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A room in Sempronius' house.
[Enter SEMPRONIUS, and a Servant of TIMON's]
SEMPRONIUS
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Must he | needs trou/ble me | in it?| Hum.
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'Bove all others? \\
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He might | have tried | Lord Luc/ius, or
Lu|cullus,
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And now | Venti|gius | is wealth|y too,
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Whom he | redeemed | from pris|on. All | these
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Owe their | estates | unto | him.
SERVANT
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My lord,
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They have | all been | touched, and | found base
metal,
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For they | have all | denied | him. \\
SEMPRONIUS
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How? Have / they de|nied him? \\
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Has vent|igius | and Lu|cullus de|nied him,
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And does | he send | to me?| Three?| Hum?
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It shows | but lit|tle love,| or judg|ment in
him.
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Must^I | be his last | refuge?| His friends
|(like phy|sicians)
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Thrive, give him over:| must I | take the | cure
u|pon me? (hex with prev?)
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Has much | disgraced | me in it,| I'm ang|ry at
him,
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That might | have known | my place.| I see | no
sense || for it,
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But | his occa|sion might | have wooed | me
first:
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For in | my con|science, I | was the / first man
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That ere | receiv|ed gift | from him.|
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And does | he think | so back|wardly of | me now,
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That I'll | requite | its last?| No:|
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So it may*| prove an | argu|ment of | laughter
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To the rest,| and 'mongst lords | be thought | a
fool:
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I'd rath|er than | the worth | of thrice | the
sum,
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Had sent | to me / first, but | for my / mind's
sake:
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I'd such | a cour|age to do | him good.| But now
return, ????
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And with | their faint | reply,| this ans|wer
join;
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Who bates | mine hon|or shall | not know | my
coin.
[Exit]
SERVANT
Excellent: your lordship's a goodly villain: the devil knew not what he did,
when he made man politic; he crossed himself by it: and I cannot think, but
in the end, the villainies of man will set him clear. How fairly this lord
strives to appear foul: takes virtuous copies to be wicked: like those, that
under hot ardent zeal, would set whole realms on fire, of such a nature is
his politic love.
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This was my | lord's best hope,| now all | are
fled
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Save^on|ly the / gods. Now | his friends | are
dead,
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Doors that | were nere | acquaint|ed with | their
wards
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Many | a bount|eous year,| must be | employed
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Now to | guard sure their | master:|
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And this | is all | a lib|eral course | allows,
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Who can|not keep | his wealth,| must keep | his
house.
[Exit]