Ros.—I could shake them off my coat; these burs are in my heart.
Cel.—Hem them away.
Ros.—I would try if I could cry “hem” and have him.
Cel.—Come, come; wrestle with thy affections.
Ros.—O, they take the part of a better wrestler than myself!
Cel.—O, a good wish upon you! You will try in time in despite of a fall.
After Rosalind and her cousin leave the court for the Forest of Arden, Rosalind’s spirits rise, and then it is she who becomes the prominent sprightly character in the play. She receives Orlando after a short absence with the reproach:
Ros.—Why how now, Orlando, where have you been all this while? You a lover! And you serve me such another trick, never come in my sight more.
Orl.—My fair Rosalind, I come within an hour of my promise.
Ros.—Break an hour’s promise in love! He that will divide a minute into a thousand parts, and break but a part of the thousandth part of a minute in the affairs of love, it may be said of him that Cupid hath clapped him on the shoulder, but I’ll warrant him heartwhole.