The Life of Timon of Athens: ACT III
Introduction ACT I ACT II ACT III SCENE I. A room in Lucullus' house. SCENE II. A public place. SCENE III. A room in Sempronius' house. SCENE IV. The same. A hall in Timon's house. SCENE V. The same. The senate-house. The Senate sitting. SCENE VI. The same. A banqueting-room in Timon's house. ACT IV ACT V About the Play Feedback			Search: All the plays Hamlet Coriolanus Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Richard II Richard III Titus Andronicus Antony and Cleopatra Timon of Athens Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry the Fifth Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry VIII King John Pericles Troilus and Cressida All's Well... As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Cymbeline A Midsummer... Love's Labour's Lost Measure for Measure The Merry Wives... Much Ado about Nothing The Merchant of Venice Twelfth Night The Taming of... The Tempest The Two Gentlemen... The Winter's Tale    for: SCENE III. A room in Sempronius' house. Enter SEMPRONIUS, and a Servant of TIMON's SEMPRONIUS       Must he needs trouble me in 't,--hum!--'bove       all others?       He might have tried Lord Lucius or Lucullus;       And now Ventidius is wealthy too, 5     Whom he redeem'd from prison: all these       Owe their estates unto him. Servant       My lord,       They have all been touch'd and found base metal, for       They have au denied him. SEMPRONIUS 10    How! have they denied him?       Has Ventidius and Lucullus denied him?       And does he send to me? Three? hum!       It shows but little love or judgment in him:       Must I be his last refuge! His friends, like 15    physicians,       Thrive, give him over: must I take the cure upon me?       Has much disgraced me in't; I'm angry at him,       That might have known my place: I see no sense for't,       But his occasion might have woo'd me first; 20    For, in my conscience, I was the first man       That e'er received gift from him:       And does he think so backwardly of me now,       That I'll requite its last? No:       So it may prove an argument of laughter 25    To the rest, and 'mongst lords I be thought a fool.       I'ld rather than the worth of thrice the sum,       Had sent to me first, but for my mind's sake;       I'd such a courage to do him good. But now return,       And with their faint reply this answer join; 30    Who bates mine honour shall not know my coin. Exit Servant       Excellent! Your lordship's a goodly villain. The       devil knew not what he did when he made man       politic; he crossed himself by 't: and I cannot       think but, in the end, the villainies of man will 35    set him clear. How fairly this lord strives to       appear foul! takes virtuous copies to be wicked,       like those that under hot ardent zeal would set       whole realms on fire: Of such a nature is his       politic love. 40    This was my lord's best hope; now all are fled,       Save only the gods: now his friends are dead,       Doors, that were ne'er acquainted with their wards       Many a bounteous year must be employ'd       Now to guard sure their master. 45    And this is all a liberal course allows;       Who cannot keep his wealth must keep his house. Exit Return to top of page ... or ... Go to next scene