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The Lion & The Snake

from As You Like It by Shaina Taub

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OLIVER:
Under an old oak,
A wretched, ragged man lay sleeping on his back.
About his neck, a green and gilded snake had wreathed itself
But suddenly, seeing Orlando, it did slip away into a bush!
Under which a lioness lay couching, with catlike watch.
This seen, Orlando did approach the man
And found it was his brother, his elder brother.

CELIA
O, I have heard him speak of that same brother,
And he did render him the most unnatural
That lived amongst men.

OLIVER
And well he might so do,
For well I know he was unnatural.

ROSALIND:
[as Ganymede]
But to Orlando: did he leave him there,
Food to the sucked and hungry lioness?

OLIVER:
Twice did he turn his back and purposed so,
But kindness, nobler ever than revenge,
Made him give battle to the lioness!
In which hurtling, from miserable slumber I awaked.

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from As You Like It, released December 15, 2017

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