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GLOUCESTER's castle.
[Enter EDMUND, and CURAN meets him]
EDMUND
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Save thee | Curan.
CURAN
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And you | sir, I | have been
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With your | father,| and given | him not|ice
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That || the Duke | of Corn|wall, and | Regan
his | duchess
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Will be | here with | him this | night.
EDMUND
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How | comes that?
CURAN
Nay I know not, you have heard of the news abroad, I mean the whispered
ones, for they are yet but ear-kissing arguments.
EDMUND
Not I: pray you what are they?
CURAN
Have you heard of no likely wars toward, 'twixt the Dukes of Cornwall, and
Albany?
EDMUND
Not a word.
CURAN
You may do then in time,
Fare you well, sir.
[Exit]
EDMUND
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The duke | be here | tonight?| The bet|ter best,
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This weaves | itself | perforce | into my |
business,
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My fath|er hath set | guard to | take my |
brother,
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And I | have one | thing of a | queasy | question
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Which^I | must^act,| briefness | and for|tune
work.
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Brother,| a word,| descend:| brother | I say,
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My fath|er watch|es: O | sir, fly | this place,
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Intel|ligence | is given | where you | are hid;
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You have | now the | good ad|vantage | of the
night.
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Have you | not spoken |'gainst the | Duke of
Cornwall?
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He's com|ing hith|er, now | in the night,| in the
haste,
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And Reg|an with | him, have | you noth|ing said
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Upon his | party | gainst the | Duke of | Albany?
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Advise | yourself.
EDGAR
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I am sure | on it, not | a word.
EDMUND
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I hear | my fath|er com|ing, pard|on me:
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In cun|ning, I | must draw | my sword | upon ||
you:
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Draw,| seem to | defend | yourself,|
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Now quit | you well. \\
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Yield, come before | my fath|er, light^|ho*,
here,
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Fly | brother,| torches,| torches,| so* farewell.
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Some^blood | drawn on^|me, would be|get o|pinion
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Of my / more fierce | endea|vor. I have |
seen^drunk||ards
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Do more | than this | in sport;| father,| father,
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Stop,| stop,| no | help?|
[Enter GLOUCESTER, and Servants with torches]
GLOUCESTER
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Now Ed|mund, where's | the vil|lain?
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EDMUND
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Here stood / he in the | dark, his | sharp sword
out,
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Mumbling | of wick|ed charms,| conjuring | the
moon
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To stand | auspi|cious mist|ress.
GLOUCESTER
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But where | is he?
EDMUND
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Look sir,| I bleed.
GLOUCESTER
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Where is the | villain,| Edmund?
EDMUND
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Fled this^|way sir,| when by | no* means | he
could.
GLOUCESTER
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Pursue | him, ho:| go aft|er. By no |
means,^what?
EDMUND
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Persuade | me to the | murder | of your |
lordship,
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But that | I told | him the | reven|ging gods,
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'Gainst parricides | did all | their thund|ers
bend,
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Spoke with | how* man|ifold,| and strong | a bond
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The child | was bound | to the fath|er; sir | in
fine,
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Seeing | how* loath|ly op|posite | I stood
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To his un|natural | purpose,| in fell | motion
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With his | prepar|ed sword,| he charg|es home
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My un|provi|ded bo|dy, lanced | mine^arm,
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But when | he saw | my best | alar|umed spirits
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Bold in the | quarrel's | right, roused / to the
en|counter,
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Or wheth|er gast|ed by | the noise | I made,
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Full sud/denly | he fled.
GLOUCESTER
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Let him fly far:
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Not in | this land | shall he | remain | uncaught
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And found;| dispatch,| the noble | duke my |
master,
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My worth|y arch | and pat|ron comes | tonight:
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By his | author|ity | I will | proclaim it,
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That he | which finds | him shall | deserve | our
thanks,
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Bringing | the murd|erous cow|ard to | the stake:
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He that | conceals | him death. \\
EDMUND
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When^I | dissua|ded him | from his | intent,
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And found | him pight | to do it,| with curs|ed
speech
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I threat|ened to | discov|er him; he | replied,
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Thou un|posses|sing bast|ard, dost | thou think,
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If I | would stand | against | thee, would | the
repo||sal
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Of an|y trust,| virtue,| or worth | in thee
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Make thy words faithed?| No, what | I should |
deny, ??
