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Timon of Athens

Act V, Scene 4

Before the walls of Athens.
 
[Trumpets sound. Enter ALCIBIADES with his powers]
 
ALCIBIADES
        ,              ,        ,        ,   2     ,
      Sound to | this cow|ard, and | lasciv|ious town,
           ,     ,         ,
      Our ter|rible | approach.  \\
            ,                 ,   ,          ,           ,
      Till now | you have / gone on,| and filled | the time
            ,       ,          ,        ,     2       ,
      With all | licen|tious meas|ure, mak|ing your wills
               x      ,              ,        ,          ,
      The scope of | justice.| Till now,| myself | and such
           ,         ,          ,      ,          x
      As slept | within | the shad|ow of | your power
             ,         ,          ,          ,            ,
      Have wand|ered with | our trav|ersed arms,| and breathed
           ,    2       ,       ,          ,         ,
      Our suf|ferance vain|ly: now | the time | is flush,
              ,        ,       ,         ,        ,
      When crouch|ing mar|row in | the bear|er strong
        ,      2     T    T   T            ,          ,
      Cries (of it|self) no more:| now* breath|less wrong,
             ,          ,                ,      ,          ,
      Shall sit | and pant | in your / great chairs | of ease,
            ,     ,     ,             ,           ,
      And purs|y in|solence | shall break | his wind
             ,         ,        ,
      With fear | and hor|rid flight.
 
FIRST SENATOR
                                      ,            ,
                                     Noble,| and young;
                   ,      ,           ,        ,         ,
      When thy / first griefs | were but | a mere | conceit,
             ,            x         ,         ,          ,
      Ere* thou | hadst^power,| or we | had cause | of fear,
           ,         ,         ,         ,       ,
      We sent | to thee,| to give | thy rag|es balm,
       .   T   T   T        ,     ,           ,
      To wipe out our | ingrat|itude,| with loves
         ,            ,     ,
      Above | their quan|tity.
 
SECOND SENATOR
                                  ,        ,
                              So did | we woo
            ,       ,      ,        ,        ,
      Transfor|med Tim|on to | our cit|y's love
          ,       ,         ,         ,         ,
      By hum|ble mes|sage, and | by prom|ised means:
                 ,   ,        ,         ,        ,
      We were / not all | unkind,| nor all | deserve
           ,         ,         ,
      The com|mon stroke | of war.
 
FIRST SENATOR
                                           ,          ,
                                   These^walls | of ours,
            ,      ,             ,     ,            ,
      Were not | erec|ted by / their hands,| from whom
       ,              ,             ,          ,           ,
      You have | received | your griefs:| nor are | they such,
             ,       T     Tx      T       2       ,               ,
      That these | great towers, troph|ies, and schools | should fall
            ,         ,          ,
      For priv|ate faults | in them.
 
SECOND SENATOR
                                     ,     2        ,
                                    Nor are they | living
            ,         ,         ,          ,           ,
      Who were | the mot|ives that | you first | went out,
         ,                 ,       ,        ,       ,
      (Shame that | they want|ed, cun|ning in | excess)
             ,              ,     oo     T      Tx    T
      Hath broke | their hearts.|    | March, noble lord,
       ,          ,      ,         ,          ,
      Into | our cit|y with | thy ban|ners spread,
          ,    ,       ,        ,       ,
      By dec|ima|tion and | a tith|ed death;
          ,       ,        ,      ,           ,
      If thy | reven|ges hung|er for | that food
             ,         ,        T    T   .    T         ,
      Which nat|ure loathes,| take thou the dest|ined tenth,
           ,        ,       ,         ,       ,
      And by | the haz|ard of | the spot|ted die,
           ,          ,
      Let^die | the spot|ted.
 
FIRST SENATOR
                               ,          ,       ,      ->
                              All | have not | offen||ded:
       ,      ,            ,     2      T     T    .   T
      For | those that | were, it is | not square to take
           ,           ,       ,          ,            ,
      On those | that are,| reven|ges: crimes,| like lands
           ,       ,   2      ,      ,    ,
      Are not | inher|ited, then | dear coun/tryman,
        ,              ,           ,          ,          ,
      Bring in | thy ranks,| but leave | without | thy rage,
        ,            ,   2      x     T    T    T
      Spare thy | Athen|ian cradle,| and those kin
        ,     2        ,        ,         T     T    T
      Which in the | bluster | of thy | wrath must fall
             ,            ,       ,           x      ,
      With those | that have | offend|ed. Like a | shepherd,
           ,           ,          ,       2   ,        ,
      Approach | the fold,| and cull | the infec|ted forth,
            ,         ,        ,
      But kill | not all | togeth|er.
 
