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Athens. A hall in Timon's house.
[Enter Poet, Painter, Jeweller, Merchant, and others, at several doors]
POET
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Good day,/ sir.
PAINTER
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I | am glad | you're well.|
POET
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I have / not seen | you long,| how goes the
world?
PAINTER
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It wears | sir, as it / grows.
POET
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Aye | that's well known:
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But what | partic|ular rar|ity?| What strange,
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Which^man|ifold | record not mat|ches: see
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Magic | of boun|ty, all | these^spirits | thy
power
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Hath^con|jured to | attend. \\
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I know | the merch|ant. \\
PAINTER
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I know | them both:| the other's | a jew|eller.
MERCHANT
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O 'tis a | worthy | lord.
JEWELER
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Nay that's | most^fixed.
MERCHANT
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A most | incomp|arable man,| breathed as | it
were,
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To an un|tirable | and con|tinuate | goodness:
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He pas|ses.
JEWELER
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I | have a |
jewel | here.
MERCHANT
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O* pray | let's^see it.| For the / Lord Tim|on,
sir?
JEWELER
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If he | will touch | the est|imate. But | for
that--
POET
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When we | for rec|ompense | have praised | the
vile,
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It stains | the glor|y in | that hap|py verse,
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Which apt|ly sings | the good.
MERCHANT
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'Tis a / good form.
JEWELER
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And rich:| here is | a wat|er look | ye.
PAINTER
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You || are rapt | sir, in some / work, some |
dedi|cation
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To the great | lord.
POET
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A | thing slipped^|idly | from me.
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Our poe/sy is | as a | gum, which | oozes
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From whence |'tis nour/ished: the | fire in | the
flint
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Shows not,/ till it | be struck:| our gent|le
flame
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Provokes | itself | and like | the cur|rent flies
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Each bound it chafes.| What have | you there?
PAINTER
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A pic|ture sir:/ when comes | your book forth?
POET
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Upon | the heels | of my | present|ment sir.
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Let's^see | your piece.
PAINTER
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'Tis a / good piece.
POET
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So 'tis,| this comes | off^well,| and ex|cellent.
PAINTER
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Indiffe|rent.
POET
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Ad|mirable:| how this grace
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Speaks his | own stan/ding: what | a men|tal
power
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This eye | shoots^forth?| How big |
ima|gina||tion
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Moves | in this lip,| to the dumb|ness of | the
ges||ture,
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One | might in|terpret. \\
PAINTER
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It is | a pret|ty mock|ing of | the life:
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Here is | a touch:| is it good?
POET
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I will | say of it,
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It tut|ors na|ture: ar|tifi|cial strife
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Lives in | these touch|es, live|lier | than life.
[Enter certain Senators]
PAINTER
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How this | lord is | followed. \\
POET
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The sen|ators | of Ath|ens, hap|py men.
PAINTER
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Look | more. \\
POET
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You see | this con|fluence, this / great flood |
of visitors, ????
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I have | in this / rough work,| shaped out a man
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Whom this | beneath | world doth | embrace | and
hug
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With amp|lest ent|ertain|ment: my / free drift
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Halts not^|partic|ularly,| but moves | itself
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In a wide | sea of | wax, no | levelled | malice
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Infects | one com/ma in | the course | I hold,
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But flies | an eag|le flight,| bold, and |
forth^on,
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Leaving | no* tract | behind. \\
PAINTER
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How shall | I und|erstand | you? \\
POET
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I will | unbolt | to you. \\
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You see | how^all | condit|ions, how^/all minds,
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As well | of glib | and slip|pery creat|ures, as
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Of grave | and au/stere qual|ity, tend|er down
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Their serv|ices to / Lord Tim/on: his / large
for|tune, (hex)
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Upon | his good | and gra|cious nat|ure han|ging,
(hex)
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Subdues | and prop|erties | to his | love and |
tendance (hex)
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All sorts of hearts;| yea, from the | glass-faced
flat|terer (hex)
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To Ap|eman|tus, that / few things loves better
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Than to ab|hor him|self; even | he drops down
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The knee | before | him, and | returns | in peace
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Most rich in^Tim|on's nod. \\
PAINTER
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I saw | them speak | togeth|er. \\
POET
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Sir, I have upon a high and pleasant hill
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Feigned For/tune to | be throned.
