..., And in that kind swears you do more usurp, Than doth your brother that hath banish'd you. To day my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him...brawls along this wood ; To the which place a poor sequester' d stag, That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt, Did come to languish; and, indeed,...

...at that ; And, in that kind, swears you do more usurp Than doth your brother that hath banish'd you. To-day, my lord of Amiens, and myself, Did steal behind...peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood :7 To the which place a poor sequester'd stag, That from the hunters' aim had ta'en a hurt, Did come...

...that ; And, in that kind, swears, you do more nsnrp Than doth your brother, that hath banish'd you. To-day, my lord of Amiens, and myself, Did steal behind...poor sequester'd stag, That from the hunter's aim had ta'cn a hurt, Did come to languish ; and, indeed, my lord, The wretched animal heav'd forth such groans,...

...Shakespeare. Can we doubt that Shakespeare himself, like Jacques in that same Forest of Arden, often Lay along Under an oak whose antique root peeps out...brawls along this wood : To the which place a poor sequestered stag, That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt, Did come to languish, or that he had...

...forked heads, Have their round haunches gored. . . The melancholy Jaques grieves at that.— To day, my lord of Amiens, and myself Did steal behind him,...poor sequester'd stag, That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt, Did come to languish; and indeed my lord, The wretched animal heav'd forth such groans,...

...of the scenic representations. Two of the more vivid descriptions in AYLI begin in similar fashion: Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood (2. 1. 3 1ff.) Under an old oak, whose boughs were moss'd with age And high top bald with dry antiquity...

...Jaques grieves at that, and swears that you do more usurp than doth your brother that hath banished you. Today my lord of Amiens and myself did steal behind...brawls along this wood: to the which place a poor sequestered stag, that from the hunter's aim hath ta'en a hurt did come to languish, and indeed my...

...God is mocked. The stag is the hairy fool in the leather coat, much marked of the melancholy Jaques. To-day my Lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind...brawls along this wood, To the which place a poor sequestered stag, That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt, Did come to languish; and indeed my...

...at that, And, in that kind, swears you do more usurp Than doth your brother that hath banished you: Today my Lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him as he lay along 30 Upon the brook that brawls along this wood, To the which place a poor sequestered stag, That from...

...at that And, in that kind, swears you do more usurp Than doth your brother that hath banished you. Today my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him as he lay along J0 Under an oak whose antick root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood, To the which...