[290] 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.
[294] Orl. I prithee, who doth he trot withal?
[295] Ros. Marry, he trots hard with a young maid between the contract of her marriage and the day it is solemnized: [297] if the interim be but a se’nnight, Time’s pace is so hard [298] that it seems the length of seven year.
[299] Orl. Who ambles Time withal?
300 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 wasteful learning, the other knowing no burden of heavy tedious [305] penury: these Time ambles withal.
[306] Orl. Who doth he gallop withal?
Ros. With a thief to the gallows; for though he go as softly as foot can fall, he thinks himself too soon there.
[309] Orl. Who stays it still withal?
310 Ros. With lawyers in the vacation; for they sleep between term and term and then they perceive not how Time moves.
Orl. Where dwell you, pretty youth?