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James Boswell [1821], The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators: comprehending A Life of the Poet, and an enlarged history of the stage, by the late Edmond Malone. With a new glossarial index (J. Deighton and Sons, Cambridge) [word count] [S10201].
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SCENE I. The Same. A Room in a Senator's House. Enter a Senator, with Papers in his Hand.

Sen.
And late, five thousand to Varro; and to Isidore
He owes nine thousand; besides my former sum,

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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,
And give it Timon, why, the dog coins gold:
If I would sell my horse, and buy twenty2 note more
Better than he, why, give my horse to Timon,
Ask nothing, give it him, it foals me, straight,
And able horses3 note











: No porter at his gate;

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But rather one that smiles, and still invites4 note


All that pass by. It cannot hold; no reason
Can found his state in safety5 note




. Caphis, ho!
Caphis, I say! Enter Caphis.

Caph.
Here, sir; What is your pleasure?

Sen.
Get on your cloak, and haste you to lord Timon;
Impórtune him for my monies; be not ceas'd6 note




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With slight denial; nor then silenc'd, when—
Commend me to your master—and the cap
Plays in the right hand, thus:—but tell him, sirrah7 note,
My uses cry to me, I must serve my turn
Out of mine own; his days and times are past,
And my reliances on his fracted dates
Have smit my credit: I love, and honour him;
But must not break my back, to heal his finger:
Immediate are my needs; and my relief
Must not be toss'd and turn'd to me in words,
But find supply immediate. Get you gone:
Put on a most importunate aspéct,
A visage of demand; for, I do fear,
When every feather sticks in his own wing,
Lord Timon will be left a naked gull8 note



,

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Which flashes9 note now a phœnix. Get you gone.

Caph.
I go, sir.

Sen.
I go, sir1 note

?—take the bonds along with you,
And have the dates in compt2 note


.

Caph.
I will, sir.

Sen.
Go.
[Exeunt.

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James Boswell [1821], The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators: comprehending A Life of the Poet, and an enlarged history of the stage, by the late Edmond Malone. With a new glossarial index (J. Deighton and Sons, Cambridge) [word count] [S10201].
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