Act 2 — Scene I. A Senator's house.[1933]
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Scene I. A Senator's house.[1933]
Enter a Senator, with papers in his hand.[1934]
Sen. And late five thousand: to Varro and to Isidore[1935] He owes nine thousand; besides my former sum, Which makes it five and twenty. Still in motion Of raging waste? It cannot hold; it will not. If I want gold, steal but a beggar's dog 5 And give it Timon, why, the dog coins gold: If I would sell my horse and buy twenty moe[1936] Better than he, why, give my horse to Timon; Ask nothing, give it him, it foals me straight[1937] And able horses: no porter at his gate,[1938] 10 But rather one that smiles and still invites[1939] All that pass by. It cannot hold; no reason[1940] Can found his state in safety. Caphis, ho![1941] Caphis, I say!
Enter Caphis.
Caph. Here, sir; what is your pleasure? Sen. Get on your cloak, and haste you to Lord Timon; 15 Importune him for my moneys; be not ceased[1942] With slight denial; nor then silenced, when—[1943] 'Commend me to your master'—and the cap[1943] Plays in the right hand, thus: but tell him,[1944] My uses cry to me, I must serve my turn 20 Out of mine own; his days and times are past, And my reliances on his fracted dates[1945][1946] Have smit my credit: I love and honour him,[1945] But must not break my back to heal his finger: Immediate are my needs; and my relief 25 Must not be toss'd and turn'd to me in words, But find supply immediate. Get you gone: Put on a most importunate aspect, A visage of demand; for, I do fear, When every feather sticks in his own wing, 30 Lord Timon will be left a naked gull, Which flashes now a phœnix. Get you gone.[1947] Caph. I go, sir. Sen. 'I go, sir!' Take the bonds along with you, And have the dates in compt. Caph. I will, sir.[1948] Sen. Go.[1949] [Exeunt.35