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Have you not heard it said full oft,
A woman's nay doth stand for naught?

      — The Passionate Pilgrim

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KEYWORD: phebe

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1

As You Like It
[II, 4]

Silvius

750

O, thou didst then never love so heartily!
If thou rememb'rest not the slightest folly
That ever love did make thee run into,
Thou hast not lov'd;
Or if thou hast not sat as I do now,
Wearing thy hearer in thy mistress' praise,
Thou hast not lov'd;
Or if thou hast not broke from company
Abruptly, as my passion now makes me,
Thou hast not lov'd.
O Phebe, Phebe, Phebe! Exit Silvius

2

As You Like It
[III, 5]

(stage directions)

1650

Enter SILVIUS and PHEBE

3

As You Like It
[III, 5]

Silvius

1651

Sweet Phebe, do not scorn me; do not, Phebe.
Say that you love me not; but say not so
In bitterness. The common executioner,
Whose heart th' accustom'd sight of death makes hard,
Falls not the axe upon the humbled neck
But first begs pardon. Will you sterner be
Than he that dies and lives by bloody drops?

4

As You Like It
[III, 5]

Silvius

1679

O dear Phebe,
If ever- as that ever may be near-
You meet in some fresh cheek the power of fancy,
Then shall you know the wounds invisible
That love's keen arrows make.

5

As You Like It
[III, 5]

Silvius

1736

Sweet Phebe.

6

As You Like It
[III, 5]

Silvius

1738

Sweet Phebe, pity me.

7

As You Like It
[III, 5]

Silvius

1791

Phebe, with all my heart.

8

As You Like It
[IV, 3]

Silvius

2007

My errand is to you, fair youth;
My gentle Phebe did bid me give you this.
I know not the contents; but, as I guess
By the stern brow and waspish action
Which she did use as she was writing of it,
It bears an angry tenour. Pardon me,
I am but as a guiltless messenger.

9

As You Like It
[IV, 3]

Silvius

2022

No, I protest, I know not the contents;
Phebe did write it.

10

As You Like It
[V, 2]

Rosalind

2309

By my life, I do; which I tender dearly, though I say I
am a magician. Therefore put you in your best array, bid your
friends; for if you will be married to-morrow, you shall; and to
Rosalind, if you will.
[Enter SILVIUS and PHEBE]
Look, here comes a lover of mine, and a lover of hers.

11

As You Like It
[V, 2]

Silvius

2322

It is to be all made of sighs and tears;
And so am I for Phebe.

12

As You Like It
[V, 2]

Silvius

2327

It is to be all made of faith and service;
And so am I for Phebe.

13

As You Like It
[V, 2]

Silvius

2332

It is to be all made of fantasy,
All made of passion, and all made of wishes;
All adoration, duty, and observance,
All humbleness, all patience, and impatience,
All purity, all trial, all obedience;
And so am I for Phebe.

14

As You Like It
[V, 2]

Rosalind

2346

Pray you, no more of this; 'tis like the howling of Irish
wolves against the moon. [To SILVIUS] I will help you if I can.
[To PHEBE] I would love you if I could.- To-morrow meet me all
together. [ To PHEBE ] I will marry you if ever I marry woman,
and I'll be married to-morrow. [To ORLANDO] I will satisfy you if
ever I satisfied man, and you shall be married to-morrow. [To
Silvius]
I will content you if what pleases you contents you, and
you shall be married to-morrow. [To ORLANDO] As you love
Rosalind, meet. [To SILVIUS] As you love Phebe, meet;- and as I
love no woman, I'll meet. So, fare you well; I have left you
commands.

15

As You Like It
[V, 4]

(stage directions)

2406

Enter ROSALIND, SILVIUS, and PHEBE

16

As You Like It
[V, 4]

Rosalind

2418

You say that you'll have Phebe, if she will?

17

As You Like It
[V, 4]

Rosalind

2420

I have promis'd to make all this matter even.
Keep you your word, O Duke, to give your daughter;
You yours, Orlando, to receive his daughter;
Keep your word, Phebe, that you'll marry me,
Or else, refusing me, to wed this shepherd;
Keep your word, Silvius, that you'll marry her
If she refuse me; and from hence I go,
To make these doubts all even.

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