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Before GLOUCESTER's castle. KENT in the stocks.
[Enter LEAR, Fool, and Gentleman]
LEAR
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'Tis strange | that they | should so | depart |
from home,
. T T T
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And not send back | my mes|senger.
GENTLEMAN
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As I learned,
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The night | before,| there was no | purpose | in
them
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Of this | remove.
KENT
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Hail to | thee noble | master.
LEAR
T T T
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Ha? Makst thou | this^shame | thy pas|time?
KENT
No my lord.
FOOL
Ha, ha, he wears cruel garters. Horses are tied by the heads, dogs and
bears, by the neck, monkeys by the loins, and men by the legs: when a man's
over-lusty at legs, then he wears wooden nether-stocks.
LEAR
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,
What's he,| that hath | so much | thy place |
mistook
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To set | thee here?
KENT
2 , T T T
It is both | he and she,
, ,
Your son,| and daught|er.
LEAR
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No.
KENT
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Yes.
LEAR
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No / I say*.
KENT
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I say^/yea.
LEAR
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By |
Jup/iter, I | swear no.
KENT
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By Jun|o, I / swear aye.
LEAR
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They durst | not do it:
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They could | not, would | not do it:| 'tis worse
| than murder,
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To do upon respect such violent outrage:
????
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Resolve | me with / all mod|est haste,| which^way
,
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Thou mightst | deserve,| or they | impose | this
us||age,
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Com|ing from us.
KENT
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My lord,| when at | their home
,
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I did | commend | your high|ness' letters | to
them,
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Ere I | was ris|en from | the place,| that showed
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My du|ty kneel|ing, came | there a reek|ing post,
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Stewed in his | haste, half breath|less, pan|ting
forth
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From Gon|eril | his mist|ress, sal|uta|tions;
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Deliv|ered let|ters spite | of in|termis|sion,
(hex with prev)
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Which pres|ently | they read;| on whose contents,
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T T
They sum|moned up | their meiny,| straight took
horse,
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command|ed me | to fol|low, and | attend
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2 ,
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The leis|ure of their | answer,| gave me cold
looks,
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And mee|ting here | the oth|er mes|senger,
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Whose^wel|come I | perceived | had pois|oned
mine,
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Being | the ve|ry fel|low that | of late
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Displayed | so sauc/ily a|gainst your | highness,
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Having | more* man | than wit | about | me, drew;
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He raised | the house,| with loud | and cow|ard
cries,
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,
Your son | and daught|er found | this tres|pass*
worth
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,
The shame | which here | it suf|fers. \\
FOOL
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T T
,
Winter's | not^gone | yet, if the | wild geese
fly | that way,
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Fathers | that wear^|rags,| do make | their
child|ren blind;
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But fath|ers that | bear* bags,| shall see |
their child|ren kind.
,
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T T . T 2
,
Fortune | that ar|rant whore,| nere turns the key
| to the poor. (hex with prev)
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But for all this thou shalt have as many dolors
for thy ????
,
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,
Daughters,| as thou | canst^tell | in a year.
\\
LEAR
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, ,
Oh how | this moth|er swells | up* toward | my
heart!
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Histo|rica pas|sio, down | thou climb|ing sorrow,
, ,
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,
Thy el|ement's | below,| where is this |
daughter?
KENT
,
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With the | earl sir, here | within.
LEAR
,
, __ __
Follow | me not,| stay | here. (tetra with
prev)
[Exit]
GENTLEMAN
,
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Made you | no more | offense,
,
,
But what | you speak | of?
KENT
,
None: (tri with prev)
, ,
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,
How chance | the king | comes with so | small a |
number?
FOOL
And thou hadst been set in the stocks for that question, thou hadst well
deserved it.
KENT
Why fool?
FOOL
We'll set thee to school to an ant, to teach thee there's no laboring in the
winter. All that follow their noses, are led by their eyes, but blind men,
and there's not a nose among twenty, but can smell him that's stinking; let
go thy hold, when a great wheel runs down a hill, lest it break thy neck
with following. But the great one that goes upward, let him draw thee after:
when a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again, I would have
none but knaves follow it, since a fool gives it.
