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As You Like It

Act II, Scene 6

The forest.
 
[Enter ORLANDO and ADAM]
 
ADAM
        ,   ,            T   T  T     ,
      Dear mas/ter, I | can go no | further:
      ,      ,          T     T   T        ,
      O I | die for | food. Here lie | I down,
            ,       ,         ,           ,         ,
      And meas|ure out | my grave.| Farewell kind master.
 
ORLANDO
      (lines 2 through 8 are hex)
            ,          x          ,        ,          ,
      Why* how | now^Adam?| No* great|er heart | in thee:
        T  .   Tx      T             x      ,          ,         x
      Live a little, comf|ort a / little, cheer | thyself | a little.
                 ,  ,      ,         ,    ,           ,
      If this / uncouth | forest | yield an/ything | savage,
       2       ,    2     ,         ,           x           ,         ,
      I will eith|er be food | for it,| or bring it | for food | to thee:
       ,        ,         ,        ,                ,      o
      Thy con|ceit is | nearer | death, than | thy pow|ers.
           ,     ,        ,        ,      T    T   .  T
      For my | sake be | comfor|table,| hold death awhile
                 ,    ,     2       ,         ,           ,      ,
      At the / arm's end:| I will here | be with | thee pres|ently,
           ,       ,           ,      ,             ,
      And if | I bring | thee not | something | to eat,
       2       ,           ,         ,         ,          ,
      I will give | thee leave | to die:| but if | thou diest
          ,        ,          ,        ,      ,        ,    ->
      Before | I come,| thou art | a mock|er of || my lab|or.
        ,      ,            ,         ,
      Well | said, thou | lookest | cheerly,
            ,         ,           ,        ,           ,
      And I'll | be with | thee quick|ly: yet | thou liest
                 ,    ,     __               ,    ,
      In the / bleak air.| Come,| I will / bear thee
           ,      ,        ,           T    T   T
      To some | shelter,| and thou | shalt not die
            ,      2   ,
      For lack | of a din|ner,  \\
       T   T     T     ,    ,     2        ,
      If there live | any|thing in this | desert.
        ,             ,
      Cheerly | good Ad|am.     \\
 
[Exeunt]

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