Scene III. The woods. Timon's cave, and a rude tomb seen.[2764]
Enter a Soldier, seeking Timon.[2765]
Sold. By all description this should be the place.
Who's here? speak, ho! No answer! What is this?[2766]
Timon is dead, who hath outstretch'd his span:[2767]
Some beast read this; there does not live a man.[2768]
Dead, sure; and this his grave. What's on this tomb[2769] 5
I cannot read; the character I'll take with wax:[2769]
Our captain hath in every figure skill,
An aged interpreter, though young in days:
Before proud Athens he's set down by this,
Whose fall the mark of his ambition is. [Exit.10
Scene IV. Before the walls of Athens.[2770]
Trumpets sound. Enter Alcibiades with his powers.[2771]
Alcib. Sound to this coward and lascivious town
Our terrible approach.[2772] [A parley sounded.
Enter Senators upon the walls.[2773]
Till now you have gone on and fill'd the time
With all licentious measure, making your wills
The scope of justice; till now myself and such 5
As slept within the shadow of your power
Have wander'd with our traversed arms and breathed
Our sufferance vainly: now the time is flush,
When crouching marrow in the bearer strong[2774]
Cries of itself 'No more:' now breathless wrong 10
Shall sit and pant in your great chairs of ease,
And pursy insolence shall break his wind
With fear and horrid flight.