More man? plague, plague![2478] 195 _Apem._ I was directed hither: men report Thou dost affect my manners, and dost use them. _Tim._ 'Tis then because thou dost not keep a dog, Whom I would imitate: consumption catch thee! _Apem._ This is in thee a nature but infected;[2479] 200 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. _Tim._ Were I like thee, I'ld throw away myself.[2485] _Apem._ Thou hast cast away thyself, being like thyself,[2486] 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, To the conflicting elements exposed, Answer mere nature; bid them flatter thee; O, thou shalt find-- _Tim._ A fool of thee: depart.[2490] 230 _Apem._ I love thee better now than e'er I did.[2491] _Tim._ I hate thee worse. _Apem._ Why?[2492] _Tim._ Thou flatter'st misery. _Apem._ I flatter not, but say thou art a caitiff. _Tim._ Why dost thou seek me out? _Apem._ To vex thee.[2493] _Tim._ Always a villain's office or a fool's. 235 Dost please thyself in't?[2494] _Apem._ Ay. _Tim._ What! a knave too?