,
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That sir,| which serves | and seeks | for gain,
(these lines are tetra)
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And fol|lows but | for form,|
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Will pack,| when it | begins | to rain,
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And leave | thee in | the storm.|
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,
But I | will tarry,| the fool | will stay,
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And let | the wise|man | fly:
. T T T
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The knave turns fool | that runs | away,
. T T T
, oo
The fool no knave | perdy.|
KENT
,
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Where learned | you this | fool?
FOOL
,
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Not in | the stocks | fool. (tri with prev)
[Enter LEAR with GLOUCESTER]
LEAR
,
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Deny | to speak | with me?
,
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They are | sick, they are | weary, (tri
with prev)
2 ,
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They have trav|elled all | the night?| Mere |
fetches,
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The im|ages | of revolt | and fly|ing off.
,
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Fetch me | a bet|ter ans|wer.
GLOUCESTER
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My / dear lord,
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You know | the fie|ry qual|ity | of the duke,
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How un|remove|able | and fixed | he is
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In his / own course. \\
LEAR
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Vengeance, plague,| death, con|fusi|on:
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Fiery?| what qual|ity*? Why | Gloucester |
Gloucester,
,
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I'd speak | with the Duke | of Corn|wall, and |
his wife.
GLOUCESTER
,
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Well my | good* lord,| I have | informed | them
so.
LEAR
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,
Informed | them? Dost | thou und|erstand | me
man.
GLOUCESTER
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Aye my good*| lord.
LEAR
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,
The | king would | speak with | Cornwall*,
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The dear | father ????
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Would with his | daughter | speak, commands,
tends,| service,
,
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Are they | informed | of this?| My breath | and
blood:
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Fiery?| The fiery | duke, Tell the hot | duke
that--
,
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No, but | not yet,| may be | he is / not well,
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Infirm|ity | doth^still | neglect all office,
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Whereto | our health | is bound,| we are not |
ourselves,
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When na|ture being | oppressed,| commands | the
mind
,
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To suf|fer with | the bo|dy; I'll | forbear,
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And am / fallen out | with my / more head|ier
will,
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To take | the in|disposed | and sick|ly fit,
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For the / sound man.| Death on | my state:|
wherefore
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Should he | sit here? This | act per|suades me,
,
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That this | remo|tion of | the duke | and her
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Is prac|tice on|ly. Give | me my serv|ant forth;
T T . T
2 , ,
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Go tell the duke,| and his wife,| I'd speak |
with them:
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Now, pres/ently:| bid them come | forth and |
hear me, ??
, ,
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Or at | their chamb|er door | I'll beat | the
drum,
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Till it / cry sleep | to death. \\
GLOUCESTER
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o
I would | have all well | betwixt | you.
[Exit]
LEAR
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O* me | my heart!| My ris|ing heart!| But down.
FOOL
Cry to it nuncle, as the cockney did to the eels, when she put 'em in the
paste alive, she knapped 'em on the coxcombs with a stick, and cried edown
wantons, down; 'twas her brother, that in pure kindness to his horse
buttered his hay.
[Enter CORNWALL, REGAN, GLOUCESTER, and Servants]
LEAR
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,
Good mor|row to | you both.
CORNWALL
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Hail to | your grace.
REGAN
I am glad to see your highness.
LEAR
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Regan,| I think | you are.| I know | what reason
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I have | to think | so*, if | thou shouldst^not |
be glad, ??
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I would | divorce | me from | thy moth|er tomb,
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2 , ,
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Sepul|chring an a|dultress.| O^are | you free?
, ,
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Some oth|er time | for that.| Beloved | Regan,
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Thy sis|ter's naught:| oh Reg|an, she | hath tied
T T
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Sharp-toothed unkind|ness, like | a vul|ture
here,
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I can / scarce speak | to thee,| thou'lt^not |
believe
,
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With how | depraved | a qual|ity*. Oh | Regan.
REGAN
, ,
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I pray | you sir,| take pa/tience, I | have hope
, ,
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You less | know* how | to val|ue her | desert,
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Than she | to scant | her du|ty.
LEAR
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Say?| How is that?
REGAN
,
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I can|not think | my sis|ter in | the least
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Would fail | her ob|liga|tion. If | sir perchance
, 2
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She have re|strained the | riots | of your |
followers,
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'Tis on | such^ground,| and to / such whole|some
end,
, 2
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As clears | her from all | blame.
LEAR
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My | curses | on her.
