ACT IV.
Scene I. Without the walls of Athens.[2324]
Enter Timon.
That girdlest in those wolves, dive in the earth,[2325][2326]
And fence not Athens! Matrons, turn incontinent!
Obedience fail in children! Slaves and fools,
Pluck the grave wrinkled senate from the bench, 5
And minister in their steads! To general filths[2327]
Convert o' the instant, green virginity![2328]
Do't in your parents' eyes! Bankrupts, hold fast;[2329]
Rather than render back, out with your knives,[2329]
And cut your trusters' throats! Bound servants, steal! 10
Large-handed robbers your grave masters are
And pill by law. Maid, to thy master's bed!
Thy mistress is o' the brothel. Son of sixteen,[2330]
Pluck the lined crutch from thy old limping sire,[2331]
With it beat out his brains! Piety and fear,[2332] 15
Religion to the gods, peace, justice, truth,
Domestic awe, night-rest and neighbourhood,
Instruction, manners, mysteries and trades,
Degrees, observances, customs and laws,
Decline to your confounding contraries, 20
And let confusion live! Plagues incident to men,[2333]
[Pg 265] Your potent and infectious fevers heap
On Athens, ripe for stroke! Thou cold sciatica,
Cripple our senators, that their limbs may halt
As lamely as their manners! Lust and liberty 25
Creep in the minds and marrows of our youth,
That 'gainst the stream of virtue they may strive,
And drown themselves in riot! Itches, blains,
Sow all the Athenian bosoms, and their crop
Be general leprosy! Breath infect breath, 30
That their society, as their friendship, may
Be merely poison! Nothing I'll bear from thee
But nakedness, thou detestable town![2334]
Take thou that too, with multiplying bans![2335]
Timon will to the woods, where he shall find 35
The unkindest beast more kinder than mankind.[2336]
The gods confound—hear me, you good gods all!—[2337]
The Athenians both within and out that wall!
And grant, as Timon grows, his hate may grow
To the whole race of mankind, high and low! 40
Amen.[2338] [Exit.
Scene II. Athens. Timon's house.[2339]
Enter Flavius, with two or three Servants.
Are we undone? cast off? nothing remaining?
Let me be recorded by the righteous gods,
[Pg 266] I am as poor as you.[2341]
So noble a master fall'n! All gone! and not[2342]
One friend to take his fortune by the arm,[2342]
And go along with him![2342]
From our companion thrown into his grave,[2344]
So his familiars to his buried fortunes[2344][2345] 10
Slink all away; leave their false vows with him,[2346]
Like empty purses pick'd; and his poor self,
A dedicated beggar to the air,
With his disease of all-shunn'd poverty,[2347]
Walks, like contempt, alone. More of our fellows.[2348] 15
Enter other Servants.
That see I by our faces; we are fellows still,[2349]
Serving alike in sorrow: leak'd is our bark,
And we, poor mates, stand on the dying deck,[2350] 20
Hearing the surges threat: we must all part
Into this sea of air.[2351]
The latest of my wealth I'll share amongst you.
Wherever we shall meet, for Timon's sake
Let's yet be fellows; let's shake our heads, and say,[2352] 25
As 'twere a knell unto our master's fortunes,
'We have seen better days.' Let each take some.
Nay, put out all your hands. Not one word more:
Thus part we rich in sorrow, parting poor.[2353]
[Pg 267]
[Servants embrace, and part several ways.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would be so mock'd with glory? or to live[2355]
But in a dream of friendship?[2356]
To have his pomp and all what state compounds[2356][2357] 35
But only painted, like his varnish'd friends?[2358]
Poor honest lord, brought low by his own heart,
Undone by goodness! Strange, unusual blood,[2359]
When man's worst sin is, he does too much good!
Who then dares to be half so kind again? 40
For bounty, that makes gods, does still mar men.[2360]
My dearest lord, blest to be most accursed,
Rich only to be wretched, thy great fortunes
Are made thy chief afflictions. Alas, kind lord![2361]
He's flung in rage from this ingrateful seat[2362] 45
Of monstrous friends; nor has he with him to[2363][2364]
Supply his life, or that which can command it.[2363]
I'll follow, and inquire him out:[2365]
I'll ever serve his mind with my best will;
Whilst I have gold, I'll be his steward still. [Exit.50
Scene III. Woods and cave, near the sea-shore.[2366]
Enter Timon, from the cave.[2367]
Rotten humidity; below thy sister's orb
Infect the air! Twinn'd brothers of one womb,
Whose procreation, residence and birth
Scarce is dividant, touch them with several fortunes,[2369] 5
The greater scorns the lesser: not nature,[2370][2371]
To whom all sores lay siege, can bear great fortune[2371]
But by contempt of nature.[2371][2372]
Raise me this beggar and deny 't that lord,[2373]
The senator shall bear contempt hereditary,[2374] 10
The beggar native honour.
It is the pasture lards the rother's sides,[2375]
The want that makes him lean. Who dares, who dares,[2376]
In purity of manhood stand upright,
And say 'This man's a flatterer'? if one be,[2377] 15
[Pg 269] So are they all; for every grise of fortune[2378]
Is smooth'd by that below: the learned pate
Ducks to the golden fool: all is oblique;[2379]
There's nothing level in our cursed natures
But direct villany. Therefore be abhorr'd[2380] 20
All feasts, societies and throngs of men!
His semblable, yea, himself, Timon disdains:
Destruction fang mankind! Earth, yield me roots![2381] [Digging.
Who seeks for better of thee, sauce his palate
With thy most operant poison! What is here? 25
Gold? yellow, glittering, precious gold? No, gods,[2382]
I am no idle votarist: roots, you clear heavens![2382][2383]
Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair,[2382]
Wrong right, base noble, old young, coward valiant.[2382][2384]
Ha, you gods! why this? what this, you gods? Why, this[2385] 30
Will lug your priests and servants from your sides,
Pluck stout men's pillows from below their heads:[2386]
This yellow slave
Will knit and break religions; bless the accursed;
Make the hoar leprosy adored; place thieves,[2387] 35
And give them title, knee and approbation
With senators on the bench: this is it[2388]
That makes the wappen'd widow wed again;[2389]
She, whom the spital-house and ulcerous sores[2390][2391]
[Pg 270] Would cast the gorge at, this embalms and spices[2391][2392] 40
To the April day again. Come, damned earth,[2393]
Thou common whore of mankind, that put'st odds[2394]
Among the rout of nations, I will make thee
Do thy right nature. [March afar off.] Ha! a drum?
