Prescanned Shakespeare.com
presented by Acoustic Learning
Athens. A room in Timon's house.
[Enter FLAVIUS, with two or three Servants]
FIRST SERVANT
,
, ,
, ,
Hear you | master | steward,| where's our |
master?
, 2 T
T T , 2 ,
Are we un|done, cast off,| nothing re|maining?
FLAVIUS
,
, , 2 ,
,
Alack | my fel|lows, what | should I say | to
you?
, ,
, 2 ,
,
Let me | be re|corded | by the right|eous gods,
,
, ,
I am | as poor | as you.
FIRST SERVANT
T . T T
Such a house broke?
x , x
T T . T
So noble | a mast|er fallen,| all gone, and^not
T T
. T , ,
,
One friend to take | his for|tune by | the arm,
, ,
3 3
And go | along | with him.
SECOND SERVANT
, ,
,
As we | do turn | our backs
,
, , ,
,
From our | compan|ion, thrown | into | his grave,
, 2 ,
, ,
,
So his fam|iliars | to his | buried | fortunes
T T . T
, , ,
Slink all away,| leave their | false vows / with
him
, ,
, ,
,
Like^emp|ty purs|es picked;| and his / poor self
, ,
, ,
,
A ded|ica|ted beg|gar to | the air,
,
, . T T
T ,
With his | disease | of all-shunned pov|erty,
,
, ,
, 2 ,
Walks like^|contempt | alone.| More of our |
fellows.
[Enter other Servants]
FLAVIUS
T Tx T
, 2 ,
,
All broken imp|lements | of a ru|ined house.
THIRD SERVANT
, 2 T
T T ,
,
Yet do^our | hearts wear Tim|on's liv|ery,
, ,
2 , 2 , ,
That see^|I by our | faces:| we are fel|lows
still,
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Serving a|like in | sorrow:| leaked is | our
bark,
. T T
T ,
, ,
And we poor mates,| stand on | the dy|ing deck,
,
, ,
, ,
Hearing | the sur|ges threat:| we must^/all part
, ,
,
Into | this sea | of air.
FLAVIUS
, ,
Good*^fel|lows all,
, 2
, , ,
,
The lat|est of my / wealth I'll | share a|mongst
you.
, , ,
, ,
Wherev|er we | shall meet,| for Tim|on's sake,
, ,
, ,
,
Let's^yet | be fel|lows. Let's^shake our heads,
and say ????
,
, , 2
, ,
As 'twere | a knell | unto our | master's |
fortunes,
2
, , ,
T T T
We have seen | better | days. Let^|each take
some:
, ,
, . T T
T
Nay* put | out^all | your hands:| not^one word
more,
, ,
, ,
,
Thus part | we rich | in sor|row, part|ing poor.
[Servants embrace, and part several ways]
,
, ,
, x
Oh the | fierce wretch/edness | that glo|ry
brings us!
,
, , ,
,
Who would | not wish | to be | from wealth |
exempt,
, ,
, ,
,
Since^rich|es point | to mise|ry and | contempt?
,
, , ,
2 ,
Who would | be so | mocked with | glory,| or to
live
, ,
,
But in | a dream | of friend|ship, \\
, ,
, , ,
To have | his pomp,| and all | what state |
compounds,
, , ,
, ,
But on|ly paint|ed like | his varn|ished friends:
T Tx
T ,
, ,
Poor honest lord,| brought^low | by his / own
heart,
,
, , , 2
,
Undone | by good|ness: Strange | unus|ual blood,
, ,
x T
T T
When man's | worst sin is,/ he does*| too much
good.
T T
T 2 ,
, ,
Who, then, dares | to be half | so kind | again?
, 2
, ,
T T T
For boun|ty that makes | gods, does^|still mar
men.
,
, ,
, ,
My dear|est lord,| blessed to | be most |
accursed,
, ,
2 , ,
,
Rich on/ly to be | wretched;| thy great |
fortunes
, ,
, , ,
Are made | thy chief | afflic|tions. Alas (kind
lord) ????
, ,
, ,
,
He's flung | in rage | from this | ingrate|ful
seat
, ,
Of monst|rous friends: \\
, ,
, ,
,
Nor has | he with | him to | supply | his life,
, ,
,
Or that | which can | command | it: \\
, ,
, , oo
I'll fol|low and | inquire | him out.|
, ,
, . T T
T
I'll ev|er serve | his mind,| with^my best will,
,
, , ,
,
Whilst I | have^gold,| I'll be | his stew|ard
still.
[Exit]