| [Enter two Senators and a Messenger] | |
| First Senator | Thou hast painfully discover'd: are his files As full as thy report? |
| Messenger | have spoke the least: Besides, his expedition promises Present approach. |
| Second Senator | We stand much hazard, if they bring not Timon. |
| Messenger | I met a courier, one mine ancient friend; Whom, though in general part we were opposed, Yet our old love made a particular force, And made us speak like friends: this man was riding From Alcibiades to Timon's cave, With letters of entreaty, which imported His fellowship i' the cause against your city, In part for his sake moved. |
| First Senator | Here come our brothers. |
| [Enter the Senators from TIMON] | |
| Third Senator | No talk of Timon, nothing of him expect. The enemies' drum is heard, and fearful scouring Doth choke the air with dust: in, and prepare: Ours is the fall, I fear; our foes the snare. |
| [Exeunt] |