Thou'rt quick,[2395]
But yet I'll bury thee: thou'lt go, strong thief,[2396] 45
When gouty keepers of thee cannot stand:
Nay, stay thou out for earnest. [Keeping some gold.[2397]
Enter Alcibiades, with drum and fife, in warlike manner; Phrynia and Timandra.[A]
For showing me again the eyes of man!
That art thyself a man?
For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dog,
That I might love thee something.
But in thy fortunes am unlearn'd and strange. 55
I not desire to know. Follow thy drum;
With man's blood paint the ground, gules, gules:[2402]
Religious canons, civil laws are cruel;
[Pg 271] Then what should war be? This fell whore of thine 60
Hath in her more destruction than thy sword,
For all her cherubin look.
To thine own lips again.
But then renew I could not, like the moon;
There were no suns to borrow of.[2404]
wilt not promise, the gods plague thee, for thou art a man:[2405][2407]
if thou dost perform, confound thee, for thou art a man![2405][2408]
Voiced so regardfully?
Give them diseases, leaving with thee their lust.[2411][2412][2413]
Make use of thy salt hours: season the slaves[2412]
For tubs and baths; bring down rose-cheeked youth[2412][2414][2415]85
To the tub-fast and the diet.[2412][2415][2416]
[Pg 272]
Are drown'd and lost in his calamities.[2417]
I have but little gold of late, brave Timon,[2418]
The want whereof doth daily make revolt 90
In my penurious band: I have heard, and grieved,[2419]
How cursed Athens, mindless of thy worth,[2420]
Forgetting thy great deeds, when neighbour states,
But for thy sword and fortune, trod upon them—[2421]
I had rather be alone.
Here is some gold for thee.[2422]
And thee after, when thou hast conquer'd![2426][2428]
Thou wast born to conquer my country.[2426][2430] 105
[Pg 273] Put up thy gold: go on,—here's gold,—go on;
Be as a planetary plague, when Jove[2431]
Will o'er some high-viced city hang his poison
In the sick air: let not thy sword skip one:
Pity not honour'd age for his white beard; 110
He is an usurer: strike me the counterfeit matron;[2432]
It is her habit only that is honest,
Herself's a bawd: let not the virgin's cheek
Make soft thy trenchant sword; for those milk-paps[2433]
That through the window-bars bore at men's eyes[2434] 115
Are not within the leaf of pity writ,
But set them down horrible traitors: spare not the babe[2435]
Whose dimpled smiles from fools exhaust their mercy;[2436]
Think it a bastard whom the oracle[2437]
Hath doubtfully pronounced thy throat shall cut,[2438] 120
And mince it sans remorse: swear against objects;[2439]
Put armour on thine ears and on thine eyes,
Whose proof nor yells of mothers, maids, nor babes,
Nor sight of priests in holy vestments bleeding,[2440]
Shall pierce a jot. There's gold to pay thy soldiers: 125
Make large confusion; and, thy fury spent,
Confounded be thyself! Speak not, be gone.
Not all thy counsel.[2441][2442]
[Pg 274]
And to make whores, a bawd. Hold up, you sluts,[2444]
Your aprons mountant: you are not oathable;[2445]
Although, I know, you'll swear, terribly swear, 135
Into strong shudders and to heavenly agues,
The immortal gods that hear you; spare your oaths,
I'll trust to your conditions: be whores still;
And he whose pious breath seeks to convert you,
Be strong in whore, allure him, burn him up; 140
Let your close fire predominate his smoke,
And be no turncoats: yet may your pains, six months,[2446][2447]
Be quite contrary: and thatch your poor thin roofs[2446][2448]
With burdens of the dead;—some that were hang'd,[2446]
No matter:—wear them, betray with them: whore still;[2446][2449] 145
Paint till a horse may mire upon your face:
A pox of wrinkles![2443]
Believe't that we'll do any thing for gold.[2450]
In hollow bones of man; strike their sharp shins,[2451] 150
And mar men's spurring. Crack the lawyer's voice,[2451][2452]
That he may never more false title plead,
Nor sound his quillets shrilly: hoar the flamen,[2453]
That scolds against the quality of flesh[2454]
[Pg 275] And not believes himself: down with the nose, 155
Down with it flat; take the bridge quite away
Of him that, his particular to foresee,[2455][2456]
Smells from the general weal: make curl'd-pate ruffians bald;[2455][2457]
And let the unscarr'd braggarts of the war
Derive some pain from you: plague all;[2458] 160
That your activity may defeat and quell
The source of all erection. There's more gold:
Do you damn others, and let this damn you,
And ditches grave you all!
If I thrive well, I'll visit thee again.[2459]
[Drum beats. Exeunt Alcibiades, Phrynia, and Timandra.[2465]
Should yet be hungry! Common mother, thou, [Digging.[2467]175
Whose womb unmeasurable and infinite breast
Teems, and feeds all; whose self-same mettle,[2468]
Whereof thy proud child, arrogant man, is puff'd,
Engenders the black toad and adder blue,
The gilded newt and eyeless venom'd worm, 180
With all the abhorred births below crisp heaven[2469]
Whereon Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine;
Yield him, who all thy human sons doth hate,[2470]
From forth thy plenteous bosom one poor root![2471]
Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb,[2472] 185
Let it no more bring out ingrateful man![2473]
Go great with tigers, dragons, wolves and bears;
Teem with new monsters, whom thy upward face
Hath to the marbled mansion all above[2474]
Never presented!—O, a root! dear thanks!— 190
Dry up thy marrows, vines, and plough-torn leas;[2475]
Whereof ingrateful man, with liquorish draughts
And morsels unctuous, greases his pure mind,[2476]
That from it all consideration slips![2477]
Enter Apemantus.
Thou dost affect my manners, and dost use them.
Whom I would imitate: consumption catch thee!
A poor unmanly melancholy sprung
From change of fortune. Why this spade? this place?[2480]
This slave-like habit? and these looks of care?
Thy flatterers yet wear silk, drink wine, lie soft,
Hug their diseased perfumes and have forgot[2481] 205
That ever Timon was. Shame not these woods[2482]
By putting on the cunning of a carper.
Be thou a flatterer now and seek to thrive
By that which has undone thee: hinge thy knee
And let his very breath whom thou'lt observe 210
Blow off thy cap; praise his most vicious strain[2483]
And call it excellent: thou wast told thus;
Thou gavest thine ears like tapsters that bade welcome[2484]
To knaves and all approachers: 'tis most just
That thou turn rascal; hadst thou wealth again, 215
Rascals should have't. Do not assume my likeness.
