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King Lear

Act II, Scene 3

A wood.
 
[Enter EDGAR]
 
EDGAR
          ,         ,          ,
      I heard | myself | proclaimed,  \\
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      And by | the hap|py hol|low of | a tree,
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      Escaped | the hunt.| No* port | is free,| no* place
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      That guard,| and most | unus|ual vi|gilance
            ,        ,        ,          ,      2       ,
      Does^not | attend | my tak|ing. Whiles | I may 'scape
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      I will | preserve | myself:| and am | bethought
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      To take | the bas|est, and / most poor|est shape
            ,     ,    ,     2     ,         ,
      That ev|er pen|ury | in contempt | of man,
         T      T   .   T          ,           ,            ,
      Brought near to beast;| my face | I'll grime | with filth,
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      Blanket | my loins,| elf^all | my hair | in knots,
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      And with | present|ed nak|edness | out^face
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      The winds,| and per|secu|tions of | the sky;
            ,        ,          ,           ,     ,
      The count|ry gives | me proof,| and prec|edent
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      Of Bed|lam beg|gars, who | with roar|ing voi||ces,
         ,       2         ,          ,     ,      ,
      Strike | in their numbed | and mor|tifi|ed arms.
        T     Tx      T       T       T    .   T   ,
      Pins, wooden pricks,| nails, sprigs of rose|mary:
            ,          ,    2    ,                ,    ,
      And with | this hor|rible ob|ject*, from / low farms,
        T     Tx    T            ,     ,           ,
      Poor pelting vil|lages,/ sheep-cotes,| and mills,
             ,          ,   2     ,          ,            ,
      *Sometime | with lun|atic bans,| sometime | with prayers
          ,            ,   2      ,     ,   2             ,
      Enforce | their char|ity: poor | Turlygod*,| poor* Tom,  ??
               ,         ,     ,         ,        ,
      That's^some|thing yet:| Edgar | I noth|ing am.
 
[Exit]

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