REGAN
T T T
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O sir, you | are old, \\
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Nature | in you | stands on | the ve|ry verge
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Of her / confine:| you should | be ruled,| and
led
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By some | discre|tion, that | discerns | your
state
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Better | than you | yourself:| therefore I | pray
you,
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That to | our sis|ter, you | do make | return;
,
,
Say you | have wronged | her.
LEAR
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Ask | her for|giveness?
, , ,
, ,
Do you | but mark | how this | becomes | the
house?
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Dear daugh/ter, I | confess | that I | am old;
, 2 ,
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Age is un|neces|sary: on | my knees | I beg,
,
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That you'll | vouchsafe | me rai|ment, bed,| and
food.
REGAN
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Good* sir,| no more:| these are | unsight|ly
tricks:
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Return | you to | my sis|ter.
LEAR
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Never | Regan:
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She hath | aba|ted me | of half | my train;
T T
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Looked black upon | me, struck | me with | her
tongue
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Most^serp|ent-like,| upon | the ve|ry heart.
T . T
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All the stored venge|ances | of heav|en, fall
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T . T T
On her | ingrate|ful top:| strike her young bones
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You tak|ing airs,| with lame|ness.
CORNWALL
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Fie | sir, fie.
LEAR
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You nim|ble light|nings, dart | your blind|ing
flames
, 2 ,
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Into her | scornful | eyes: In|fect her | beauty,
. T T T
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,
You fen-sucked fogs,| drawn by | the power|ful
sun,
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To fall,| and blister.
REGAN
T . T T
O the blessed gods!
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,
So will || you wish | on me,| when the / rash
mood | is on.
LEAR
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No Reg/an, thou | shalt nev|er have | my curse:
,
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Thy tend|er-hef|ted na|ture shall / not give
,
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Thee ore | to harsh|ness: Her | eyes^are fierce,|
but thine
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Do com|fort, and / not burn.| 'Tis not | in thee
, ,
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To grudge | my pleas|ures, to / cut off | my
train,
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To ban|dy has|ty words,| to scant | my sizes,
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And in | conclu|sion, to | oppose | the bolt
,
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Against | my com|ing in.| Thou bet|ter knowst
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The of|fices | of na|ture, bond | of child||hood,
??
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Effects | of court|esy, dues | of grat|itude:
, 2 ,
, , ,
Thy half | of the king|dom hast | thou not |
forgot,
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Wherein | I thee | endowed.
REGAN
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2->
Good sir,| to the pur||pose.
LEAR
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2 ,
Who put | my man | in the stocks?
[Tucket within]
CORNWALL
,
,
What trump|et's that?
REGAN
x ,
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I know it,| my sis|ter's: this | approves | her
letter,
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, 2 ,
,
That she | would soon | be here.| Is your la|dy
come?
[Enter OSWALD]
LEAR
,
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This is | a slave,| whose ea|sy-bor|rowed pride
,
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Dwells in | the fickle | grace of | her he |
follows.
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Out var/let, from | my sight.
CORNWALL
, ,
What means | your grace?
LEAR
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2 , ,
Who stocked | my serv|ant? Reg|an, I have / good
hope
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Thou didst | not know | on it.
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Tx
Who comes | here? O heavens! (tri with
prev)
, ,
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If you | do love | old^men;| if your / sweet sway
, ,
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Allow | obed|ience; if | yourselves | are old,
,
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Make it | your cause:| send^down,| and take | my
part.
,
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Art not | ashamed | to look | upon | this beard?
, ,
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O Reg|an, wilt | thou take | her by | the hand?
GONERIL
, 2 ,
, , 2 ,
Why not | by the hand | sir? How | have I
of|fended?
,
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,
All's not | offense | that in|discre|tion finds,
,
, 2
And dot|age terms | so.
LEAR
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O* sides,| you are / too tough!
, ,
, ,
2 ,
Will you / yet hold?| How came | my man | in the
stocks?
CORNWALL
T T . T
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I set him there,| sir: but his | own dis|orders
, ,
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Deserved | much less | advance|ment.
LEAR
, ,
You?| Did you?
REGAN
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T T T
I pray | you fath|er being | weak, seem so.