A madman so long, now a fool. What, think'st[2487]
That the bleak air, thy boisterous chamberlain, 220
Will put thy shirt on warm? will these moss'd trees,[2488]
That have outlived the eagle, page thy heels,
And skip when thou point'st out? will the cold brook,[2489]
Candied with ice, caudle thy morning taste,
To cure thy o'er-night's surfeit? Call the creatures 225
Whose naked natures live in all the spite
Of wreakful heaven, whose bare unhoused trunks,
[Pg 278] To the conflicting elements exposed,
Answer mere nature; bid them flatter thee;
O, thou shalt find—
Dost please thyself in't?[2494]
To castigate thy pride, 'twere well: but thou
Dost it enforcedly; thou'ldst courtier be again,[2496]
Wert thou not beggar. Willing misery 240
Outlives incertain pomp, is crown'd before:[2497]
The one is filling still, never complete,
The other at high wish: best state, contentless,[2498]
Hath a distracted and most wretched being,[2498]
Worse than the worst, content. 245
Thou shouldst desire to die, being miserable.
Thou art a slave, whom Fortune's tender arm
With favour never clasp'd, but bred a dog.[2499]
Hadst thou, like us from our first swath, proceeded 250
[Pg 279] The sweet degrees that this brief world affords[2500]
To such as may the passive drugs of it[2501]
Freely command, thou wouldst have plunged thyself[2502]
In general riot, melted down thy youth
In different beds of lust, and never learn'd 255
The icy precepts of respect, but follow'd[2503]
The sugar'd game before thee. But myself,
Who had the world as my confectionary,
The mouths, the tongues, the eyes and hearts of men[2504]
At duty, more than I could frame employment;[2505] 260
That numberless upon me stuck, as leaves[2506]
Do on the oak, have with one winter's brush[2507]
Fell from their boughs, and left me open, bare[2507][2508]
For every storm that blows: I, to bear this,
That never knew but better, is some burthen:[2509] 265
Thy nature did commence in sufferance, time
Hath made thee hard in 't. Why shouldst thou hate men?[2491]
They never flatter'd thee: what hast thou given?
If thou wilt curse, thy father, that poor rag,[2510]
Must be thy subject, who in spite put stuff 270
To some she beggar and compounded thee
Poor rogue hereditary. Hence, be gone![2511]
If thou hadst not been born the worst of men,
Thou hadst been a knave and flatterer.[2512]
[Offering him a root.
Tell them there I have gold; look, so I have.
For here it sleeps, and does no hired harm.
I eat it.
the extremity of both ends: when thou wast in thy gilt and
thy perfume, they mocked thee for too much curiosity; in[2524] 300
thy rags thou know'st none, but art despised for the contrary.
[Pg 281] There's a medlar for thee; eat it.[2525]
shouldst have loved thyself better now. What man didst[2525]
thou ever know unthrift that was beloved after his means?[2525]
compare to thy flatterers? 315
themselves. What wouldst thou do with the world, Apemantus,
if it lay in thy power?
men, and remain a beast with the beasts?[2528]
attain to! If thou wert the lion, the fox would beguile thee:[2529]
if thou wert the lamb, the fox would eat thee: if thou 325
wert the fox, the lion would suspect thee when peradventure
thou wert accused by the ass: if thou wert the ass,
thy dulness would torment thee, and still thou livedst but[2530]
as a breakfast to the wolf: if thou wert the wolf, thy greediness
would afflict thee, and oft thou shouldst hazard thy 330
life for thy dinner: wert thou the unicorn, pride and wrath
would confound thee and make thine own self the conquest
of thy fury: wert thou a bear, thou wouldst be killed by
[Pg 282] the horse: wert thou a horse, thou wouldst be seized by
the leopard: wert thou a leopard, thou wert german to the 335
lion, and the spots of thy kindred were jurors on thy life:
all thy safety were remotion, and thy defence absence.[2531]
What beast couldst thou be that were not subject to a
beast? and what a beast art thou already, that seest not[2532]
thy loss in transformation! 340
thou mightst have hit upon it here: the commonwealth of[2533]
Athens is become a forest of beasts.[2533]
of the city?[2534] 345
of company light upon thee! I will fear to catch it, and[2535]
give way: when I know not what else to do, I'll see thee[2535]
again.[2535]
be welcome. I had rather be a beggar's dog than Apemantus.[2535]
Choler does kill me that thou art alive;
I swoon to see thee.[2543][2544]
lose a stone by thee.[2546] [Throws a stone at him.[2547]
I am sick of this false world, and will love nought
But even the mere necessities upon't.[2549]
Then, Timon, presently prepare thy grave;
Lie where the light foam of the sea may beat
Thy grave-stone daily: make thine epitaph, 375
That death in me at others' lives may laugh.[2550]
[To the gold] O thou sweet king-killer, and dear divorce[2551]
'Twixt natural son and sire! thou bright defiler[2552]
Of Hymen's purest bed! thou valiant Mars!
Thou ever young, fresh, loved, and delicate wooer,[2553] 380
Whose blush doth thaw the consecrated snow
That lies on Dian's lap! thou visible god,[2554]
That solder'st close impossibilities,
And makest them kiss! that speak'st with every tongue,
To every purpose! O thou touch of hearts! 385
Think thy slave man rebels; and by thy virtue[2555]
[Pg 284] Set them into confounding odds, that beasts
May have the world in empire!
But not till I am dead. I'll say thou hast gold:[2557]
Thou wilt be throng'd to shortly.
Enter Banditti.
poor fragment, some slender ort of his remainder: the mere 395
want of gold, and the falling-from of his friends, drove him[2563]
into this melancholy.
care not for't, he will supply us easily; if he covetously 400
[Pg 285] reserve it, how shall's get it?
Why should you want? Behold, the earth hath roots;[2572]
Within this mile break forth a hundred springs;[2574]
The oaks bear mast, the briers scarlet hips;[2575] 415
The bounteous housewife, nature, on each bush
Lays her full mess before you. Want! why want?
As beasts and birds and fishes.
