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As You Like It, IV. i

Jaq. I am so; I do love it better than laugh-

ing.

Ros. Those that are in extremity of either are

abominable fellows, and betray themselves to

every modern censure worse than drunkards.

Jaq. Why, 'tis good to be sad and say nothing.

Ros. Why, then, 'tis good to be a post.

Jaq. I have neither the scholar's melancholy,

which is emulation; nor the musician's, which is

fantastical; nor the courtier's, which is proud;

nor the soldier's, which is ambitious; nor the

lawyer's, which is politic; nor the lady's, which is

nice; nor the lover's, which is all these: but it is

a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many

simples, extracted from many objects, and in-

deed the sundry contemplation of my travels,

which, by often rumination, wraps me in a most

humorous sadness.

Ros. A traveller! By my faith, you have great

reason to be sad. I fear you have sold your own

lands to see other men's; then, to have seen

much and to have nothing, is to have rich eyes

and poor hands.

Jaq. Yes, I have gained my experience.

Ros. And your experience makes you sad: I

had rather have a fool to make me merry than

experience to make me sad: and to travel for it

too!

Orl. Good day, and happiness, dear Rosalind!

 8 censure: judgment, opinion; cf. n.

12 emulation: i.e., envy of other scholars superior mental attainments

16 nice: trivial, or dainty

18 simples: ingredients (literally, 'herbs')

21 humorous: whimsical 