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| <H3>SCENE I. The woods. Before Timon's cave.</h3> | |
| <p><blockquote> | |
| <i>Enter Poet and Painter; TIMON watching them from his cave</i> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech1><b>Painter</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=1>As I took note of the place, it cannot be far where</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=2>he abides.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech2><b>Poet</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=3>What's to be thought of him? does the rumour hold</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=4>for true, that he's so full of gold?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech3><b>Painter</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=5>Certain: Alcibiades reports it; Phrynia and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=6>Timandra had gold of him: he likewise enriched poor</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>straggling soldiers with great quantity: 'tis said</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=8>he gave unto his steward a mighty sum.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech4><b>Poet</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=9>Then this breaking of his has been but a try for his friends.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech5><b>Painter</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=10>Nothing else: you shall see him a palm in Athens</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=11>again, and flourish with the highest. Therefore</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=12>'tis not amiss we tender our loves to him, in this</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=13>supposed distress of his: it will show honestly in</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=14>us; and is very likely to load our purposes with</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=15>what they travail for, if it be a just true report</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=16>that goes of his having.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech6><b>Poet</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=17>What have you now to present unto him?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>Painter</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=18>Nothing at this time but my visitation: only I will</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=19>promise him an excellent piece.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech8><b>Poet</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=20>I must serve him so too, tell him of an intent</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=21>that's coming toward him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech9><b>Painter</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=22>Good as the best. Promising is the very air o' the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=23>time: it opens the eyes of expectation:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>performance is ever the duller for his act; and,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=25>but in the plainer and simpler kind of people, the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=26>deed of saying is quite out of use. To promise is</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=27>most courtly and fashionable: performance is a kind</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=28>of will or testament which argues a great sickness</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=29>in his judgment that makes it.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>TIMON comes from his cave, behind</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech10><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=30>[Aside] Excellent workman! thou canst not paint a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=31>man so bad as is thyself.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech11><b>Poet</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=32>I am thinking what I shall say I have provided for</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=33>him: it must be a personating of himself; a satire</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=34>against the softness of prosperity, with a discovery</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=35>of the infinite flatteries that follow youth and opulency.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=36>[Aside] Must thou needs stand for a villain in</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=37>thine own work? wilt thou whip thine own faults in</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=38>other men? Do so, I have gold for thee.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>Poet</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=39>Nay, let's seek him:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=40>Then do we sin against our own estate,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=41>When we may profit meet, and come too late.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>Painter</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=42>True;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=43>When the day serves, before black-corner'd night,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=44>Find what thou want'st by free and offer'd light. Come.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech15><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=45>[Aside] I'll meet you at the turn. What a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=46>god's gold,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=47>That he is worshipp'd in a baser temple</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=48>Than where swine feed!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=49>'Tis thou that rigg'st the bark and plough'st the foam,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=50>Settlest admired reverence in a slave:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=51>To thee be worship! and thy saints for aye</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=52>Be crown'd with plagues that thee alone obey!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=53>Fit I meet them.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Coming forward</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech16><b>Poet</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=54>Hail, worthy Timon!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>Painter</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=55>Our late noble master!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=56>Have I once lived to see two honest men?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech19><b>Poet</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=57>Sir,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=58>Having often of your open bounty tasted,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=59>Hearing you were retired, your friends fall'n off,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=60>Whose thankless natures--O abhorred spirits!--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=61>Not all the whips of heaven are large enough:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=62>What! to you,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=63>Whose star-like nobleness gave life and influence</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=64>To their whole being! I am rapt and cannot cover</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=65>The monstrous bulk of this ingratitude</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=66>With any size of words.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=67>Let it go naked, men may see't the better:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=68>You that are honest, by being what you are,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=69>Make them best seen and known.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>Painter</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=70>He and myself</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=71>Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=72>And sweetly felt it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech22><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=73>Ay, you are honest men.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech23><b>Painter</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=74>We are hither come to offer you our service.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech24><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=75>Most honest men! Why, how shall I requite you?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=76>Can you eat roots, and drink cold water? no.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>Both</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=77>What we can do, we'll do, to do you service.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech26><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=78>Ye're honest men: ye've heard that I have gold;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=79>I am sure you have: speak truth; ye're honest men.