You must eat men. Yet thanks I must you con
That you are thieves profess'd, that you work not
In holier shapes: for there is boundless theft
In limited professions. Rascal thieves,[2576]
Here's gold. Go, suck the subtle blood o' the grape, 425
[Pg 286] Till the high fever seethe your blood to froth,[2577]
And so 'scape hanging: trust not the physician;
His antidotes are poison, and he slays
Moe than you rob: take wealth and lives together;[2578]
Do villany, do, since you protest to do't,[2579][2580] 430
Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery:[2580]
The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction
Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief,[2581]
And her pale fire she snatches from the sun:
The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves 435
The moon into salt tears: the earth's a thief,[2582]
That feeds and breeds by a composture stol'n[2583]
From general excrement: each thing's a thief:[2584]
The laws, your curb and whip, in their rough power
Have uncheck'd theft. Love not yourselves; away,[2585] 440
Rob one another. There's more gold. Cut throats:[2586]
All that you meet are thieves: to Athens go,
Break open shops; nothing can you steal,[2587]
But thieves do lose it: steal not less for this[2588][2589][2590]
I give you; and gold confound you howsoe'er![2588][2590][2591] 445
Amen.[2588][2592]
[Pg 287]
by persuading me to it.
Enter Flavius.
Is yond despised and ruinous man my lord?
Full of decay and failing? O monument[2600]
And wonder of good deeds evilly bestow'd![2600]
What an alteration of honour[2601][2602]
Has desperate want made![2601] 460
What viler thing upon the earth than friends[2603]
Who can bring noblest minds to basest ends!
How rarely does it meet with this time's guise,
When man was wish'd to love his enemies![2604]
Grant I may ever love, and rather woo[2605] 465
Those that would mischief me than those that do![2605][2606]
Has caught me in his eye: I will present[2607][2608]
My honest grief unto him, and, as my lord,[2608][2609]
[Pg 288] Still serve him with my life. My dearest master![2608]
Then, if thou grant'st thou'rt a man, I have forgot thee.[2613]
I never had honest man about me, I; all[2616] 475
I kept were knaves, to serve in meat to villains.[2617]
Ne'er did poor steward wear a truer grief
For his undone lord than mine eyes for you.
Because thou art a woman, and disclaim'st
Flinty mankind, whose eyes do never give
But thorough lust and laughter. Pity's sleeping:[2620][2621]
Strange times, that weep with laughing, not with weeping![2621]
To accept my grief, and whilst this poor wealth lasts
To entertain me as your steward still.
[Pg 289]
So true, so just, and now so comfortable?[2622]
It almost turns my dangerous nature mild.[2622][2624] 490
Let me behold thy face. Surely this man[2622]
Was born of woman.[2622]
Forgive my general and exceptless rashness,
You perpetual-sober gods! I do proclaim[2625]
One honest man—mistake me not—but one;[2626] 495
No more, I pray,—and he's a steward.[2626][2627]
How fain would I have hated all mankind!
And thou redeem'st thyself: but all, save thee,
I fell with curses.
Methinks thou art more honest now than wise; 500
For, by oppressing and betraying me,
Thou mightst have sooner got another service:
For many so arrive at second masters,
Upon their first lord's neck. But tell me true—
For I must ever doubt, though ne'er so sure— 505
Is not thy kindness subtle, covetous,[2628]
If not a usuring kindness and as rich men deal gifts,[2629]
Expecting in return twenty for one?
Doubt and suspect, alas, are placed too late: 510
You should have fear'd false times when you did feast:
Suspect still comes where an estate is least.[2630]
That which I show, heaven knows, is merely love,
[Pg 290] Duty and zeal to your unmatched mind,[2631]
Care of your food and living; and, believe it,[2632] 515
My most honour'd lord,[2633][2634]
For any benefit that points to me,[2634]
Either in hope or present, I'ld exchange[2634][2635]
For this one wish, that you had power and wealth[2634]
To requite me by making rich yourself.[2634] 520
Here, take: the gods, out of my misery,
Have sent thee treasure. Go, live rich and happy;[2637]
But thus condition'd: thou shalt build from men,
Hate all, curse all, show charity to none, 525
But let the famish'd flesh slide from the bone
Ere thou relieve the beggar: give to dogs
What thou deniest to men; let prisons swallow 'em,[2638]
Debts wither 'em to nothing: be men like blasted woods,[2639]
And may diseases lick up their false bloods! 530
And so farewell, and thrive.
[Exeunt severally.[2643]
FOOTNOTES:
[2324] Act iv. Scene i.] Rowe.
Without ...] Rowe.
[2325] thee. O ... wolves,] Ff. thee, O ... wolves! Pope.
[2326] girdlest] Rowe. girdles Ff.
[2327] steads! To ... filths] steads: to ... filths Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). steeds, to ... filthes. F1 F2. steeds to ... filthes. F3. steads to ... filths F4.
filths] filth Hanmer.
[2328] green virginity!] green, virginity Pope (ed. 1).
[2329] fast; Rather ... back, out] Theobald (Anon. conj.). fast Rather ... backe; out F1 F2 F3. fast, Rather ... back; out F4.
[2330] o' the] i' th' Hanmer. at the Keightley.
Son] Some F1.
[2331] lined] lean'd Keightley.
[2332] With ... brains] And with it beat his brains out Pope.
Piety and fear] Fear and piety Pope.
[2333] let] Hanmer. yet Ff.
[2334] detestable town] town detestable Hanmer.
[2335] [Throwing away his raiment. Delius conj. Plucking out his hair. Ingleby conj.
[2336] more] much F4.
[2337] you] ye Pope (ed. 2).
[2338] Amen] om. Pope.
[2339] Scene II.] Rowe.
Athens ...] Timon's House. Rowe.
[2340] master steward] M. steward F1. good master steward Pope.
[2341] me] it Hanmer. om. Capell.
[2342] I am ... backs] S. Walker would end the lines noble ... friend ... go ... backs.
[2343] do] om. Hanmer.
[2344] From our ... to his] From our ... from his Hanmer. To our ... from his Rann (Mason conj.).
[2345] his familiars] the familiars S. Walker conj.
[2346] leave] and leave Long MS.
[2347] all-shunn'd] Hyphened in Pope.
[2348] like] likes F2.
[2349] still] om. Pope.
[2350] dying] sinking Keightley conj.
[2351] this] the Rowe (ed. 2).
[2352] let's shake] shake Pope.
[2353] [Servants ...] Embrace and part severall wayes. Ff. He gives them mony, they embrace ... Pope. Embrace, and Exeunt Servants. Capell.
[2354] fierce] first Theobald (ed. 2).
[2355] Who would] Who'd Pope.
or to] as to Rowe. and so or so to Grant White conj. (withdrawn). or would Keightley. or so Dyce, ed. 2.
