Mojo, The Bard, & Me

Not so; but I answer you right painted cloth, from whence you have studied your questions.



-Orlando



As You Like It                         Act III, scene ii, line 279





I don’t quite understand this line. Orlando and Jaques are going back and forth with witty comments, and then Jaques says

Your are full of pretty answers. Have you not been acquainted with goldsmiths’ wives, and conn’d them out of rings?

And Orlando answers with today’s Totally Random line. I’ve found explanatory notes in a few different places on this line that tell me that painted cloth is wall hangings painted with pictures and mottoes. But that doesn’t really help me too much. How about you?

Okay, here you go. Well, actually this is a tapestry, not a painted cloth. But it's definitely a wall hanging with pictures on it (and Jessica standing in front of it). Does this help?