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>Painter</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=80>So it is said, my noble lord; but therefore</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=81>Came not my friend nor I.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=82>Good honest men! Thou draw'st a counterfeit</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=83>Best in all Athens: thou'rt, indeed, the best;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=84>Thou counterfeit'st most lively.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>Painter</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=85>So, so, my lord.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=86>E'en so, sir, as I say. And, for thy fiction,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=87>Why, thy verse swells with stuff so fine and smooth</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=88>That thou art even natural in thine art.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=89>But, for all this, my honest-natured friends,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=90>I must needs say you have a little fault:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=91>Marry, 'tis not monstrous in you, neither wish I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>You take much pains to mend.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>Both</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=93>Beseech your honour</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=94>To make it known to us.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=95>You'll take it ill.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>Both</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=96>Most thankfully, my lord.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech34><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=97>Will you, indeed?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech35><b>Both</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=98>Doubt it not, worthy lord.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech36><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=99>There's never a one of you but trusts a knave,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=100>That mightily deceives you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech37><b>Both</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=101>Do we, my lord?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech38><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=102>Ay, and you hear him cog, see him dissemble,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=103>Know his gross patchery, love him, feed him,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=104>Keep in your bosom: yet remain assured</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=105>That he's a made-up villain.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>Painter</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=106>I know none such, my lord.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>Poet</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=107>Nor I.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=108>Look you, I love you well; I'll give you gold,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=109>Rid me these villains from your companies:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=110>Hang them or stab them, drown them in a draught,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=111>Confound them by some course, and come to me,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=112>I'll give you gold enough.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>Both</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=113>Name them, my lord, let's know them.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=114>You that way and you this, but two in company;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=115>Each man apart, all single and alone,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=116>Yet an arch-villain keeps him company.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=117>If where thou art two villains shall not be,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=118>Come not near him. If thou wouldst not reside</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=119>But where one villain is, then him abandon.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=120>Hence, pack! there's gold; you came for gold, ye slaves:</A><br> | |
| <p><i>To Painter</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=121>You have work'd for me; there's payment for you: hence!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>To Poet</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=122>You are an alchemist; make gold of that.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=123>Out, rascal dogs!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Beats them out, and then retires to his cave</i></p> | |
| <p><i>Enter FLAVIUS and two Senators</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>FLAVIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=124>It is in vain that you would speak with Timon;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=125>For he is set so only to himself</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=126>That nothing but himself which looks like man</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=127>Is friendly with him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>First Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=128>Bring us to his cave:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=129>It is our part and promise to the Athenians</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=130>To speak with Timon.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>Second Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=131>At all times alike</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=132>Men are not still the same: 'twas time and griefs</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=133>That framed him thus: time, with his fairer hand,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=134>Offering the fortunes of his former days,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=135>The former man may make him. Bring us to him,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=136>And chance it as it may.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>FLAVIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=137>Here is his cave.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=138>Peace and content be here! Lord Timon! Timon!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=139>Look out, and speak to friends: the Athenians,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=140>By two of their most reverend senate, greet thee:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=141>Speak to them, noble Timon.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>TIMON comes from his cave</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=142>Thou sun, that comfort'st, burn! Speak, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=143>be hang'd:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=144>For each true word, a blister! and each false</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=145>Be as cauterizing to the root o' the tongue,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=146>Consuming it with speaking!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>First Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=147>Worthy Timon,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=148>Of none but such as you, and you of Timon.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>First Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=149>The senators of Athens greet thee, Timon.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=150>I thank them; and would send them back the plague,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=151>Could I but catch it for them.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>First Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=152>O, forget</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=153>What we are sorry for ourselves in thee.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=154>The senators with one consent of love</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=155>Entreat thee back to Athens; who have thought</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=156>On special dignities, which vacant lie</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=157>For thy best use and wearing.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>Second Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=158>They confess</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=159>Toward thee forgetfulness too general, gross:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=160>Which now the public body, which doth seldom</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=161>Play the recanter, feeling in itself</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=162>A lack of Timon's aid, hath sense withal</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=163>Of its own fail, restraining aid to Timon;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=164>And send forth us, to make their sorrow'd render,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=165>Together with a recompense more fruitful</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=166>Than their offence can weigh down by the dram;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=167>Ay, even such heaps and sums of love and wealth</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=168>As shall to thee blot out what wrongs were theirs</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=169>And write in thee the figures of their love,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=170>Ever to read them thine.