[2356] friendship? To have his] friendship? and to have His Singer (ed. 2). friendship; and revive To have his Collier (Collier MS.). friendship? and survive To have his Keightley.
[2357] what state compounds] state comprehends Collier (S. Walker conj.). that state compounds Grant White conj.
[2358] varnish'd] vanish'd Pope.
[2359] unusual blood,] unusual mood, Johnson conj. unequal blood, Becket conj. unusual!—'sblood! Jackson conj.
[2360] does] F4. do F1 F3. doe F2.
[2361] Alas] 'Las S. Walker conj.
[2362] ingrateful] ingratefull F1 F2. ungrateful F3 F4.
[2363] Of monstrous ... it.] As in Pope. Three lines in Ff.
[2364] has] his F2.
with him] om. Rowe.
[2365] follow] follow after Hanmer.
[2366] Scene III.] Rowe.
Woods ...] Edd. The Woods. Rowe. Wood; a Cave in View. Capell.
[2367] Enter Timon ...] Edd. Enter Timon in the Woods. Ff. Enter Timon. Rowe. Enter Timon, with a Spade. Capell.
[2368] blessed breeding] blessing-breeding Warburton. blessed-breeding Dyce (S. Walker conj.).
[2369] dividant] divided Hanmer.
them] om. Pope.
[2370] not nature] not ev'n nature Pope. not his nature Capell. not those natures Steevens conj.
[2371] nature ... nature] natures ... natures Mason conj.
[2372] by] with Hanmer.
[2373] Raise] Robe Maginn conj.
deny 't] denude Theobald (Warburton). degrade Hanmer. deprive Heath conj. devest Steevens conj. dechute Becket conj. decline Collier (Collier MS.). demit Staunton ('Obelus,' N. and Q. 1856, conj.). deject Arrowsmith conj. deknight Anon. conj.
[2374] senator] Rowe. senators Ff.
[2375] pasture] Rowe. pastour F1. pastor F2 F3 F4. pasterer Farmer and Steevens conj.
pasture ... rother's] paste o'erlards the brother's Jackson conj.
lards] owe. Lards, F1. Lords, F2 F3 F4.
rother's] Collier (Singer, ed. 2). Brothers Ff. beggar's Rowe. weather's Theobald (Warburton). broader Farmer conj. breather's Malone conj. (withdrawn).
[2376] The ... lean] F3 F4. The ... leaue F1. The ... leane F2. 'Tis ... leave Johnson conj. The gaunt that makes him leave Farmer conj. Johnson supposes that a line is lost.
[2377] say] fay F1.
man's] F3 F4. mans F1 F2.
[2378] grise] grize Ff. greeze Pope.
[2379] all is oblique] Pope. All's obliquie F1. Alls obliquy F2 F3. All's obliquy F4. all's obloquy Rowe. all, all's oblique Lettsom conj.
[2380] Therefore] Then Pope.
[2381] fang] Johnson. phang Ff.
[Digging.] Digging the Earth. Rowe. om. Ff.
[2382] Gold ... valiant] As in Hanmer. Five lines, ending gold?... votarist, ... make ... right; ... valliant, in Ff.
[2383] idle votarist] idol votarist Collier (Collier MS.).
you] om. Hanmer.
clear] dear Jackson conj.
[2384] right] After this Keightley marks an omission.
[2385] Ha] om. Pope.
what] why Hanmer. what? Johnson.
[2386] stout] sick Hanmer.
their] F1 the F2 F3 F4.
[2387] thieves,] theeves, F1. theeves. F2 F3. thieves. F4.
[2388] this is it] this, this is it Hanmer. why, this it is Steevens conj.
[2389] wappen'd] waped Hanmer (Warburton). wained Johnson conj. wapper'd Collier, ed. 2 (Malone conj.). Wapping Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. Vol. LX. p. 127). weeping Steevens conj. vapid Seymour conj.
wed] woo'd Mason conj.
[2390] She] Her Hanmer.
[2391] whom ... at] whose ulcerous sores the spital-house Would ... at or at whose ulcerous sores the spital-house Would ... up Steevens conj.
[2392] at, this] Pope. at. This Ff. at; this Rowe.
[2393] damned] Rowe (ed. 2). damn'd Ff.
[2394] put'st] putt'st Pope. puttes Ff. puttest Rowe.
[2395] Do ... quick] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.
[2396] thou'lt] F4. thou't F1 F2 F3.
[2398] speak.] om. Seymour conj.
[2399] The canker] Cankers Rowe.
[2400] misanthropos] misantropos F1.
[2401] that] as Pope.
[2402] With ... paint] And with ... paint all Hanmer.
gules, gules:] gules, total gules: Capell. gules, gules; for if Keightley.
[2403] not] but Staunton conj.
[2404] were] were now Pope (ed. 2).
[2405] Noble ... man!] Prose in Ff. Seven lines of verse in Capell.
[2406] but to] but this, To Capell.
[2407] not promise] but promise Staunton conj.
[2408] perform] promise, and Perform Capell.
[2409] I have] I've Pope.
[2410] then] thine Malone conj.
[2411] Art thou ... lust] Three lines, ending still!... diseases, ... lust, S. Walker conj.
[2412] Be ... diet.] Verse first in Pope. Prose in Ff.
[2413] Give ... lust.] Leaving with thee their lust. Give them diseases; Grant White (Johnson conj.).
[2414] bring] bring me Capell (MS. correction).
[2415] rose-cheeked youth To the Malone. Rose-cheekt youth to the F1. Rose-checkt youth to the F2 F3. Rose-cheek'd youth to the F4. the rose-cheek'd youth To th' Pope. rose-cheek'd youth to The Dyce.
rose-cheeked ... tub-fast] the rose-cheek'd youth, Th' fub, to th' fast Theobald conj.
[2416] tub-fast] Theobald (Warburton). Fubfast Ff.
[2417] calamities] calamites F2.
[2418] I have] I have had Collier (Collier MS.).
[2419] have] om. Rowe.
[2420] Athens,] Athens is Hanmer.
[2421] trod upon] had trod on Hanmer.
them—] Rowe. them. Ff.
[2422] I had] I 'ad Pope.
[2423] Here is some] Here's Pope.
[2424] heap—] Rowe (ed. 2). heape. or heap. Ff.
[2425] Athens?] F3 F4. Athens. F1 F2.
[2426] Ay ... country.] S. Walker would end the lines them ... when ... killing ... country.
[2427] all] all then Pope. om. Capell, ending the line at and.
in thy] i' thy Steevens (1793), ending the lines and ... Timon?... That, ... conquer ... country.
