_Tim._ Good-morrow to thee, gentle Apemantua!
_Apam._ 'Till I be gentle, stay for thy good-morrow.
When thou art Timon's dog, and these knaves honest,--]
[Warburton conjectured a line lost and added one of his own making] I
think my punctuation may clear the passage without any greater effort.
I.i.180 (283,9) Then thou art Timon's dog] When thou hast gotten a
better character, and instead of being Timon, as thou art, shalt be
changed to Timon's dog, and become more worth; of kindness and
salutation. (1773)
I.i.241 (284,9) That I had no angry wit to be a lord] [W: so hungry a
wit] The meaning may be, I should hate myself for _patiently enduring to
be a lord_. This is ill enough expressed. Perhaps some happy change may
set it right. I have tried, and can do nothing, yet I cannot heartily
concur with Dr. Warburton.
I.i.259 (286,2) The strain of man's bred out/Into baboon and monkey] Man
is exhausted and degenerated; his _strain_ or lineage is worn down into
monkey.