Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
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page 76 of 114 (66%)
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Heere is some Gold for thee
Tim. Keepe it, I cannot eate it Alc. When I haue laid proud Athens on a heape Tim. Warr'st thou 'gainst Athens Alc. I Timon, and haue cause Tim. The Gods confound them all in thy Conquest, And thee after, when thou hast Conquer'd Alc. Why me, Timon? Tim. That by killing of Villaines Thou was't borne to conquer my Country. Put vp thy Gold. Go on, heeres Gold, go on; Be as a Plannetary plague, when Ioue Will o're some high-Vic'd City, hang his poyson In the sicke ayre: let not thy sword skip one: Pitty not honour'd Age for his white Beard, He is an Vsurer. Strike me the counterfet Matron, It is her habite onely, that is honest, Her selfe's a Bawd. Let not the Virgins cheeke Make soft thy trenchant Sword: for those Milke pappes That through the window Barne bore at mens eyes, Are not within the Leafe of pitty writ, But set them down horrible Traitors. Spare not the Babe Whose dimpled smiles from Fooles exhaust their mercy; Thinke it a Bastard, whom the Oracle |
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