[2428] thee after, ... conquer'd] after, thee, ... conquered Pope.
[2429] Why] But why Hanmer.
of] om. Hanmer.
[2430] conquer my] make conquest of my Hanmer. conquer thy own Capell, ending the previous line at born. scourge thy S. Walker conj.
[2431] when] F1. whom F2 F3 F4.
[2432] counterfeit] om. Pope.
[2433] for] nor Tyrwhitt conj.
[2434] window-bars] Steevens (Johnson conj.). window barne F1 F2. window barn F3 F4. window-barn Pope. window-lawn Theobald (Warburton). widow's barb Tyrwhitt conj.
[2435] But] om. Pope.
them] om. Dyce (ed. 2).
[2436] exhaust] extort Hanmer.
[2437] whom] who, Hanmer.
[2438] pronounced thy] Pope. pronounced, the Ff.
[2439] swear] whoso'er Heath conj.
against] 'gainst all Hanmer.
objects] abjects Collier, ed. 2 (Farmer conj.). audits Becket conj.
[2440] priests] priest Pope.
[2441] Hast ... counsel.] As in Capell. Verse first in Pope, the first line ending yet? Prose in Ff.
[2442] all] om. Pope.
[2443] Phr. and Timan.] Steevens. Both. Ff. Wom. Capell.
[2444] whores, a bawd] Ff. whore a bawd Pope. whole a bawd Theobald (Warburton). whores abundant Hanmer. whores abhorr'd Collier (Collier MS.).
[2445] you are] you're Pope.
[2446] And be ... still] As in Capell. In Ff the lines end months ... thatch ... dead, ... matter: ... still. Seven lines in Johnson, ending turncoats ... contrary ... thatch ... &c.
[2447] turncoats] turncocks Jackson conj.
pains, six months] pain-sick months Becket conj.
six months] six mouths F2. exterior Hanmer. six months thence Keightley.
[2448] contrary] contraried Johnson conj.
and] om. Capell.
and thatch] Make false hair, and thatch Pope, ending lines 143-145 as Ff.
[2449] whore] and whore on Pope.
[2450] Believe't] Believe Rowe.
[2451] man ... men's] men ... their S. Walker conj.
[2452] spurring] sparring Hanmer. spurning Long MS. springing Seymour conj.
[2453] hoar] hoarse Singer, ed. 1 (Upton conj.).
[2454] scolds] Rowe. scold'st Ff.
[2455] to foresee, Smells from] not foresees, Smels for Capell.
[2456] foresee] forefend Warburton.
[2457] bald] Quite bald Hanmer, ending lines 158, 159 ruffians ... of.
[2458] all] all of them Keightley. all; plague all Anon. conj.
[2459] More ... again] Verse in Pope. Prose in Ff.
[2460] I have] I've Pope.
[2461] did thee] did the F2.
[2462] Men ... thee.] As in Dyce. In Ff the first line ends away. In Delius, find it.
[2463] it] it such Steevens. it so Keightley.
Get thee away] Get thee hence away Pope, ending the line as Ff. Get thee hence. Away Johnson. Hence; Get thee away Capell, ending the line at Hence.
[2464] Strike] Put in a separate line by Steevens (1793).
[Drum beats.] Johnson. om. Ff.
[2465] Exeunt....] Theobald. Exeunt. Ff.
[2466] Scene V. Pope.
[2467] [Digging.] Johnson, before line 174. om. Ff.
[2468] whose] oh thou! whose Pope.
mettle] forming mettle Keightley.
[2469] crisp] cript Warburton.
[2470] thy human] Pope. the humane Ff. the human Rowe.
doth] Capell. do Ff. do's Rowe.
[2471] [digs. Capell.
[2472] Ensear] Then sear Hanmer.
conceptious] F1. conceptions F2 F3 F4.
[2473] out] out to Warburton.
[2474] marbled] marble Capell.
mansion all] mansion-hall S. Walker conj.
[2475] thy] your Singer conj.
marrows, vines, and] F3 F4. marrowes, vines, and F1 F2. marrows, veins, and Rowe. meadows, vineyards, Hanmer. harrow'd veins, and Warburton. marrow'd veins, and Heath conj. meadows, vines, and Collier (Collier MS.). marrowy vines and Grant White (Dyce conj.). married vines and Keightley.
[2476] unctuous] Johnson. unctious Ff.
pure] impure Keightley.
[2477] slips!] slippes— F1 F2. slips— F3 F4.
[2478] Scene VI. Pope.
[2479] infected] affected Rowe.
[2480] fortune] Rowe and Southern MS. future Ff. fauturs Becket conj.
[2481] diseased] F2 F3 F4. diseas'd F1.
[2482] woods] weeds Theobald (Warburton).
[2483] off] of F2.
[2484] bade] bad F1. bid F2 F3 F4.
[2485] Were] Where F2.
[2486] Thou hast] Thou 'ast Pope. Thou'st Theobald.
[2487] A madman so long] So long a mad-man Pope.
think'st] think'st thou Pope.
[2488] moss'd] Hanmer. moyst F1 F2. moist F3 F4.
[2489] when] where Grant White (S. Walker conj.).
[2490] find—] Rowe. finde. F1 F2. find. F3 F4.
[2491] thee] the F2.
[2492] Apem. Why? Tim.] Omitted by Hanmer.
Why?] Why so? Keightley.
[2493] To] Only to Hanmer.
[2494] a knave too?] a knave thou! Hanmer. and know't too? Warburton conj.
[2495] sour-cold] Hyphen added by Steevens (1793).
[2496] courtier] F1 F4. countier F2 F3.
again] om. Pope.
[2497] Outlives incertain] Rowe. Out-lives: incertaine F1. Out-lives: in certaine F2. Out-lives: in certain F3 F4. Out-strips incertain Hanmer. Out-vies uncertain Capell.
before] before it Hanmer.
[2498] state ... Hath] states ... Have Pope.
[2499] but bred] bred but Hanmer.
[2500] The] Through Rowe.
[2501] drugs] F4. drugges F1 F2. druggs F3. drudges Delius (Mason conj.). dugs Collier (Collier MS.). dregs Capell conj. MS.
[2502] command] Rowe. command'st Ff.
[2503] follow'd] Capell. followed Ff.
[2504] and hearts] F1 F2. the hearts F3 F4.
[2505] employment] F1. employments F2 F3 F4. Here Keightley marks a line omitted.
[2506] me] F1. the F2. thee F3 F4.
