[1932] thy] the Hanmer.
heaven] haven Mason conj.
ACT II.
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]