Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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1 And the best halfe should haue return'd to him,
1 So much I loue his heart: But I perceiue,
1 Men must learne now with pitty to dispence,
1 For Policy sits aboue Conscience.
1 Exeunt.
1 [Act 3, Scene 3]
1 Enter a third seruant with Sempronius, another
1 of Timons Friends.
Semp. Semp.
Semp. Must he needs trouble me in't? Hum.
Semp. 'Boue all others?
Semp. He might haue tried Lord Lucius, or Lucullus,
Semp. And now Ventidgius is wealthy too,
Semp. Whom he redeem'd from prison. All these
Semp. Owes their estates vnto him.
Ser. Ser.
Ser. My Lord,
Ser. They haue all bin touch'd, and found Base‑Mettle,
Ser. For they haue all denied him.