[2507] have ... Fell ... and] yet ... Fall'n ... have Hanmer. and ... Fell ... and Capell. and ... Fall'n ... have Capell (MS. correction).
[2508] Fell] Fall'n Rowe.
[2509] some] sume F2.
[2510] rag] F4. ragge F1 F2 F3. rogue Collier, ed. 2 (Johnson conj.).
[2511] rogue] rag Anon. conj.
[2512] a knave] knave Pope.
[2513] I ... prodigal.] As in Capell. One line in Ff.
[2514] [Eating....] Rowe. om. Ff.
[2515] Here ... were.] Put in the margin by Pope.
[2516] I will] will I Rowe (ed. 2).
[Offering....] Offering him another. Johnson. Throwing him a crust. Capell. Offering him something. Steevens (1778).
[2517] my] Rowe. thy Ff.
[2518] mine] my Pope.
[2519] o' nights] Theobald. a nights Ff.
[2520] Under ... Apemantus?] Prose in Capell. Two lines, the first ending me, in Ff.
o' days] a-dayes F1 F2. a daies F3 F4.
[2521] or] om. Hanmer, ending the lines Where ... it ... mind!... dishes.
[2522] and] om. Hanmer.
[2523] it] it then Hanmer.
[2524] curiosity] courtesy Hanmer.
[2525] There's ... dog.] Put in the margin by Pope.
[2526] Ay, though it look] I, though it looke Ff (look F3 F4). I thought it look'd Johnson conj. Ay, for it looks Rann. Ay, troth, it looks Becket conj.
[2527] An] Pope. And Ff.
thou hadst] Capell. th' hadst Ff.
[2528] and] or Pope.
beasts?] Rowe (ed. 2). beasts. Ff.
[2529] the lion] a lion Pope.
[2530] thou livedst] thou liv'st. Rowe. thou 'dst live Hanmer.
[2531] remotion] motion Grant White conj.
[2532] that seest] and seest Rowe.
[2533] If ... beasts.] Prose in Pope. Five lines, ending me ... might'st ... here ... become ... beasts, in Ff.
[2534] city?] Rowe (ed. 2). citie. or city. Ff.
[2535] Yonder ... Apemantus.] Prose in Pope and Theobald. Nine irregular lines in Ff.
[2536] Yonder ... painter:] Omitted by Pope, who transfers Apem. The plague ... Apemantus (346-352) to follow line 393.
[2537] Thou ... speak'st.] As in Pope. Ten lines in Ff.
[2538] A ... thee!] Given to Timon by Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald).
[2539] If ... hands.] Arranged as by Capell. Two lines, the first ending beate thee; in Ff. Prose in Theobald.
[2540] If I name thee.] Omitted by Pope.
thee.] thee.— Theobald. thee, Ff. thee,— Capell.
[2541] I'll] I'd Hanmer.
[2542] I ... off!] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.
[2543] Away ... thee. As in Rowe. The lines end dog ... me ... thee, in Ff.
[2544] Swoon] Pope. swoond F1 F2. swound F3 F4.
[2545] Would] I would Hanmer.
[2546] Would ... rogue!] As in Ff. Three lines, ending burst ... sorry I ... rogue! in Hanmer. Capell ends the lines Away!... lose ... rogue!
[2547] Throws ...] Throwing at him. Capell. om. Ff.
[2548] Rogue, rogue, rogue!] Rogue! Hammer.
[Apemantus retreats backward, as going. Theobald.
[2549] even ... upon 't] ev'n ... upon it Pope.
[2550] me] thee Johnson.
[2551] [To the gold] Looking on the gold. Pope. om. Ff.
king-killer] kin-killer Maginn conj.
[2552] son and sire] Rowe. Sunne and fire F1 F2 F3. Sun and Fire F4.
[2553] fresh, loved] fresh-lived Maginn conj. fresh-loved Anon. conj.
[2554] That ... god,] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.
[2555] slave man] Rowe. slave-man Ff.
[2556] Apem.] Apem. [advancing. Capell.
[2557] thou hast] Pope (ed. 2). th' hast Ff. thou 'st Collier.
[2558] to ... to] Rowe (ed. 2). too ... too Ff.
[2559] Live ... misery!] Continued to Timon by Hanmer.
[2560] Long ... quit] Given to Apem. Malone conj.
and so] or so Hanmer.
Exit Apemantus.] Dyce. After quit. Capell. Exit Apeman. (after line 393) Ff.
die ... I] die, so I Hanmer. dye!—So, I Capell.
[2561] Moe ... them.] Continued to Timon by Hanmer. Given to Apemantus in Ff. One line in Hanmer. Prose in Pope. Two lines in Ff.
Moe] Mo Ff. More Johnson.
them.] Rowe. then. Ff. Here Pope and Hanmer insert lines 346-352, Apem. The plague ... Apemantus.
[Seeing the Thieves. Hanmer.
Enter Banditti.] Enter the Bandetti. F1 F2 F3. Enter the Banditti. F4. Enter Thieves. Pope. Enter certain Thieves. Capell.
[2562] Scene VII. Pope.
First Ban.] 1 Band. Rowe. 1 Thief. Pope. 1. Ff (and elsewhere).
[2563] falling-from of his] Capell. falling from of his Ff. falling off of Pope. falling from him of his Collier (Collier MS.).
[2564] Sec. Ban.] 2 Band. Rowe. 2 Thief. Pope. 2. Ff (and elsewhere).
It is ... treasure.] As in Pope. Two lines in Ff.
hath] hoth F2.
[2565] True ... hid.] As in Pope. Two lines in Ff.
[2566] Banditti.] Knight. All. Ff.
[2567] He;] Rowe. He? Ff.
[2568] thieves?] Capell. thieves. Ff. thieves! Hanmer.
[2569] Both too] Both, both Hanmer. Both two Collier (ed. 2). Both the two Anon. conj.
Both ... sons] Both, and women's sons too Anon. conj.
[2570] We ... want.] As in Pope. Two lines in Ff.
[2571] want is ... meat.] want? Is your want much of meat? Heath conj. want is much, you want. O men, Anon. conj.
want much] wont much F2.
[2572] much of meat. Why] much.—Of meat Why Rann (Farmer conj.).
[2573] meat] meet Theobald. men Hanmer. me Steevens conj.
[2574] a hundred] F1 F2. an hundred F3 F4.
[2575] mast] masts Rowe (ed. 2).
hips] heps F1.
[2576] Rascal thieves] Rascals, thieves Pope.
