me: he lets me feed with his hinds, bars me the
place of a brother, and, as much as in him lies,
mines my gentility with my education. This is
it, Adam, that grieves me; and the spirit of my
father, which I think is within me, begins to
mutiny against this servitude. I will no longer
endure it, though yet I know no wise remedy
how to avoid it. 27
Enter Oliver.
Adam. Yonder comes my master, your brother.
Orl. Go apart, Adam, and thou shalt hear
how he will shake me up.
Oli. Now, sir! what make you here? 31
Orl. Nothing: I am not taught to make any-
thing.
Oli. What mar you then, sir?
Orl. Marry, sir, I am helping you to mar that
which God made, a poor unworthy brother of
yours, with idleness. 37
Oli. Marry, sir, be better employed, and be
naught awhile.
Orl. Shall I keep your hogs, and eat husks
with them? What prodigal portion have I
spent, that I should come to such penury? 42
Oli. Know you where you are, sir?
Orl. O! sir, very well: here in your orchard.
Oli. Know you before whom, sir? 45
Orl. Ay, better than him I am before knows
me. I know you are my eldest brother; and, in
the gentle condition of blood, you should so
20 hinds: servants
22 mines: undermines
27 S. d.; cf. n.
31 make you: are you doing
35 Marry: an oath derived from the name of Saint Mary
38 be naught: efface yourself, withdraw
41 prodigal portion; cf. n.
48 gentle condition of blood: kind disposition caused by relationship
