Mer. A most incomparable man, breathed, as it were,[1606] 10
To an untirable and continuate goodness:[1607]
He passes.[1607][1608]
Jew. I have a jewel here—[1609]
Mer. O, pray, let's see't: for the Lord Timon, sir?[1610]
Jew. If he will touch the estimate: but, for that— 15
Poet. [Reciting to himself] 'When we for recompense have praised the vile,[1611]
It stains the glory in that happy verse
Which aptly sings the good.'
Mer. [Looking on the jewel] 'Tis a good form.[1612]
Jew. And rich: here is a water, look ye.[1613] 20
Pain. You are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication[1614][1615]
To the great lord.[1614][1616]
Poet. A thing slipp'd idly from me.
Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes[1617]
From whence 'tis nourish'd: the fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck; our gentle flame[1618] 25
Provokes itself, and, like the current, flies[1619]
Each bound it chafes. What have you there?[1619][1620][1621]
Pain. A picture, sir. When comes your book forth?[1621][1622]