[2577] froth] broth Pope.
[2578] Moe] More F4.
take ... lives] F1. take ... live F2 F3 F4. takes ... life Hanmer. take ... rob Long MS.
[2579] villany] Rowe. villaine F1 F2. villain F3 F4.
protest] profess Theobald.
[2580] do't, Like workmen.] do't, Like workmen; Pope. doo't. Like workemen, F1 F2. do't, Like workmen, F3 F4.
[2581] vast] daste F2 (Long's copy). chaste Long MS.
[2582] moon] mounds Theobald. earth Capell. main Tollet conj. marge or mole Anon. conj.
[2583] composture] composure Pope.
[2584] excrement] excrementsTheobald.
thing's] think's F2.
[2585] Have] Pope. Ha's Ff.
[2586] Cut throats] cut-throats Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. Vol. LX. p. 307).
[2587] nothing] for nothing Pope. where nothing Steevens conj. nought S. Walker conj., ending lines 443-446 thieves ... give you ... Amen.
[2588] But ... Amen] As in Capell. Two lines, the first ending give you, in Ff. Three, ending this ... give you ... Amen, in Delius.
[2589] not] Rowe. om. Ff. no Collier (Collier MS.). not the Keightley.
[2590] for this I give you] for what I give Pope, ending line 444 at what.
[2591] howsoe'er] howsoever Rowe (ed. 2).
[2592] [Exit. Rowe. Retiring towards his Cave. Capell. om. Ff.
[2593] Has] F1 F2. H'as F3 F4. He has Steevens.
[2594] the malice of] his malice to Hanmer.
[2595] us; not] us, not Rowe. us not Ff.
[2596] I'll ... trade] As in Pope. Two lines in Ff.
[2597] there is ... true.] Given to '2 Thief' by Theobald (Warburton).
[2598] [Exeunt ...] Exit Theeves. F1. Exeunt Thieves. F2 F3 F4.
Enter Flavius.] Enter the Steward to Timon. Ff.
[2599] Act v. Scene i. The Woods and Timon's Cave. Rowe. Capell continues the Scene.
[2600] Full ... bestow'd] As in Ff. Three lines, ending failing?... deeds, ... bestow'd, in Johnson.
[2601] What ... made!] As in Malone. One line in Ff. What change of honour desp'rate want has made? Pope. What change of humour desp'rate want has made? Warburton. Steevens ends the first line at has.
[2602] What] Why, what Capell. Ah, what Anon. conj.
honour] favour Anon. conj.
[2603] viler] Pope. vilder Ff.
[2604] wish'd] will'd Warburton.
[2605] woo ... do] too, ... woo Warburton.
[2606] mischief] miscreefe F2.
[2607] Has] H'as F4. He has Steevens.
[2608] present ... life.] As in Pope. Prose in F1 F2. Two lines, the first ending grief, in F3 F4.
[2609] unto] to Pope.
[2610] [Timon comes forward from his cave. Theobald.
[2611] thou] om. S. Walker conj.
[2612] dost] dost thou Theobald (ed. 2).
[2613] Then ... thee] As in Capell. Two lines in Ff.
grant'st ... I] Capell, and Southern MS. grunt'st, th'art a man. I F1. grunt'st th'art a man, I F2 F3 F4. grantest that thou art a man I, ending the line at man, Pope. grant'st thou'rt man, I Steevens (1793).
I have] I've Capell.
[2614] An ... yours] An honest servant Pope.
[2615] Then] Nay, then Capell, ending the lines at then ... man ... knaves. Steevens (1793) reads Then, but follows Capell's arrangement.
[2616] never] F1 F2. nev'r F3 F4. ne'er Rowe.
man] men S. Walker conj.
me, I; all] Steevens (1778). me, I all, F1 F2 F3. me, I, all F4. me, all Pope. me; ay, all Delius.
[2617] I kept] that I kept Capell.
[2618] Ne'er] Pope. Nev'r F1 F2. Never F3 F4.
steward] steward's Capell conj.
[2619] What ... thee] As in Rowe. Two lines in Ff.
[2620] thorough] thorow F1 F2. through F3 F4. or through Pope.
and] or Pope.
laughter. Pity's sleeping:] laughter, pity sleeping. Johnson conj.
[2621] Pity's ... weeping!] Put in the margin by Hanmer.
[2622] Had ... woman.] As in Ff. Four lines in Capell, ending just, ... turns ... behold ... woman. Malone ends the first line at now, following Capell's arrangement in the rest.
[2623] steward] steward then Capell.
[2624] dangerous ... mild] nature dangerous-wild Becket conj. dolorous nature wild Jackson conj.
mild] Hanmer (Thirlby conj.). wilde Ff.
[2625] You] om. Pope.
perpetual-sober] Hanmer. perpetuall sober Ff.
[2626] One ... steward] S. Walker would end the lines man:— ... pray,— ... steward.
[2627] pray] say Lettsom conj.
pray ... steward] pray ... steward too Hanmer. pray you,—and he is a steward Capell.
[2628] subtle, covetous] subtle-covetous S. Walker conj.
[2629] If not a] Is't not a Rowe. A Pope. An Hanmer. Is it not a Keightley, ending the line at men.
kindness] om. Seymour conj.
and] om. Pope.
rich ... gifts] gifts That rich men deal Anon. conj.
gifts] Gifts to catch gifts S. Walker conj., ending the lines deal ... return.
[2630] where] when Hanmer.
[2631] unmatched] unmarched F2.
[2632] and] And, O Capell, ending the lines living ... lord.
[2633] My ... lord,] Omitted by Pope.
[2634] My ... yourself.] Four lines in Keightley, ending benefit, ... I'd ... power ... yourself.
[2635] exchange] exchange it Hanmer. exchange't Capell.
[2636] thee] F1 F3 F4. the F2. ye Capell.
[2637] Have] Rowe. Ha's Ff. Ha' Anon. conj.
thee] the F2.
[2638] deniest] denyest Ff. deny'st Rowe.
[2639] 'em to nothing] 'em Pope. them to nothing Malone. them Steevens (1793).
[2640] O ... master] As in Capell. One line in Ff.
[2641] If ... free:] As in Ff. Malone ends the first line at hat'st.
[2642] fly] flye F1 F2. flee F3 F4. but fly Pope. fly, fly or fly now Anon. conj.
[2643] [Exeunt severally.] Theobald. Exit. Ff. Exeunt. Rowe. Exit Flavius; and Timon into his cave. Collier (Collier MS.).
