Ickapoo wants company. But he should find company that respects him, his worth, rather than bully, demean him.
Helena, the orphan daughter of a famous physician, is the ward of the Countess of Rousillon, and madly in love with her son, Count Bertram, who has been sent to the court of the King of France. Despite her beauty and worth, Helena has no hope of attracting Bertram, since she is of low birth and he is a nobleman. However, when word comes that the King is ill, she goes to Paris and, using her father's arts, cures the illness. In return, she is given the hand of any man in the realm; she chooses Bertram. Her new husband is appalled at the match, however, and shortly after their marriage flees France, accompanied only by a scoundrel named Parolles, to fight in the army of the Duke of Florence.
At the end of the first scene, Helena reveals her love for Bertram and he has left Rousillon for the king’s court
Hel: Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie