3 Serving of becks, and jutting out of bums! Apem. faster. Thou giv'st so long, Timon, I fear me, thou What need these feasts, pomps, and vain glories? Tim. 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' from thee. O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! [Exit. 'Serving of becks,] Beck means a salutation made with the head. To serve a beck is to offer a salutation. * Wilt give away thyself in paper shortly:] i. e. be ruined by his securities entered into. Thy heaven -] 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'd' Plays in the right hand, thus:-but tell him, sirrah, Can found his state in safety.] Reason cannot find his fortune to have any safe or solid foundation. My uses cry to me, I must serve my turn Have smit my credit: I love, and honour him; Which flashes now a phoenix. Get you gone. Sen. I go, sir?-take the bonds along with Caph. Sen. you, I will, sir. Go. [Exeunt. The same. SCENE II. 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." Never mind Was to be so unwise, to be so kind.] Nothing can be worse, or more obscurely expressed: and all for the sake of a wretched rhyme. But of this mode of expression conversation affords many examples: "I was always to be blamed, whatever happened.""I am in the lottery, but I was always to draw blanks." 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! Enter CAPHIS, and the Servants of ISIDORE and Caph. You come for money? Is't not your business too? Caph. It is;-and yours too, Isidore? Isid. Serv. Caph. 'Would we were all discharg'd! Caph. Here comes the lord. It is so. I fear it. Enter TIMON, ALCIBIADES, and 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. Of Athens here, my lord. Tim. Go to my steward. 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, To call upon his own; and humbly prays you, 9 Good even,] Good even, or, as it is sometimes less accurately written, Good den, was the usual salutation from noon, the moment that good morrow became improper. we'll forth again,] i. e. to hunting, from which diversion, we find by Flavius's speech, he was just returned. It may be here observed, that in our author's time it was the custom to hunt as well after dinner as before. 2 That with your other noble parts you'll suit,] i. e. that you will behave on this occasion in a manner consistent with your other noble qualities. Mine honest friend, In giving him his right. Tim. Caph. Nay, good my lord, Tim. Contain thyself, good friend. Var. Serv. One Varro's servant, my good lord,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. Flav. Do so, my friends: [Exit TIMON. 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. |