Note to As You Like It, 3.2.377-378: "your having in beard is a younger / brother's revenue"

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Act 3, Scene 2, lines 377-378.
your having in beard is a younger / brother's revenue: your [scanty] beard is similar to a younger brother's [scanty] inheritance. —Rosalind's general point is that since Orlando's youth hardly allows a beard, he can be excused for not having a lover's typically neglected beard.






Jack Laskey as Orlando & Naomi Frederick as Rosalind
Stratford - 2009