Edward Capell [1767], Mr William Shakespeare his comedies, histories, and tragedies, set out by himself in quarto, or by the Players his Fellows in folio, and now faithfully republish'd from those Editions in ten Volumes octavo; with an introduction: Whereunto will be added, in some other Volumes, notes, critical and explanatory, and a Body of Various Readings entire (Printed by Dryden Leach, for J. and R. Tonson [etc.], London) [word count] [S10601].
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SCENE II.
The same.
Enter Jaques, and Others, Foresters.14Q0326
Jaq.
Which is he that kill'd the deer?
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1. F.
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. F.
Yes, sir.
Jaq.
Sing it: 'tis no matter how it be in tune, so it
make noise enough.
SONG.
1. V.
What shall he have, that kill'd the deer?
2. V.
His leather skin, and horns to wear.
1. V.
Then sing him home:—
both.
Take thou no scorn
to wear the horn, the lusty horn;
it was a crest ere thou wast born:—
1. V.
Thy father's father wore it;
2. V.
And thy father bore it:—
cho.
The horn, the horn, the lusty horn,
is not a thing to laugh to scorn.
[Exeunt.
Edward Capell [1767], Mr William Shakespeare his comedies, histories, and tragedies, set out by himself in quarto, or by the Players his Fellows in folio, and now faithfully republish'd from those Editions in ten Volumes octavo; with an introduction: Whereunto will be added, in some other Volumes, notes, critical and explanatory, and a Body of Various Readings entire (Printed by Dryden Leach, for J. and R. Tonson [etc.], London) [word count] [S10601].
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