Note to As You Like It, 3.2.273-274: "but I answer you right painted / cloth"


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As You Like It,
Act 3, Scene 2, lines 273-274.
but I answer you right painted / cloth: i.e., back at you with a typical painted cloth. —A painted cloth was a cheap wall-hanging, decorated with sentimental scenes and sayings. Below is a modern version of what Orlando has in mind.