PERSONS REPRESENTED. TIMON, a noble Athenian. Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act II. sc. 2. Act III. sc. 4; sc. 6. LUCIUS, a Lord, and a flatterer of Timon. Appears, Act I. sc. 2. Appears, Act I. sc. 2. SEMPRONIUS, a Lord, and a flatterer of Timon. Appears, Act I. sc. 2. Act III. sc. 3. VENTIDIUS, one of Timon's false friends. APEMANTUS, a churlish philosopher. Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act II. sc. 2. Act IV. sc. 3. Appears, Act I. sc. 1. SERVILIUS, servant to Timon. Appears, Act II. sc. 2. Act III. sc. 2; sc. 4. PHILOTUS, servant to Timon's creditors. TITUS, servant to Timon's creditors. LUCIUS, servant to Timon's creditors. Appears, Act III. sc. 4. HORTENSIUS, servant to Timon's creditors. Appears, Act III. sc. 4. Two Servants of Varro, a creditor of Timon. A Servant of Isidore, a creditor of Timon. Cupid and Maskers. Appear, Act I. sc. 2. Three Strangers. Appear, Act III. sc. 2. Poet. Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Act V. sc. 1. Painter. Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Act V. sc. 1. Jeweller. Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Merchant. Appears, Act I. sc. 1. An old Athenian. Appears, Act II. sc. 2. A Fool. Appears, Act II. sc. 2. PHRYNIA, a mistress to Alcibiades. Appears, Act IV. sc. 3. TIMANDRA, a mistress to Alcibiades. Other Lords, Senators, Officers, Soldiers, Banditti, and Attendants. "The Life of Tymon of Athens' was first published in the folio collection of 1623. The text, in this first edition, has no division into acts and scenes. We have reason to believe that, with a few exceptions, it is accurately printed from the copy which was in the possession of Heminge and Condell; and we have judged it important to follow that copy with very slight variations. TIMON OF ATHENS. ACT I. SCENE I.-Athens. A Hall in Timon's House. Enter Poet, Painter, Jeweller, Merchant, and others, at several POET. Good day, sir. PAIN. doors. I am glad you are well. POET. I have not seen you long: How goes the world? PAIN. It wears, sir, as it grows. Ay, that 's well known: РОЕТ. See, Magic of bounty! all these spirits thy power JEW. Nay, that's most fix'd. MER. A most incomparable man; breath'd, as it were, To an untirable and continuate goodness: He passes. JEW. I have a jewel here. MER. O, pray, let's see 't: For the lord Timon, sir? JEW. If he will touch the estimate: But for thatPOET. "When we for recompense have prais'd the vile, It stains the glory in that happy verse Which aptly sings the good." MER. 'T is a good form. [Looking at the jewel. JEW. And rich: here is a water, look you. PAIN. You are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication To the great lord. POET. A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 't is nourished: The fire i' the flint PAIN. A picture, sir.-When comes your book forth? POET. So 't is; this comes off well and excellent. POET. Admirable: How this grace Speaks his own standing! what a mental power PAIN. It is a pretty mocking of the life. POET. I will say of it, It tutors nature: artificial strife Lives in these touches, livelier than life. Enter certain Senators, and pass over. PAIN. How this lord 's follow'd! POET. The senators of Athens:-Happy men! PAIN. Look, more! POET. You see this confluence, this great flood of visitors. I have, in this rough work, shap'd out a man Whom this beneath world doth embrace and hug With amplest entertainment: My free drift Halts not particularly, but moves itself I'll unbolt to you. PAIN. How shall I understand you? |