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King Lear

Act IV, Scene 5

Gloucester's castle.
 
[Enter REGAN and OSWALD]
 
REGAN
           ,         ,         ,       ,     ___
      But are | my broth|er's pow|ers set | forth?
 
OSWALD
      ___    ,
      Aye | madam.
 
REGAN
                        ,        ,         ,
                   Himself | in pers|on there?
 
OSWALD
       ,             ,      ,
      Madam | with much | ado:  \\
            ,       ,        ,       ,        o
      Your sis|ter is | the bet|ter sol|dier.
 
REGAN
            ,        ,      ,                ,         ,
      Lord^Ed|mund spake | not with | your lord | at home?
 
OSWALD
      __    ,
      No | madam.  \\
 
REGAN
        ,       2     ,        ,          ,        ,
      What might im|port my | sister's | letter | to him?
 
OSWALD
      T   T   T     ,
      I know not,| lady.  \\
 
REGAN
         ,     2      ,         ,         ,  2      ,
      'Faith he is | posted | hence on | serious | matter:
        2      ,      ,             ,            ,      2    ,
      It was great | igno|rance, Glouce|ster's eyes | being^out
          ,          ,      ,            ,          ,
      To let | him live.| Where he | arrives,| he moves
             ,            x      ,           ,          ,
      All hearts | against us:| Edmund,| I think | is gone
          ,     ,        ,    ,     2     ,
      In pi|ty of | his mis|ery,| to dispatch
            ,        ,         ,     ,       ,
      His night|ed life:| moreov|er to | descry
              ,        2     ,   ,
      The strength | of the en|emy.  \\
 
OSWALD
          ,           ,    2      ,        ,          x
      I must | needs^aft|er him, mad|am, with | my letter.
 
REGAN
             ,           ,        ,         ,          ,
      Our troops | set forth | tomor|row, stay | with us:
            ,         ,    2
      The ways | are dang|erous.
 
OSWALD
                                     ,   ,     ,
                                I / may not | madam:
          ,       ,          ,     ,         ,         ->
      My la|dy charged | my du|ty in | this^bus||iness.
 
REGAN
       ,       ,           ,         ,
      Why | should she | write to | Edmund?
      <-       ,      T    T   T          ,     ,         ,        ,
        Might^not || you transport | her pur|poses | by word?| Belike,
             ,     .   T   T    T           ,           ,
      Somethings,| I know not what.| I'll love | thee much
       ,    2     ,         ,
      Let me un|seal the | letter.
 
OSWALD
                                    ,       2     ,      2
                                   Madam,| I had rath||er--
 
REGAN
          ,          ,   2      ,      ,         ,
      I know | your la|dy does not | love her | husband,
       2     ,         ,                    ,    x     ,
      I am sure | of that:| and at her // late being here,
            ,       ,      ,                      ,         ,
      She gave | strange oeil/lades, and | most^speak|ing looks  ??
           x      ,           ,     ,         ,         ,
      To noble | Edmund.| I know | you are | of her || bosom.
 
OSWALD
      _    ,
      I,| madam?  \\
 
REGAN
          ,         ,      ,           x            x
      I speak | in und|erstand|ing: you are:| I know it,
        ,            ,       ,          ,           ,
      Therefore | I do | advise | you take | this^note:
           ,         ,     ,           ,           ,
      My lord | is dead:| Edmund,| and I | have talked,
            ,        ,        ,             ,   ,
      And more | conven|ient is | he for / my hand
            ,          ,        ,          ,       ,
      Than for | your la|dy's: you | may gath|er more:
          ,         ,           ,          ,          ,
      If you | do find | him, pray | you give | him this;
            ,          ,          ,            ,          ,
      And when | your mist|ress hears | thus^much | from you,
          ,        ,          ,         ,        x
      I pray | desire | her call | her wis|dom to her.
           ,          ,
      So fare | you well:   \\
          ,          ,          ,      2       ,       ,
      If you | do chance | to hear | of that blind | traitor,
          ,         ,         ,           ,         ,
      Prefer|ment falls | on him,| that cuts | him off.
 
OSWALD
        ,               ,          ,      ,            ,
      Would I | could meet | him, mad|am, I | should show
            ,     ,       ,
      What part|y I | do fol|low.
 
REGAN
                                    ,           ,
                                  Fare | thee well.
 
[Exeunt]

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