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=171>You witch me in it;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=172>Surprise me to the very brink of tears:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=173>Lend me a fool's heart and a woman's eyes,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=174>And I'll beweep these comforts, worthy senators.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>First Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=175>Therefore, so please thee to return with us</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=176>And of our Athens, thine and ours, to take</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=177>The captainship, thou shalt be met with thanks,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=178>Allow'd with absolute power and thy good name</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=179>Live with authority: so soon we shall drive back</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=180>Of Alcibiades the approaches wild,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=181>Who, like a boar too savage, doth root up</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=182>His country's peace.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>Second Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=183>And shakes his threatening sword</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=184>Against the walls of Athens.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>First Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=185>Therefore, Timon,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=186>Well, sir, I will; therefore, I will, sir; thus:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=187>If Alcibiades kill my countrymen,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=188>Let Alcibiades know this of Timon,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=189>That Timon cares not. But if be sack fair Athens,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=190>And take our goodly aged men by the beards,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=191>Giving our holy virgins to the stain</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=192>Of contumelious, beastly, mad-brain'd war,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=193>Then let him know, and tell him Timon speaks it,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=194>In pity of our aged and our youth,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=195>I cannot choose but tell him, that I care not,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=196>And let him take't at worst; for their knives care not,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=197>While you have throats to answer: for myself,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=198>There's not a whittle in the unruly camp</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=199>But I do prize it at my love before</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=200>The reverend'st throat in Athens. So I leave you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=201>To the protection of the prosperous gods,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=202>As thieves to keepers.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>FLAVIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=203>Stay not, all's in vain.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=204>Why, I was writing of my epitaph;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=205>it will be seen to-morrow: my long sickness</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=206>Of health and living now begins to mend,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=207>And nothing brings me all things. Go, live still;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=208>Be Alcibiades your plague, you his,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=209>And last so long enough!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>First Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=210>We speak in vain.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=211>But yet I love my country, and am not</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=212>One that rejoices in the common wreck,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=213>As common bruit doth put it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>First Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=214>That's well spoke.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=215>Commend me to my loving countrymen,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>First Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=216>These words become your lips as they pass</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=217>thorough them.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>Second Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=218>And enter in our ears like great triumphers</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=219>In their applauding gates.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=220>Commend me to them,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=221>And tell them that, to ease them of their griefs,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=222>Their fears of hostile strokes, their aches, losses,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=223>Their pangs of love, with other incident throes</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=224>That nature's fragile vessel doth sustain</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=225>In life's uncertain voyage, I will some kindness do them:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=226>I'll teach them to prevent wild Alcibiades' wrath.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>First Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=227>I like this well; he will return again.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech70><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=228>I have a tree, which grows here in my close,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=229>That mine own use invites me to cut down,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=230>And shortly must I fell it: tell my friends,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=231>Tell Athens, in the sequence of degree</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=232>From high to low throughout, that whoso please</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=233>To stop affliction, let him take his haste,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=234>Come hither, ere my tree hath felt the axe,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=235>And hang himself. I pray you, do my greeting.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>FLAVIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=236>Trouble him no further; thus you still shall find him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>TIMON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=237>Come not to me again: but say to Athens,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=238>Timon hath made his everlasting mansion</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=239>Upon the beached verge of the salt flood;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=240>Who once a day with his embossed froth</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=241>The turbulent surge shall cover: thither come,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=242>And let my grave-stone be your oracle.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=243>Lips, let sour words go by and language end:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=244>What is amiss plague and infection mend!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=245>Graves only be men's works and death their gain!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=246>Sun, hide thy beams! Timon hath done his reign.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Retires to his cave</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech73><b>First Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=247>His discontents are unremoveably</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=248>Coupled to nature.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech74><b>Second Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=249>Our hope in him is dead: let us return,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=250>And strain what other means is left unto us</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=251>In our dear peril.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech75><b>First Senator</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=252> It requires swift foot.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
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