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Act III: French Scene 7
slinke by: meaning to slip past/slip aside
had as liefe: would rather
for fashion sake: for the sake of fashion (good manners) Orlando has offered to accompany Jaques, though they both would have preferred to travel alone.
societie: company
God buy you: goodbye, from "God be with you"
better strangers: more distant from each other
moe: more
ill-favouredly: badly
Attalanta's heeles: Attalanta was a Greek figure known for her speed. She preserved her chastity by insisting that her suitors should be able to outrun her.
I will chide no breather in the world but my selfe: Orlando does not wish to chide (scold, admonish) any breather (living thing) against whom he knows the most faults (moral failings) is himself.
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