SECOND SENATOR
                                       ,           ,
                                     What | thou wilt,
             ,       ,         ,          ,          ,
      Thou rath|er shalt | enforce | it with | thy smile,
            ,      2      ,          ,
      Than hew | to it, with | thy sword.
 
FIRST SENATOR
                                               ,          ,
                                          Set^but | thy foot
          ,          ,    T     T     .    T           ,
      Against | our ram|pired gates, and they | shall^ope:
           ,           ,          ,       ,         ,
      So thou | wilt send | thy gent|le heart | before,
          ,             ,        ,
      To say | thou'lt ent|er friend|ly.
 
SECOND SENATOR
                                           ,           ,
                                         Throw | thy glove,
          ,    ,      ,          ,       ,
      Or an|y tok|en of | thine^hon|or else,
             ,          ,          ,        ,        ,
      That thou | wilt use | the wars | as thy | redress,
           ,        ,        ,        ,           x
      And not | as our | confus|ion: all | thy powers
              ,           ,       ,         ,          ,
      Shall make | their har|bor in | our town,| till we
              ,           ,        ,
      Have sealed | thy full | desire.
 
ALCIBIADES
                                              ,           ,
                                      Then there's | my glove,
          ,          ,            ,    ,      ___
      Descend | and op|en your / uncharged | ports,
             ,    ,        ,         ,          ,
      Those en|emies | of Tim|on's, and | mine^own
            ,           ,            ,     ,            ,
      Whom you | yourselves | shall set | out for | reproof,
        T   .   T   T     ,           ,           ,
      Fall and no more;| and, to | atone | your fears
                  ,   ,       ,        ,       ,
      With my / more nob|le mean|ing, not | a man
              ,          ,        ,       ,           ,
      Shall pass | his quart|er, or | offend | the stream
          ,    2    ,       ,         ,         ,
      Of reg|ular just|ice in | your cit|y's bounds,
            ,          ,        ,         ,        ,
      But shall | be rend|ered to | your pub|lic laws
           ,   2    ,
      At heav|iest ans|wer.
 
BOTH
                                    ,   ,        x
                           'Tis / most nob|ly spoken.
 
ALCIBIADES
          ,           ,           ,
      Descend,| and keep | your words.  \\
 
[The Senators descend, and open the gates. Enter Soldier]
 
SOLDIER
          ,      ,    ,     ,           ,
      My nob|le gen|eral,| Timon | is dead,
           ,       ,         ,     ,      2     ,
      Entombed | upon | the ver|y hem | of the sea,
           ,    .    T    T      T        ,          ,
      And on | his gravestone, this | insculp|ture which
            ,         ,        ,            ,        ,      , ->
      With wax | I brought | away:| whose soft | impres||sion
          ,              ,     ,   ,
      Int|erprets | for my | poor ig/norance.
 
ALCIBIADES
         T    T  .    T        ,     oo         ,        ,        ,    oo
      'Here lies a wretch|ed corse,|    | of wretch|ed soul | bereft,|
        T   T   T     ,          ,         ,          ,        ,         __    oo
      Seek not my | name: a | plague con|sume you,| wicked | caitiffs | left:|
        T   T  T    ,       ,      ,         ,        ,         __
      Here lie I | Timon,| who a|live, all^|living | men did | hate:
        T   T   .    T           ,          ,          ,          ,          ,    oo
      Pass by, and curse | thy fill,| but pass | and stay | not here | thy gait.|
              ,        ,          ,         ,         x
      These^well | express | in thee | thy lat|ter spirits:
               ,         ,           ,        ,        ,
      Though thou | abhorredst | in us | our hum|an griefs,
          ,              T      T    .    T           ,          ,
      Scornedst our | brain's flow, and those | our drop|lets, which
            ,        ,        ,          ,         ,
      From nig|gard nat|ure fall;| yet rich | conceit
         ,           .   T    T   T         ,         ,
      Taught thee | to make vast Nep|tune weep | for aye
                ,    ,           ,         ,        ,
      On thy / low grave,| on faults | forgiv|en. Dead
          ,      ,             ,    ,    ,
      Is nob|le Tim|on, of / whose mem|ory
           ,       ,      ,         ,  2        ,
      Hereaft|er more.| Bring me | into your | city,
          ,         ,         ,        ,         ,
      And I | will use | the ol|ive, with | my sword:
            ,      T     T      T      T     T    T   
      Make^war | breed peace; make | peace stint war, make each  ????
            ,         ,       ,         ,         ,
      Prescribe | to oth|er, as | each^oth|er's leech.
       ,         ___     ____
      Let our | drums | strike.  \\
 
[Exeunt]

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