| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| And late fiue thousand: to Varro and to Isidore | And late five thousand. To Varro and to Isidore | Tim II.i.1 |
| He owes nine thousand, besides my former summe, | He owes nine thousand, besides my former sum, | Tim II.i.2 |
| Which makes it fiue and twenty. Still in motion | Which makes it five-and-twenty. Still in motion | Tim II.i.3 |
| Of raging waste? It cannot hold, it will not. | Of raging waste? It cannot hold, it will not. | Tim II.i.4 |
| If I want Gold, steale but a beggers Dogge, | If I want gold, steal but a beggar's dog | Tim II.i.5 |
| And giue it Timon, why the Dogge coines Gold. | And give it Timon, why, the dog coins gold. | Tim II.i.6 |
| If I would sell my Horse, and buy twenty moe | If I would sell my horse and buy twenty more | Tim II.i.7 |
| Better then he; why giue my Horse to Timon. | Better than he, why, give my horse to Timon, | Tim II.i.8 |
| Aske nothing, giue it him, it Foles me straight | Ask nothing, give it him, it foals me straight, | Tim II.i.9 |
| And able Horses: No Porter at his gate, | And able horses. No porter at his gate, | Tim II.i.10 |
| But rather one that smiles, and still inuites | But rather one that smiles and still invites | Tim II.i.11 |
| All that passe by. It cannot hold, no reason | All that pass by. It cannot hold. No reason | Tim II.i.12 |
| Can sound his state in safety. Caphis hoa, | Can sound his state in safety. Caphis, ho! | Tim II.i.13 |
| Caphis I say. | Caphis, I say! | Tim II.i.14.1 |
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| Get on your cloake, & hast you to Lord Timon, | Get on your cloak, and haste you to Lord Timon. | Tim II.i.15 |
| Importune him for my Moneyes, be not ceast | Importune him for my moneys. Be not ceased | Tim II.i.16 |
| With slight deniall; nor then silenc'd, when | With slight denial, nor then silenced when | Tim II.i.17 |
| Commend me to your Master, and the Cap | ‘ Commend me to your master ’ and the cap | Tim II.i.18 |
| Playes in the right hand, thus: but tell him, | Plays in the right hand, thus. But tell him | Tim II.i.19 |
| My Vses cry to me; I must serue my turne | My uses cry to me, I must serve my turn | Tim II.i.20 |
| Out of mine owne, his dayes and times are past, | Out of mine own. His days and times are past, | Tim II.i.21 |
| And my reliances on his fracted dates | And my reliances on his fracted dates | Tim II.i.22 |
| Haue smit my credit. I loue, and honour him, | Have smit my credit. I love and honour him, | Tim II.i.23 |
| But must not breake my backe, to heale his finger. | But must not break my back to heal his finger. | Tim II.i.24 |
| Immediate are my needs, and my releefe | Immediate are my needs, and my relief | Tim II.i.25 |
| Must not be tost and turn'd to me in words, | Must not be tossed and turned to me in words, | Tim II.i.26 |
| But finde supply immediate. Get you gone, | But find supply immediate. Get you gone. | Tim II.i.27 |
| Put on a most importunate aspect, | Put on a most importunate aspect, | Tim II.i.28 |
| A visage of demand: for I do feare | A visage of demand. For I do fear, | Tim II.i.29 |
| When euery Feather stickes in his owne wing, | When every feather sticks in his own wing, | Tim II.i.30 |
| Lord Timon will be left a naked gull, | Lord Timon will be left a naked gull, | Tim II.i.31 |
| Which flashes now a Phoenix, get you gone. | Which flashes now a phoenix. Get you gone. | Tim II.i.32 |
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| I go sir? / Take the Bonds along with you, | I go, sir? Take the bonds along with you, | Tim II.i.34 |
| And haue the dates in. Come. | And have the dates in. Come. | Tim II.i.35.1 |
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| Go. | Go. | Tim II.i.35.3 |