Note to As You Like It, 3.2.83-84: "If thou beest not damned / for this, the devil himself will have no shepherds"

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If thou beest not damned / for this, the devil himself will have no shepherds: if you aren't damned (to hell) for this it will be only because the devil himself refuses to admit shepherds (to hell).