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(As this | I would, though | thou didst | produce
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My ve|ry char|acter)| I'd turn | it all
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To thy | sugges|tion, plot,| and damned |
practise:
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And thou | must make | a dul|lard of | the world,
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If they | not thought | the prof|its of | my
death
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Were ve|ry preg|nant and | poten|tial spurs
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To make | thee seek it.
GLOUCESTER
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Strong and | fastened | villain,
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Would he deny | his let|ter, said | he?
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Hark, the | duke's trum/pets, I | know* not |
where he comes;
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All ports | I'll bar,| the vil|lain shall / not
'scape,
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The duke | must^grant | me that:| besides,| his
pic||ture
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I will send | far and | near, that | all the |
kingdom
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May have | the due | note of him,| and of | my
land,
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(Loyal | and nat|ural boy)| I'll work | the means
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To make | thee ca|pable. \\
[Enter CORNWALL, REGAN, and Attendants]
CORNWALL
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How* now | my noble | friend, since^|I
came^|hither
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(Which^I | can call | but now)| I have heard |
strangeness.
REGAN
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If it | be true, all | vengeance | comes too
short
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Which^can | pursue | the offend|er; how | dost my
lord? (hex with prev)
GLOUCESTER
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O mad|am, my / old heart | is cracked,| it's
cracked.
REGAN
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What, did | my fath|er's god|son* seek | your
life?
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He whom | my fath|er named,| your Ed|gar?
GLOUCESTER
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O* la|dy, la|dy, shame | would have | it hid.
REGAN
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Was he | not com|panion | with the | riotous ||
knights
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That | tended | upon | my fath|er?
GLOUCESTER
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I know | not mad/am, 'tis | too* bad,| too* bad.
EDMUND
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Yes mad/am, he | was of | that consort.
REGAN
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No marv|el then,| though he were | ill af|fected,
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'Tis they | have put | him on the // old man's
death,
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To have | the expense | and waste | of his
rev|enues:
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I have | this pres|ent eve|ning from | my
sis||ter
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Been well | informed | of them,| and with such |
cautions,
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That if | they come | to so|journ at | my house,
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I'll not | be there.
CORNWALL
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Nor I,| assure | thee Regan; ??
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Edmund,| I hear | that you have | shown your |
father
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A child-like of|fice.
EDMUND
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It | was my du|ty sir.
GLOUCESTER
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He did | bewray | his prac|tice, and | received
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This hurt | you see,| striving | to ap|prehend ||
him.
CORNWALL
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Is | he pur/sued?
GLOUCESTER
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Aye | my good | lord.
CORNWALL
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If he | be tak|en, he | shall nev|er more
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Be feared | of do|ing harm,| make your
own^|purpose, ??
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How^in | my strength | you please:| for you |
Edmund,
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Whose vir|tue and o|bedience | doth this |
instant
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So much | commend | itself,| you shall | be ours,
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Natures of | such deep trust,| we shall*/ much
need;
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You we first^|seize on. \\
EDMUND
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I shall serve | you sir | truly,| howev|er else.
GLOUCESTER
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For him | I thank | your grace. \\
CORNWALL
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You know | not why | we came | to vis|it you?
REGAN
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Thus out of | season,| threading | dark-eyed
night,
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Occa|sions nob|le Glouce|ster of / some prize,
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Wherein | we must | have use | of your | advice.
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Our fath|er he | hath writ,| so hath our |
sister,
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Of dif|ferences,| which I / least thought | it
fit
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To ans|wer from our home:| the seve|ral
mes|sengers ??
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From hence | attend | dispatch,| our good | old
friend,
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Lay com/forts to | your bos|om, and | bestow
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Your need|ful couns|el to | our bus|inesses,
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Which^craves | the inst|ant use.
GLOUCESTER
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I serve | you ma||dam,
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Your | graces | are right | welcome.|
[Exeunt]