hour would detect the lazy foot of Time as well
as a clock. 325
Orl. And why not the swift foot of Time?
had not that been as proper?
Ros. By no means, sir. Time travels in
divers paces with divers persons. I'll tell you
who Time ambles withal, who Time trots withal,
who Time gallops withal, and who he stands
still withal. 332
Orl. I prithee, who doth he trot withal?
Ros. Marry, he trots hard with a young maid
between the contract of her marriage and the
day it is solemnized; if the interim be but a
se'nnight, Time's pace is so hard that it seems
the length of seven year. 338
Orl. Who ambles Time withal?
Ros. With a priest that lacks Latin, and a
rich man that hath not the gout; for the one
sleeps easily because he cannot study, and the
other lives merrily because he feels no pain;
the one lacking the burden of lean and waste-
ful learning, the other knowing no burden
of heavy tedious penury. These Time ambles
withal.
Orl. Who doth he gallop withal? 348
Ros. With a thief to the gallows; for though
he go as softly as foot can fall he thinks himself
too soon there.
Orl. Who stays it still withal? 352
Ros. With lawyers in the vacation; for they
sleep between term and term, and then they per-
ceive not how Time moves.
Orl. Where dwell you, pretty youth? 356
334 hard: uneasily
337 se'nnight: seven-night, week
344 wasteful: consuming
354 term: period of court sessions
