tray a she-lamb of a twelvemonth to a crooked- 87
pated, old, cuckoldy ram, out of all reasonable
match. If thou be'st not damned for this, the
devil himself will have no shepherds: I cannot
see else how thou shouldst 'scape.
Cor. Here comes young Master Ganymede,
my new mistress's brother. 93
Enter Rosalind [reading a paper].
Ros. 'From the east to western Ind,
No jewel is like Rosalind.
Her worth, being mounted on the wind, 96
Through all the world bears Rosalind.
All the pictures fairest lin'd
Are but black to Rosalind.
Let no face be kept in mind, 100
But the fair of Rosalind.'
Touch. I'll rime you so, eight years together,
dinners and suppers and sleeping hours ex-
cepted: it is the right butter-women's rank to
market. 105
Ros. Out, fool!
Touch. For a taste:—
'If a hart do lack a hind, 108
Let him seek out Rosalind.
If the cat will after kind,
So be sure will Rosalind.
Winter garments must be lin'd, 112
So must slender Rosalind.
They that reap must sheaf and bind,
87 crooked-pated: crooked-headed; i.e., in reference to the ram's horns
88 cuckoldy; cf. n.
out . . . match: quite unsuitable for her
98 lin'd: drawn
104 butter-women's rank; cf. n.
107 taste: i.e., sample of skill
110 after kind: follow the dictates of nature
