—Give me your hand, Orlando. — ^What do you say, sister ?

'Orlando, Pray thee, marry us. 113

Celia, I cannot say the words.
Rosalind: You must begin, * Will you, Orlando — *

Celia, Go to. — Will you, Orlando, have to wife this Rosa-
lind ?

Orlando, I will.
Rosalind, Ay, but when ?

Orlando, Why now ; as fast as she can marry us. 120

Rosalind, Then you must say ' I take thee, Rosalind, for
wife.'

Orlando, I take thee, Rosalind, for wife.
Rosalind, I might ask you for your commission ; but I do
take thee, Orlando, for my husband. There *s a girl goes
before the priest ; and certainly a woman's thought runs
before her actions.
^^Orlando, So do all thoughts ; they are winged.^

Rosalind, Now tell me how long you would have her after
you have possessed her. 130

Orlando, For ever and a day.
Rosalind, Say a day, without the ever. No, no, Orlando :
men are April when they woo, December when they wed ;
maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes
when they are wives. I will be more jealous of thee than a
Barbary cock-pigeon over his hen, more clamorous than a
parrot against rain, more new-fangled than an ape, more
giddy in my desires than a monkey. I will weep for noth-
ing, like Diana in the fountain, and I will do that when you
are disposed to be merry ; I will laugh like a hyen^'and that
when thou art inclined to sleep. mi

Orlando, But will my Rosalind do so ?

Rosalind, By my life, she will do as I do.
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Orlando, O, but she is wise.
