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James Boswell [1821], The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators: comprehending A Life of the Poet, and an enlarged history of the stage, by the late Edmond Malone. With a new glossarial index (J. Deighton and Sons, Cambridge) [word count] [S10201].

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SCENE II. Another Part of the Forest. Enter Jaques and Lords, in the habit of Foresters.

Jaq.

Which is he that killed the deer?

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1 Lord.

Sir, it was I.

Jaq.

Let's present him to the duke, like a Roman conqueror; and it would do well to set the deer's horns upon his head, for a branch of victory; —Have you no song, forester, for this purpose?

2 Lord.

Yes, sir.

Jaq.

Sing it; 'tis no matter how it be in tune, so it make noise enough.

SONG. 1.
What shall he have, that kill'd the deer? 2.
His leather skin, and horns to wear⁵ ^note

. 1.
Then sing him home⁶ ^note
:
Take thou no scorn, to wear the horn⁷ ^note

;
It was a crest ere thou wast born. The rest shall bear this burden.

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1
Thy father's father wore it; 2.
And thy father bore it: All.
The horn, the horn, the lusty horn,
Is not a thing to laugh to scorn. [Exeunt. 7 ^note.
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