To

one,

his lands with-held;

other,

and to the

A land itself at large, a potent dukedom.
First, in this forest, let us do those ends
That here were well begun, and well begot:
And after, every of this happy number,

That have endur'd shrewd days and nights with

us

Shall share the good of our returned fortune,
According to the measure of their states.
Meantime, forget this new-fall'n dignity,
And fall into our rustick revelry:

Play, musick; and you brides and bridegrooms

all,

The Duke hath put on a religious life,
And thrown into neglect the pompous court?
Jaq. de B. He hath.

Jaq. To him will 1: out of these convertites There is much matter to be heard and learn'd. You to your former honour I bequeath;

[To DUKE S. well deserve

You[To ORLANDO] to a love, that your true

faith doth merit:

You [To OLIVER] to your land, and love, and great allies:

You [To SILVIUS] to a long and well deserved

bed;

And you [To TOUCHSTONE] to wrangling; for thy loving voyage

So to your

pleasures;

Is but for two months victual'd:

I am for other than for dancing measures.
Duke S. Stay, Jaques, stay.

Jaq. To see no pastime, I: - what you would

have

I'll stay to know at your abandon'd cave.

[Exit. Duke S. Proceed, proceed: we will begin these

rites,

As we do trust they'll end, in true delights. [A dance.

EPILOGUE.

Ros. It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue: but it is no more unhandsome, than to see the lord the prologue. If it be true, that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true, that a good play needs no epilogue: Yet to good wine they do use good bushes; and good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues. What a case am I in then, that am neither a good epilogue, nor cannot insinuate with you in the behalf of a good play? I am not furnish'd like a beggar, therefore to beg will not become me: my way is, to conjure you; and I'll begin with the women. I charge you, O women, for the love you bear to men, to like as much of this play as please them: and so i charge you, O men, for the love you bear to women, (as I perceive by your simpering, none of you hate them,) that between you and the women, the play may please. If I were a woman,

would kiss as

many of you as had beards that pleas'd me, complexions that lik'd me, and breaths that I defy'd not: and, I am sure, as many as have good beards, or good faces, or sweet breaths, will, for my kind offer, when I make curt'sy, bid me farewell.

[Exeunt.

ALL'S WELL,

THAT

END S

WEL L.

PERSONS REPRESENTED.

1ng of France.

Duke of Florence.

7

Bertram, Count of Rousillon.

Lafeu, an old Lord.

Parolles, a follower of Bertram.

Several young French Lords, that serve with Bertram in the Florentine war.

Steward, Clown,

ardi).

A Page.

Servants to the Countess of Rousillon.

Countess of Rousillon, mother to Bertram.

Helena, a gentlewoman protected by the Countess. An old widow of Florence.

Diana, daughter to the widow.

Violenta,

Mariana,

Neighbours and friends to the widow..

Lords, attending on the King; Officers, Sol. diers, etc. French and Florentine.

SCENE, partly in France, and partly in
Tuscany.