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Who, stuck and spangled with your flatteries,
Washes it off, and sprinkles in your faces
Your reeking villainy.
[Throwing the water in their faces]

Live loath’d, and long, [90]
Most smiling, smooth, detested parasites,
Courteous destroyers, affable wolves, meek bears,
You fools of fortune, trencher-friends, time’s flies,

Cap-and-knee slaves, vapours, and minute-jacks!
Of man and beast the infinite malady [95]
Crust you quite o’er! What, dost thou go?
Soft, take thy physic first − thou too − and thou!

Stay, I will lend thee money, borrow none.
[Drives them out]
What? All in motion? Henceforth be no feast,
Whereat a villain’s not a welcome guest. [100]

Burn, house! Sink, Athens! Henceforth hated be
Of Timon, man and all humanity!
[Exit]

Re-enter the Lords and Senators.

FIRST LORD
How now, my lords?

SECOND LORD

Know you the quality of Lord Timon’s fury? [105]

THIRD LORD

Push, did you see my cap?

FOURTH LORD
I have lost my gown.

FIRST LORD
He’s but a mad lord, and nought but humours sways him. He gave me a jewel
th’ other day, and now he has beat it out of my hat. Did you see my [110]
jewel?