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The base | of the mount
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Is ranked | with all | deserts,| all kind of
nat||ures
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That lab|or on | the bos|om of | this^sphere,
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To prop|agate | their states:| amongst | them
all,
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Whose^eyes | are on | this sove|reign la|dy
fixed,
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One do I* | person|ate of Lord Tim|on's frame,
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Whom For|tune with | her iv|ory hand | wafts to
her,
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Whose^pres|ent grace,| to present | slaves and |
servants
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Trans^lates | his riv|als.
PAINTER
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'Tis | conceived,| to scope.
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This throne,| this For|tune, and | this hill |
methinks
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With one | man beck/oned from | the rest | below,
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Bowing | his head | against | the sleep|y mount
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To climb | his hap|piness,| would* be well |
expressed
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In our | condi|tion.
POET
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Nay | sir, but hear me on: ????
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All those which | were his fel|lows but | of
late,
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Some bet/ter than his | value;| on the | moment
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Follow his | strides, his | lobbies | fill with |
tendance,
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Rain sacrifi|cial whis|perings in | his ear,
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Make^sac|red even | his stir|rup, and / through
him
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Drink the free air.
PAINTER
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Aye* mar|ry, what^/of these?
POET
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When For|tune in | her shift | and change | of
mood
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Spurns down her* late | belov|ed; all | his
depend||ants
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Which^lab|ored aft|er him | to the mount|ain's
top,
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Even on | their knees | and hands,| let^him /
slip down,
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Not^one | accomp|anying | his declin|ing foot.
PAINTER
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'Tis com|mon: \\
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A thous|and mor|al pain|tings I | can show,
2
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That shall* dem|onstrate | these quick | blows of
| Fortune's,
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More* preg|nantly | than words.| Yet^you | do
well,
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To show Lord Timon,| that mean | eyes have seen
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The foot | above | the head. \\
[Trumpets sound. Enter TIMON]
TIMON
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Impris|oned | is he,| say | you?
MESSENGER
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Aye my | good* lord,| five tal/ents is | his
debt,
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His means | most short, his cred|itors / most
strait:
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Your^hon|ora|ble let|ter he | desires
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To those | have shut | him up,| which | failing,
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Periods | his com|fort.
TIMON
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Noble | Venti|gius well:
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I am | not of | that feath|er, to / shake off
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My friend | when he must | need me.| I do | know
him
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A gent|leman,| that well | deserves | a help,
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Which he | shall have.| I'll pay | the debt,| and
free || him.
MESSENGER
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Your lord|ship ev|er binds | him. \\
TIMON
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Commend | me to | him, I will / send his |
ransom,
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And being | enfran|chised bid^|him come | to me;
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'Tis not | enough | to help | the feeb|le up,
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But to | support | him aft|er. Fare | you well.
MESSENGER
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oo
All hap/piness | to your | honor.|
[Exit. Enter an old Athenian]
OLD ATHENIAN
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Lord^Tim|on, hear | me speak.
TIMON
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Freely good | father.
OLD ATHENIAN
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Thou hast | a serv|ant named | Lucil|ius.
TIMON
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I have | so: what | of him? \\
OLD ATHENIAN
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2->
Most^nob|le Tim|on, call | the man | before ||
thee.
TIMON
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Attends | he here,| or no?| Lucil|ius.
LUCILIUS
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Here at | your lord|ship's serv|ice.
OLD ATHENIAN
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This | fellow || here, Lord Tim|on, this | thy
creat|ure,
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By night | frequents | my house.| I am | a man
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That from | my first | have been | inclined | to
thrift,
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And my | estate | deserves | an heir |
more^raised,
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Than one | which^holds | a trench|er.
TIMON
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Well:| what furth|er?
OLD ATHENIAN
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One^on|ly daught|er have | I, no | kin^else,
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On whom | I may | confer | what I | have got:
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The maid | is fair,| and the young|est for | a
bride,
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And I | have bred | her of | my dear|est cost
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In qual|ities | of the best.| This man | of thine
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Attempts | her love:| I prith|ee (nob|le lord)
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Join with | me to | forbid | him her | resort,
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Myself | have spoke | in vain.
TIMON
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The man is | honest.
OLD ATHENIAN
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Therefore | he will | be Tim|on, \\
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His hon|esty | rewards | him in | itself,
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It must not bear | my daught|er.
TIMON
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Does | she love him?
