{"id":2510,"date":"2013-07-17T11:41:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T15:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=2510"},"modified":"2013-07-17T11:48:13","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T15:48:13","slug":"as-you-like-it-act-ii-scene-vii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=2510","title":{"rendered":"As You Like It: Act II, Scene vii"},"content":{"rendered":"

As You Like It\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act II, Scene vii \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Jacques<\/strong><\/p>\n

(This speech is used in our interview with Nicholas Martin-Smith<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a>\u00a0to open up a First Folio version.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a>\u00a0to open up a scanned version.<\/p>\n

139\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All the world’s a stage,
\n140\u00a0 And all the men and women merely players;
\n141\u00a0 They have their exits and their entrances,
\n142\u00a0 And one man in his time plays many parts,
\n143\u00a0 His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
\n144\u00a0 Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
\n145\u00a0 Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
\n146\u00a0 And shining morning face, creeping like snail
\n147\u00a0 Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
\n148\u00a0 Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
\n149\u00a0 Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
\n150\u00a0 Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
\n151\u00a0 Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
\n152\u00a0 Seeking the bubble reputation
\n153\u00a0 Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
\n154\u00a0 In fair round belly with good capon lined,
\n155\u00a0 With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
\n156\u00a0 Full of wise saws and modern instances;
\n157\u00a0 And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
\n158\u00a0 Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
\n159\u00a0 With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
\n160\u00a0 His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
\n161\u00a0 For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
\n162\u00a0 Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
\n163\u00a0 And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
\n164\u00a0 That ends this strange eventful history,
\n165\u00a0 Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
\n166\u00a0 Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As You Like It\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act II, Scene vii \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Jacques (This speech is used in our interview with Nicholas Martin-Smith) Click here\u00a0to open up a First Folio version. Click here\u00a0to open up a scanned version. 139\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All the world’s a stage, 140\u00a0 And all the men and women merely players;<\/p>\n [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2510","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-line-bottom","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"As You Like It: Act II, Scene vii | The State of Shakespeare","description":"As You Like It Act II, Scene vii Jacques (This speech is used in our interview with Nicholas Martin-Smith) Click here to open up a First Folio version. Click here to open up a scanned version. 139 All the world's a stage, 140 And all the men and women merely players;","canonical_url":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=2510","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"UA-28965856-1","p:domain_verify":"d36dfa872cf08cb1686a0c207bca81df","miscellaneous":""},"schema":null,"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"The State of Shakespeare","og:type":"website","og:title":"As You Like It: Act II, Scene vii | The State of Shakespeare","og:description":"As You Like It Act II, Scene vii Jacques (This speech is used in our interview with Nicholas Martin-Smith) Click here to open up a First Folio version. Click here to open up a scanned version. 139 All the world's a stage, 140 And all the men and women merely players;","og:url":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=2510","fb:admins":"100001614971768","og:image":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/stateofshakes_600x600.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/stateofshakes_600x600.jpg","og:image:width":600,"og:image:height":600,"twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@stateofshakespe","twitter:title":"As You Like It: Act II, Scene vii | The State of Shakespeare","twitter:description":"As You Like It Act II, Scene vii Jacques (This speech is used in our interview with Nicholas Martin-Smith) Click here to open up a First Folio version. Click here to open up a scanned version. 139 All the world's a stage, 140 And all the men and women merely players;","twitter:image":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/stateofshakes_600x600.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"2510","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2021-01-04 18:36:21","updated":"2026-04-03 01:50:37","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"

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