†♥ As You Like It Act 2 Scene 6 by William Shakespeare ♥†

♥† Old Adam tells Orlando he is too weak to go further and is on the point of death. Orlando urges him to take heart, stay optimistic, and keep moving onward. Adam finds the strength to do so and the two continue their journey. ♥†

 

 

†  SCENE VI. The forest  †

 

Enter ORLANDO and ADAM

 

 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.

 

ORLANDO
Why, how now, Adam! no greater heart in thee? 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 death than thy powers.
For my sake be comfortable; hold death awhile at
the arm's end: I will here be with thee 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 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 not die for
lack of a dinner, if there live any thing in this
desert. Cheerly, good Adam!