OLD ATHENIAN
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She is | young and | apt: \\
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Our^own | prece|dent pas|sions do | instruct us
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What lev|ity's | in youth.
TIMON
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Love^you | the maid?
LUCILIUS
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Aye my | good* lord,| and she | accepts | of it.
OLD ATHENIAN
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If in her | marriage | my con|sent be | missing,
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I call | the gods | to wit|ness, I | will choose
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Mine^heir | from forth | the beg|gars of | the
world,
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And dis|possess | her all.
TIMON
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How shall | she be | endowed, (tri with
prev)
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If she | be mat|ed with | an eq|ual hus||band?
OLD ATHENIAN
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Three | talents | on the pres|ent; in future,
all. ????
TIMON
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This gent|leman | of mine
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Hath served | me long:
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To build | his for|tune, I | will strain | a
little,
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For 'tis | a bond | in men.| Give him thy |
daughter,
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What you | bestow,| in him | I'll count|erpoise,
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And make | him weigh | with her.
OLD ATHENIAN
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Most^nob|le lord,
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Pawn me | to this | your hon|or, she | is his.
TIMON
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My hand | to thee, \\
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Mine hon|or on | my prom|ise. \\
LUCILIUS
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Humbly | I thank | your lord|ship, nev|er may
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The state | or for|tune fall | into my | keeping,
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Which is not | owed to | you.
[Exeunt LUCILIUS and Old Athenian]
POET
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Vouch^|safe my | labor,
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And long | live your | lordship. \\
TIMON
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I thank | you, you | shall hear | from me | anon:
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Go not away.| What have | you there,| my friend?
PAINTER
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A piece | of pain|ting, which | I do | beseech
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Your lord|ship to ac|cept.
TIMON
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Pain/ting is | welcome.
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The pain|ting is / almost | the nat|ural man:
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For since | dishon|or traf|fics with / man's
nature,
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He is but |*outside:| these^pen|cilled fig|ures
are
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E||ven such | as they | give^out.| I like |
your work,
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And you | shall find | I like it;| wait
at|tendance
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Till you hear*| further | from me.
PAINTER
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The | gods pre|serve ye.
TIMON
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Well* fare | you gent|leman:| give me | your
hand,
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We must^/needs dine | togeth|er: sir | your jewel
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Hath suf|fered und|er praise.
JEWELER
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What my | lord. Dispraise? (tri with prev)
TIMON
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A more | satie|ty of | commen|dations.
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If I | should pay | you for it | as 'tis | extolled,
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It would un|clue me | quite.
JEWELER
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My | lord, 'tis | rated
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As those | which^sell | would give:| but you |
well^know,
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Things of like val|ue dif|fering in the | owners,
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Are prized | by their | masters.| Believe it |
dear* lord,
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You mend | the jewel | by the wear|ing it./
TIMON
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Well mocked.
MERCHANT
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No my | good* lord;| he speaks | the com|mon
tongue
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Which all | men speak with | him. \\
TIMON
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Look who comes | here, will / you be | chid?
JEWELER
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We'll bear / with your | lordship.
MERCHANT
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He'll spare | none.
TIMON
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Good mor|row to thee,
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Gentle | Ape|mantus.
APEMANTUS
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Till^I | be gent|le, stay | thou for | thy good |
morrow.
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T T T
o
When thou | art Tim|on's dog,| and these knaves
hon|est. (hex with prev)
TIMON
Why dost thou call them knaves, thou knowst them not?
APEMANTUS
Are they not Athenians?
TIMON
Yes.
APEMANTUS
Then I repent not.
JEWELER
You know me, Apemantus?
APEMANTUS
Thou knowst I do, I called thee by thy name.
TIMON
Thou art proud Apemantus?
APEMANTUS
Of nothing so much, as that I am not like Timon.
TIMON
Whither art going?
APEMANTUS
To knock out an honest Athenian's brains.
TIMON
That's a deed thou'lt die for.
APEMANTUS
Right, if doing nothing be death by the law.
TIMON
How likest thou this picture Apemantus?
APEMANTUS
The best, for the innocence.
TIMON
Wrought he not well that painted it.
APEMANTUS
He wrought better that made the painter, and yet he's but a filthy piece of
work.
PAINTER
You're a dog.
APEMANTUS
Thy mother's of my generation: what's she, if I be a dog?