, ,
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If till | the ex|pira|tion of | your month
, 2
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You will re|turn and | sojourn / with my |
sister,
, ,
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Dismis|sing half | your train,| come then to me,
2 , ,
, ,
, 2->
I am now | from home,| and out | of that |
provi||sion
, ,
, 2 ,
,
Which shall | be need/ful for your |
enter|tainment.
LEAR
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Return | to her?| And fif|ty men | dismissed?
, , 2 T
T T ,
No, rath/er I ab|jure all roofs,| and choose
,
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To wage | against | the en|mity | of the air,
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To be | a com|rade with | the wolf,| and owl,
,
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Neces|sity's / sharp pinch.| Return | with her?
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Why the / hot-blood|ed France,| that dower|less
took
,
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Our young|est born,| I could | as well | be
brought
, , .
T T T
,
To knee | his throne,| and squire-like pen|sion
beg,
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T ,
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To keep base life | afoot;| return | with her?
,
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Persuade | me rath|er to be | slave and | sumpter
,
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To this | detes|ted groom.
GONERIL
, ,
At your / choice sir.
LEAR
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I prith|ee daught|er do | not make | me mad,
, ,
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I will | not troub|le thee | my child;| farewell:
,
, ,
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We'll no | more* meet,| no more*| see one
a|nother.
, ,
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But yet | thou art | my flesh,| my blood,| my
daugh||ter,
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Or | rather | a disease | that's in | my flesh,
, 2
T T T ,
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Which I must | needs call mine.| Thou^art | a
boil,
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A plague-|sore, an | embos|sed car|buncle
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In || my cor|rupted | blood. But | I'll
not^|chide thee,
,
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Let shame | come when | it will,| I do | not call
it,
,
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I do | not bid | the thund|er-bear|er shoot,
,
,
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Nor tell | tales of | thee to / high-judg|ing
Jove.
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Mend when | thou canst,| be better | at thy |
leisure,
, 2 ,
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I can be | patient,| I can | stay with | Regan,
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I and | my hund|red knights.
REGAN
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Not^al|togeth|er so, (tri with prev)
, , 2
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I looked | not for you | yet, nor | am pro|vided
2 ,
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For your fit | welcome,| give^ear | sir to my |
sister,
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For those | that mingle | reason | with your |
passion,
, ,
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Must be | content | to think | you old,| and so,
, ,
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But she / knows what | she does.
LEAR
. T T
Tx
Is this well spoken?
REGAN
, x ,
, , 2
I dare | avouch it | sir, what | fifty |
followers?
Tx T T
, ,
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Is it not well?| What should | you need | of
more?
, ,
, ,
, ,
Yea, or | so man|y? Sith | that both | charge and
| danger,
T T
T , ,
T . T T
Speak 'gainst so | great a | number?| How in one
house (hex with prev)
, ,
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Should man|y peo|ple, und|er two | commands
, , ,
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Hold^am|ity?| 'Tis hard,| almost im|possible.
GONERIL
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, , ,
2->
Why might | not you | my lord,| receive |
atten||dance
, ,
, ,
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From those | that she | calls ser/vants, or |
from mine?
REGAN
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, ,
Why not,| my lord?| If then they | chanced to |
slack ye,
, ,
, 2
, ,
We could | control | them; if | you will come |
to me,
,
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, ,
2->
(For now | I spy | a dang|er) I | entreat || you
, , ,
, ,
To bring | but five | and twen|ty, to / no more
,
, ,
Will I | give^place | or not|ice. \\
LEAR
, ,
I gave | you all.
REGAN
, , x
And in / good time | you gave it.
LEAR
,
, 2 ,
, x
Made you | my guar|dians, my | depo|sitaries,
,
, , 2 , ,
But kept | a res|erva|tion to be | followed
, ,
, 2 ,
,
With such | a num|ber? What,| must I come | to
you
,
, ,
, ,
With five | and twen|ty? Reg|an, said | you so?
REGAN
x
, ,
, ,
And speak it | again | my lord,| no more | with
me.
LEAR
, ,
, T T T
,
Those wick|ed creat|ures yet | do look
well-|favored
, ,
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When oth|ers are / more wick|ed, not | being |
the worst (hex with prev)
T . T
T , ,
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Stands in some rank | of praise,| I'll go | with
thee,
, ,
x ,
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Thy fif|ty yet | doth^double | five and | twenty,
, ,
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And thou | art twice | her love.
