Apem. What a coil's here! Serving of becks, 3 and jutting out of bums! Apem. No, I'll nothing: for, If I should be brib'd too, there would be none left To rail upon thee; and then thou would'st sin the faster. Thou giv'st so long, Timon, I fear me, thou 4 Wilt give away thyself in paper shortly: What need these feasts, pomps, and vain glories? An you begin to rail on society once, I am sworn, not to give regard to you. Apem. Nay, [Exit, So ; Thou'lt not hear me now,-thou shalt not then, I'll lock Thy heaven 5 from thee. Q, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! 3 Offering salutations. 4 i. e. Be ruined by his securities entered into. [Exit. 5 By his heaven he means good advice; the only thing by which he could be saved. ACT II. SCENE I. The same. A Room in a Senator's House, Enter a Senator, with papers in his hand. Sen. And late, five thousand to Varro; and to He owes nine thousand; besides my former sum, Caph. Enter CAPHIS. Here, sir; What is your pleasure? Sen. Get on your cloak, and haste you to lord Timon; Impórtune him for my monies; be not ceas'd6 Plays in the right hand, thus :-but tell him, sirrah, Out of mine own; his days and times are past, And my reliances on his fracted dates 6 Stopped. Have smit my credit: I love, and honour him; A visage of demand; for, I do fear, When every feather sticks in his own wing, Sen. I go, sir?-take the bonds along with you, Caph. Sen. I will, sir. Go. [Exeunt. SCENE II. The same. A Hall in Timon's House. Enter FLAVIUS, with many bills in his hand. Flav. No care, no stop! so senseless of expence, That he will neither know how to maintain it, Nor cease his flow of riot: Takes no account How things go from him; nor resumes no care Of what is to continue; Never mind Was to be so unwise, to be so kind. What shall be done? He will not hear, till feel: I must be round with him now he comes from hunting. Fye, fye, fye, fye! It is so. I fear it. Caph. It is ;-And yours too, Isidore? Caph. 'Would we were all discharg'd! Caph. Here comes the lord, Enter TIMON, ALCIBIADES, und Lords, &c, Tim. So soon as dinner's done, we'll forth again, My Alcibiades.With me? What's your will? Caph. My lord, here is a note of certain dues. Tim. Dues? Whence are you? Caph. Tim. Go to my steward. Of Athens here, my lord. Caph. Please it your lordship, he hath put me off To the succession of new days this month: My master is awak'd by great occasion, Tim. Mine honest friend, I pr'ythee, but repair to me next morning. Caph. Nay, good my lord,—— Tim. Contain thyself, good friend, Var. Serv. One Varro's servant, my good lord, 7 Good even was the usual salutation from noon. 8 i. e. To hunting; in our author's time it was the custom to hunt as well after dinner as before. Isid. Serv. From Isidore; He humbly prays your speedy payment, Caph. If you did know, my lord, my master's wants, Var. Serv. 'Twas due on forfeiture, my lord, six weeks, And past, Isid. Serv. Your steward puts me off, my lord; And I am sent expressly to your lordship. Tim. Give me breath : I do beseech you, good my lords, keep on; [Exeunt ALCIBIADES and Lords. I'll wait upon you instantly.-Come hither, pray you, [TO FLAVIUS. How goes the world, that I am thus encounter'd With clamorous demands of date-broke bonds, And the detention of long-since-due debts, Against my honour? Flav. Tim. See them well entertain'd. Do so, my friends: [Exit TIMON, Flav. I pray, draw near. [Exit FLAVIUS. Enter APEMANTUS and a Fool. Caph. Stay, stay, here comes the fool with Ape mantus; let's have some sport with 'em. Var. Serv. Hang him, he'll abuse us. Isid. Serv. A plague upon him, dog! |