Who'd be so mock'd with glory? or to live To have his pomp, and all what state compounds, I'll ever serve his mind with my best will; Exit. SCENE III. THE WOODS. Enter Timon. Tim. O blessed breeding sun, draw from the earth Rotten humidity; below thy sister's orb Infect the air! Twinn'd brothers of one womb, Whose procreation, residence, and birth, Scarce is dividant,-touch them with several for tunes; The greater scorns the lesser: Not nature, To whom all sores lay siege, can bear great fortune, Raise me this beggar, and denude that lord; It is the pasture lards the brother's sides, The want that makes him lean. Who dares, who dares, In purity of manhood stand upright, And say, This man's a flatterer? if one be, Who seeks for better of thee, sauce his palate Wrong, right; base, noble; old, young; coward, valiant. Ha, you gods! why this? What this, you gods? Why this Will lug your priests and servants from your sides; Pluck stout men's pillows from below their heads: This yellow slave Will knit and break religions; bless the accurs'd; But yet I'll bury thee: Thou'lt go, strong thief, Enter Alcibiades, with drum and fife, in warlike manner; Phrynia, and Tymandra. Alcib. Speak. What art thou there? Tim. A beast, as thou art. The canker gnaw thy heart, For showing me again the eyes of man! Alcib. What is thy name? Is man so hateful to thee, That art thyself a man? Tim. I am misanthropos, and hate mankind. For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dog, That I might love thee something. Alcib. I know thee well; But in thy fortunes am unlearn'd and strange. Tim. I know thee too; and more, than that I know thee, I not desire to know. Follow thy drum; With man's blood paint the ground, gules, gules: Religious canons, civil laws are cruel; Then what should war be? This fell whore of thine Hath in her more destruction than thy sword, For all her cherubin look. Phry. Thy lips rot off! Tim. I will not kiss thee; then the rot returns To thine own lips again. Alcib. How came the noble Timon to this change? Tim. As the moon does, by wanting light to give: But then renew I could not, like the moon; There were no suns to borrow of. Tim. Promise me friendship, but perform none: If Thou wilt not promise, the gods plague thee, for Thou art a man! if thou dost perform, confound thee, For thou'rt a man! Alcib. I have heard in some sort of thy mise ries. Tim. Thou saw'st them, when I had prosperity. Alcib. I see them now; then was a blessed time. Tim. As thine is now, held with a brace of har lots. F Tyman. Is this the Athenian minion, whom the world Voic'd so regardfully? Tim. Tyman. Yes. Art thou Tymandra? Tim. Be a whore still! they love thee not, that use thee; Give them diseases, leaving with thee their lust. Are drown'd and lost in his calamities. I have but little gold of late, brave Timon, In my penurious band: I have heard, and griev'd, gone. Alcib. I am thy friend, and pity thee, dear Ti mon. Tim. How dost thou pity him, whom thou dost trouble? |