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King Lear

Act III, Scene 1

A heath.
 
[Storm still. Enter KENT and a Gentleman, meeting]
 
KENT
              ,      .  T     T    T
      Who's there | besides foul weath|er?
 
GENTLEMAN
      <- ,     ,          ,         ,          T   T T     ,
        One | minded || like the | weather,| most unqui|etly.
 
KENT
      T   T   T       ,           __    oo
      I know you:| where's the | king?|
 
GENTLEMAN
          ,         ,          ,       ,    ,
      Contend|ing with | the fret|ful el|ements;
        T   .    T     T          ,      ,          ,
      Bids the winds blow | the earth | into | the sea,
           ,           ,      ,        ,          ,
      Or swell | the curl|ed wat|er 'bove | the main,
              ,              ,          ,       T    .    T     T
      That things | might^change,| or cease.| Tears his white hair,
        ,            ,   2      ,           ,         ,
      Which the | impet|uous blasts | with eye|less rage,
        ,               ,             ,   ,        ,
      Catch in | their fu|ry, and / make noth|ing of;
         ,                x       ,         T   .  T    T
      Strives in | his little | world of | man to out-scorn
           ,       ,        ,         ,          ,
      The to-|and-fro|-conflic|ting wind | and rain.
             ,           ,    .   T    T     T            ,
      This night | wherein | the cub-drawn bear | would couch,
           ,     ,         ,       ,        ,
      The li|on and | the bel|ly-pinch|ed wolf
        ,           T   T    . T     ,         ,
      Keep their | fur dry, unbon|neted | he runs,
            ,           ,          ,
      And bids | what will | take^all.
 
KENT
                                              x       ,
                                       But who is | with him?
 
GENTLEMAN
        ,              ,         ,            ,    ,
      None but | the fool,| who lab|ors to / out-jest
       .    T      T    T     ,
      His heart-struck in|juries.
 
KENT
                                  ,    2       ,
                                 Sir, I do | know you,
            ,      ,         ,        ,        ,
      And dare | upon | the war|rant of | my note
           ,        ,      ,     2        ,     2    ,
      Commend | a dear | thing to you.| There is di|vision
            ,         ,          ,      2    ,    ,
      (Although | as yet | the face | of it be | covered
            ,      ,          ,    ,   ,        ,   ,
      With mutual cunning) 'twixt Albany, and Cornwall:  ????
            ,        ,          ,                   ,     ,
      Who have,| as who | have not,| that their / great stars
         T     .   T    T     ,               ,          ,
      Throned and set high;| servants,| who seem | no* less,
             ,          ,           ,           ,    ,       2->
      Which^are | to France | the spies | and spec|ula||tions
         ,      ,      2      ,            ,           ,
      Intel|ligent | of our state.| What hath | been seen,
       ,             ,           ,        ,         ,
      Either | in snuffs,| and pack|ings of | the dukes.
                 ,    ,            ,         ,           ,
      Or the / hard rein | which both | of them | have borne
          ,      .   T    T    T         ,           x
      Against | the old kind king;| or some|thing deeper,
            ,         ,       ,               ,      ,
      Whereof |(perchance)| these are | but furn|ishings.
            ,        ,           ,             ,         x
      But true | it is,| from France | there comes | a power
       ,  2         ,           ,        ,      ,
      Into this | scattered | kingdom,| who al|ready
        ,            ,      ,           ,        ,
      Wise in | our neg|ligence,| have sec|ret feet
           ,               ,    ,          ,         ,
      In some | of our / best ports,| and are | at point
           ,           ,     ,        ,        ,
      To show | their op|en ban|ner. Now | to you:
          ,        ,             ,    ,         ,
      If on | my cred|it you / dare build | so far
           ,           ,         ,       ,            ,
      To make | your speed | to Dov|er, you | shall find
        ,                ,           ,        ,        ,
      Some that | will thank | you, mak|ing just | report
          ,     , ,   2      2    ,         ,
      Of how | unnat/ural and be|madding | sorrow
            ,           ,          ,
      The king | hath cause | to plain.  \\
      ,   2     ,      ,         ,           ,
      I am a | gentle|man of | blood and | breeding;
            ,           ,         ,       ,          x
      And from | some know|ledge and | assur|ance, offer
            ,     2    ,
      This of|fice to you.  \\
 
GENTLEMAN
                 ,   ,         ,
      I will / talk furth|er with | you.
 
KENT
                                          ,       ,
                                         No,| do not:
           ,      ,        ,             ,    ,
      For con|firma|tion that | I am / much more
                 ,    ,    ,             ,           ,
      Than my / out-wall;| open | this purse,| and take
            ,        ,         ,           ,        ,    33->
      What it | contains.| If you | shall see | Cordel||ia
            ,         ,          ,       ,               ,
      (As fear | not but | you shall)| show her | this ring,
           ,           ,         ,          ,       ,
      And she | will tell | you who | your fel|low is
            ,         ,         ,     ,              ,
      That yet | you do | not know.| Fie on | this storm,
                ,   ,          ,
      I will / go seek | the king.
 
GENTLEMAN
                                     ,              ,
                                   Give me | your hand,
        ,             ,        ,
      Have you | no more | to say?  \\
 
KENT
            ,      ,           ,      ,              ,
      Few^words,| but to | effect | more than | all^yet;  ??
             ,      2       ,           ,         ,            ,
      That when | we have found | the king,| in which | your pain
            ,           ,     ,          ,      ,
      That way,| I'll this:| he that | first lights / on him,
       ,   2      ,
      Holla the | other.  \\
 
[Exeunt severally]

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