Of singing his own sorrows; one so great,

So says some great philosopher, that trouble

Were worth encount’ring only for the sake

Of weeping over—what perhaps you know

Some poet calls the ‘luxury of woe.’

Fife. Had I the poet or philosopher

In place of her that kick’d me off to ride,

I’d test his theory upon his hide.

But no bones broken, madam—sir, I mean?—

Ros. A scratch here that a handkerchief will heal—