SCENE II. The forest.
Enter JAQUES, Lords, and Foresters
JAQUES
Which is he that k**ed the deer?
A LORD
Sir, it was I.
JAQUES
Let's present him to the duke, like a Roman
Conqueror; and it would do well to set the deer's
Horns upon his head, for a branch of victory. Have
You no song, forester, for this purpose?
FORESTER
Yes, sir.
JAQUES
Sing it: 'tis no matter how it be in tune, so it
Make noise enough.
SONG.
FORESTER
What shall he have that k**'d the deer?
His leather skin and horns to wear.
Then sing him home;
The rest shall bear this burden.
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 horn
Is not a thing to laugh to scorn.
Exeunt