Tim. I vnderstand thee: thou had'st some meanes to keepe a Dogge Apem. What things in the world canst thou neerest compare to thy Flatterers? Tim. Women neerest, but men: men are the things themselues. What would'st thou do with the world Apemantus, if it lay in thy power? Ape. Giue it the Beasts, to be rid of the men Tim. Would'st thou haue thy selfe fall in the confusion of men, and remaine a Beast with the Beasts Ape. I Timon Tim. A beastly Ambition, which the Goddes graunt thee t' attaine to. If thou wert the Lyon, the Fox would beguile thee. if thou wert the Lambe, the Foxe would eate thee: if thou wert the Fox, the Lion would suspect thee, when peraduenture thou wert accus'd by the Asse: If thou wert the Asse, thy dulnesse would torment thee; and still thou liu'dst but as a Breakefast to the Wolfe. If thou wert the Wolfe, thy greedinesse would afflict thee, & oft thou should'st hazard thy life for thy dinner. Wert thou the Vnicorne, pride and wrath would confound thee, and make thine owne selfe the conquest of thy fury. Wert thou a Beare, thou would'st be kill'd by the Horse: wert thou a Horse, thou would'st be seaz'd by the Leopard: wert thou a Leopard, thou wert Germane to the Lion, and the spottes of thy Kindred, were Iurors on thy life. All thy safety were remotion, and thy defence absence. What Beast could'st thou bee, that were not subiect to a Beast: and what a Beast art thou already, that seest not thy losse in transformation Ape. If thou could'st please me With speaking to me, thou might'st Haue hit vpon it heere. The Commonwealth of Athens, is become A Forrest of Beasts Tim. How ha's the Asse broke the wall, that thou art out of the Citie Ape. Yonder comes a Poet and a Painter: The plague of Company light vpon thee: I will feare to catch it, and giue way. When I know not what else to do, Ile see thee againe Tim. When there is nothing liuing but thee, Thou shalt be welcome. I had rather be a Beggers Dogge, Then Apemantus Ape. Thou art the Cap Of all the Fooles aliue Tim. Would thou wert cleane enough To spit vpon Ape. A plague on thee, Thou art too bad to curse Tim. All Villaines That do stand by thee, are pure Ape. There is no Leprosie, But what thou speak'st Tim. If I name thee, Ile beate thee; But I should infect my hands Ape. I would my tongue Could rot them off Tim. Away thou issue of a mangie dogge, Choller does kill me, That thou art aliue, I swoond to see thee Ape. Would thou would'st burst Tim. Away thou tedious Rogue, I am sorry I shall lose a stone by thee Ape. Beast Tim. Slaue Ape. Toad