofalind, daughter to the Duke.

Celia, daughter to Frederick.
Phoebe, a fhepherdess.

Audrey, a country wench.

Lords belonging to the two Dukes; with pages, foreflers,

and other Attendants.

The SCENE lies, firft, near Oliver's houfe; and afterwards, partly in the Duke's Court; and partly in the Foreft of Arden.

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SCENE, Oliver's Orchard.

Enter Orlando and Adam.

ORLANDO.

SI remember, Adam, it was upon this fashion bequeath'd me by will, but a poor thousand crowns; and, as thou fay'ft, charged my brother on his bleffing to breed me well; and there begins my fadnefs. My brother Jaques he keeps at fchool, and report fpeaks goldenly of his profit: for my part, he keeps me ruftically at home; or, (to speak more properly) ftays me here at home, unkept; for call you that keeping for a gentleman of my birth, that differs not from the stalling of an ox? his horfes are bred better; for befides that they are fair with their

(1) As you ke it.] Neither Mr. Langbaine nor Mr. Gildon acquaint ts, to whom Shakespeare was indebted for any part of the fable of this play. But the characters of Oliver, Jaques, Orlando, and Adam, and the epifodes of the Wrefiler and the banish'd Tram feem to me plainly to be borrow'd from CHAUCER's Legend of Gamelyn in the Cock's tale. Tho' this Legend be found in many of the old MSS. of that poet, it was never printed till the laft edition of his works, prepared by Mr. Urrey, came out.

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