Shakespearefor Bharat
As You Like It

Act IV · Scene II

The forest.

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Enter JAQUES, Lords, and Foresters

JAQUES
Which is he that killed the deer?
A Lord
Sir, it was I.
JAQUES
Let's present him to the duke, like a Romanconqueror; and it would do well to set the deer'shorns upon his head, for a branch of victory. Haveyou no song, forester, for this purpose?
Forester
Yes, sir.
JAQUES
Sing it: 'tis no matter how it be in tune, so itmake noise enough.SONG.
Forester
What shall he have that kill'd the deer?His leather skin and horns to wear.Then sing him home;

The rest shall bear this burden

Forester
Take thou no scorn to wear the horn;It was a crest ere thou wast born:Thy father's father wore it,And thy father bore it:The horn, the horn, the lusty hornIs not a thing to laugh to scorn.

Exeunt