GONERIL
, ,
Hear me | my lord;
, ,
, ,
,
What need | you five | and twen|ty? Ten?| Or
five?
,
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To fol|low in | a house,| where twice | so ma||ny
, 2 ,
,
Have | a command | to tend | you?
REGAN
, ,
What | need^one?
LEAR
, ,
, , , 2->
O reas|on not | the need:| our base|st beg|gars
, ,
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Are in | the poor|est thing | super|fluous,
. T T T
, , ,
Allow not na|ture, more | than na|ture needs:
T T
. T ,
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Man's life's as cheap | as beast's.| Thou art a |
lady;
, ,
, , ,
If on|ly to / go warm | were gor|geous,
, ,
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,
Why na|ture needs | not what | thou gor|geous
wearst,
,
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, ,
Which^scarce|ly keeps | thee warm,| but for /
true need:
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, , 2 ,
You heav|ens, give | me that pa|tience, pa|tience
I need,
, ,
, . T T T
You see | me here |(you gods)| a poor old man,
,
, ,
, ,
As full | of grief | as age,| wretched | in both,
, ,
, , ,
If it | be you | that stir | these daught|ers'
hearts
, ,
, ,
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Against | their fath|er, fool | me not | so much,
,
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To bear | it tame|ly: touch | me with noble |
anger,
. T T T
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And let not wom|en's weap|ons, wat|er-drops,
, T
T T 2 ,
2 ,
Stain my | man's cheeks. No | you unna|tural
hags,
, ,
, , ,
I will | have such | reven|ges on | you both,
, ,
x T T T
That all | the world | shall*--I will | do such
things,
2 ,
, T T
T 2 ,
What they are | yet, I | know not, but | they
shall be
, ,
, , ,
The ter|rors of | the earth?| You think | I'll
weep,
T T T
, , , ,
No, I'll not | weep, I | have full | cause of |
weeping.
2
, , , , ,
,
But this heart | shall break | into | a hund|red
thous|and flaws (hex with prev)
, , T T
T 2 ,
Or ere | I'll weep;| O fool, I | shall go* mad.
[Exeunt LEAR, GLOUCESTER, KENT, and Fool. Storm and tempest]
CORNWALL
,
, , ,
oo
Let us | withdraw,| 'twill be | a storm.|
REGAN
, x
, , 2
,
This house | is little,| the old | man and his |
people,
,
, ,
Cannot | be well | bestowed.
GONERIL
, ,
, ,
,
'Tis his / own blame | hath put | himself | from
rest,
2
, , ,
And must needs | taste his | folly. (match
above)
REGAN
, 2 ,
2 , ,
,
For his part|icular,| I'll re|ceive him | gladly,
, , ,
But not | one fol/lower.
GONERIL
2 , ,
So am I | purposed.
, 2
, ,
Where is my | lord of | Gloucester? \\
CORNWALL
,
, , ,
,
Followed | the old | man forth:/ he is |
returned.
[Enter GLOUCESTER]
GLOUCESTER
, , ,
The king | is in / high rage.
CORNWALL
, 2 ,
Whither is he | going?
GLOUCESTER
, , ,
2 , ,
He calls | to horse,| but will I | know not |
whither.
CORNWALL
,
, ,
, ,
'Tis best | to give | him way,| he leads |
himself.
GONERIL
, ,
, ,
,
My lord,| entreat | him by / no means | to stay.
GLOUCESTER
, ,
, ,
,
Alack | the night | comes^on,| and the / high
winds
, x
, ,
,
Do sore|ly ruffle;| for man|y miles | about
,
,
There's^scarce | a bush.
REGAN
, ,
,
O sir,| to wil|ful men,
, ,
, ,
,
The in|juries | that they | themselves | procure,
,
, ,
, ,
Must be | their school|masters:| shut^up | your
doors,
, 2 ,
, , ,
He is at|tended | with a | despe|rate train,
, ,
, , 2
,
And what | they may | incense | him to,| being
apt,
,
, ,
Tx T T
To have | his ear | abused,| wisdom bids fear.
CORNWALL
, , ,
, ,
Shut^up | your doors | my lord,| 'tis a / wild
night,
, ,
, , 2 ,
My Reg|an couns|els well:| come^out | of the
storm.
[Exeunt]