Note to As You Like It, 3.3.11: "Jove in a thatched house"
Jove in a thatched house: —Jaques' general point is that knowledge of classical literature [including the works of Ovid] is inappropriate and above the "station" of Touchstone the fool. Ovid, in his Metamorphoses, tells how Jupiter [also known as Jove, the name of the ancient Romans' highest deity] had been about to give up on people, but had heard of poor, but honest Baucis and Philemon, a long-married couple who had a gentle-hearted reputation, so Jupiter and Mercury, disguised as mere humans, stayed as guests in the welcoming couple's cottage to confirm the rumors. The old couple began to suspect that their guests were gods when the pitcher of wine never emptied, no matter how often they poured. So, they decided to slaughter their only goose to cook for their guests, but the goose escaped due to Jupiter's and Mercury's intervention at which point they revealed their godliness.
"Jupiter in the House of Philemon and Baucis"
by Jacob van Oost the Elder 1603-1671
The gods then took the humans to a mountaintop to watch the punishment of all the other people who turned away Jupiter and Mercury in disguise: a devastating flood. They then asked Baucis and Philemon their greatest wish and since the wish was to die together, turned them into intertwining trees. The moral of the story —treat everyone well because you never know when you will find yourself in the presence of gods.