TIMON
Wilt dine with me Apemantus?
APEMANTUS
No: I eat not lords.
TIMON
And thou shouldst, thou'dst anger ladies.
APEMANTUS
O they eat lords;
So they come by great bellies.
TIMON
That's a lascivious apprehension.
APEMANTUS
So thou apprehendst it,
Take it for thy labor.
TIMON
How dost thou like this jewel, Apemantus?
APEMANTUS
Not so well as plain dealing, which will not cost a man a doit.
TIMON
What dost thou think 'tis worth?
APEMANTUS
Not worth my thinking.
How now poet?
POET
How now philosopher?
APEMANTUS
Thou liest.
POET
Art not one?
APEMANTUS
Yes.
POET
Then I lie not.
APEMANTUS
Art not a poet?
POET
Yes.
APEMANTUS
Then thou liest:
Look in thy last work, where thou hast feigned him a worthy fellow.
POET
That's not feigned, he is so.
APEMANTUS
Yes he is worthy of thee, and to pay thee for thy labor. He that loves to be
flattered, is worthy of the flatterer. Heavens, that I were a lord.
TIMON
What wouldst do then Apemantus?
APEMANTUS
Eene as Apemantus does now, hate a lord with my heart.
TIMON
What thyself?
APEMANTUS
Aye.
TIMON
Wherefore?
APEMANTUS
That I had no angry wit to be a lord.
Art not thou a merchant?
MERCHANT
Aye Apemantus.
APEMANTUS
Traffic confound thee, if the gods will not.
MERCHANT
If traffic do it, the gods do it.
APEMANTUS
Traffic's thy god, and thy god confound thee.
[Trumpet sounds. Enter a Messenger]
TIMON
What trumpet's that?
MESSENGER
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'Tis Al|cibi|ades,| and some twen|ty horse
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All of | compan|ionship. \\
TIMON
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Pray ent|ertain | them, give | them guide | to
us.
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You must^/needs dine | with me:| go not | you
hence
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Till^I | have thanked | you: when din|ner's done
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Show me | this piece,| I am joy|ful of | your
sights.
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Most^wel|come sir.
[Enter ALCIBIADES, with the rest]
APEMANTUS
So, so; their aches contract and, starve your supple joints: that there
should be small love 'mongst these sweet knaves, and all this courtesy. The
strain of man's bred out into baboon and monkey.
ALCIBIADES
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Sir, you | have saved | my long|ing, and | I feed
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Most hung/erly on* | your sight.
TIMON
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Right^wel|come sir:
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Ere we | depart,| we'll share | a bount|eous time
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In dif|ferent pleas|ures.
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Pray | you let | us in.
[Exeunt all except APEMANTUS. Enter two Lords]
FIRST LORD
What time of day is it Apemantus?
APEMANTUS
Time to be honest.
FIRST LORD
That time serves still.
APEMANTUS
The more accursed thou, that still omitst it.
SECOND LORD
Thou art going to Lord Timon's feast.
APEMANTUS
Aye, to see meat fill knaves, and wine heat fools.
SECOND LORD
Fare thee well, fare thee well.
APEMANTUS
Thou art a fool to bid me farewell twice.
SECOND LORD
Why, Apemantus?
APEMANTUS
Shouldst have kept one to thyself, for I mean to give thee none.
FIRST LORD
Hang thyself.
APEMANTUS
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No^I | will do | nothing | at thy | bidding:
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Make thy | requests | to thy friend.
SECOND LORD
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Away un|peacea|ble dog,
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Or I'll | spurn thee hence. (tri with prev
two)
APEMANTUS
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I will | fly like a dog,| the heels | of the ass.
[Exit]
FIRST LORD
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He's^op|posite | to human|ity.|
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Come shall we | in, \\
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And^taste Lord Tim|on's boun|ty: he / outgoes
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The ver|y heart | of kind|ness. \\
SECOND LORD
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He pours | it out:| Plutus | the god | of gold
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Is but | his steward:| no meed / but he | repays
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Sevenfold above | itself:| no* gift | to him,
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But breeds | the giver | a return:| excee|ding
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All || use of | quittance.
FIRST LORD
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The nob|lest mind | he car||ries,
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That ev|er gov|erned man.|
SECOND LORD
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Long may | he live | in for|tunes. Shall | we in?
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I'll keep | you comp|any. \\
[Exeunt]