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The British camp, near Dover.
[Enter, with drum and colors, EDMUND, REGAN, Gentlemen, and Soldiers.]
EDMUND
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Know of | the duke | if his / last pur|pose hold,
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Or wheth|er since | he is | advised | by aught
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To change | the course,| he's full | of
alt|era|tion,
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And self-|repro|ving, bring | his cons|tant pleas|ure.
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[To a Gentleman, who goes out]
REGAN
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Our sis|ter's man | is cert|ainly mis|carried.
EDMUND
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'Tis to be | doubted | madam.
REGAN
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Now sweet lord,
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You know | the good|ness I | intend | upon you:
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Tell me | but tru|ly, but / then speak | the
truth,
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Do you not | love my | sister?
EDMUND
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In hon|ored love.
REGAN
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But have | you nev|er found | my broth|er's way,
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To the for|fended | place?
EDMUND
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That | thought a|buses you.
REGAN
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I am | doubtful | that you | have been | conjunct
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And bos|omed with | her, as far | as we call
hers.
EDMUND
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No by | mine hon|or, mad|am. \\
REGAN
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I nev|er shall | endure | her, dear | my lord,
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Be not | famil|iar with | her. \\
EDMUND
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Fear not, she | and the | duke her | husband.
[Enter, with drum and colors, ALBANY, GONERIL, and Soldiers]
ALBANY
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Our ve|ry lov|ing sis|ter, well | be-met:
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Sir, this | I heard,| the king is | come to his |
daughter
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With oth|ers, whom | the rig|or of | our state
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Forced to cry out.| Where I could | not be |
honest,
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I nev|er yet | was val|iant: for / this
bus||iness, ??
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It touch|eth us,| as France | invades | our land,
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Not^bolds | the king,| with oth|ers whom | I fear
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Most just and hea|vy caus|es make | oppose.
EDMUND
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Sir, you speak | nobly.
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Why is this | reasoned?
GONERIL
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Combine | togeth|er 'gainst | the en|emy:
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For these | domes|tic and | partic|ular broils,
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Are not | the ques|tion here. \\
ALBANY
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Let's^then | deter|mine with | the an|cient of
war
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On our | procee|dings.
REGAN
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Sis|ter, you'll | go with us?
GONERIL
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No.
REGAN
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'Tis | most con|venient,| pray go / with us.
GONERIL
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Oh ho,| I know | the rid|dle. I | will go.
[As they are going out, enter EDGAR disguised]
EDGAR
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If ere | your grace | had speech | with man | so
poor,
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Hear* me / one word.
ALBANY
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I'll ov|ertake | you, speak.
[Exeunt all but ALBANY and EDGAR]
EDGAR
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Before | you fight | the bat|tle, ope | this
letter:
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If you have | victo|ry, let | the trump|et sound
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For him | that brought | it: wretch|ed though | I
seem,
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I can | produce | a champ|ion, that | will prove
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What is a|vouched | there. If / you mis|carry,
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Your bus|iness of the | world hath | so an | end,
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And | machi|nation | ceases.| Fortune | loves
you.
ALBANY
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Stay till | I have read | the letter.
EDGAR
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I was | forbid it:
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When time | shall serve,| let* but | the her|ald
cry,
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And I'll | appear | again. \\
[Exit]
ALBANY
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Why fare | thee well,| I will ore|look thy |
paper.
EDMUND
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The en|emy's | in view,| draw^up | your powers,
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Here is the | guess of | their true | strength
and | forces,
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By di|ligent | discove|ry, but | your haste
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Is now | urged on / you.
ALBANY
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We | will greet | the time.
[Exit]
EDMUND
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To both | these sis|ters have | I sworn | my
love;
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Each jea/lous of | the ot|her, as | the stung
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Are of the | adder.| Which of | them shall | I
take?
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Both? One? Or neith|er? Neith|er can be | enjoyed
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If both | remain | alive:| to take | the wid|ow,
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Exas|perates,| makes mad her | sister | Goneril,
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And hard|ly shall | I car|ry out | my side,
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Her hus|band being | alive.| Now then,| we'll use
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His counte|nance for | the battle,| which being
done,
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Let her | who would | be rid | of him,| devise
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His spee|dy tak|ing off.| As for the | mercy
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Which he | intends | to Lear | and to Cor|delia,
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The bat|tle done,| and they | within | our power,
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Shall nev|er see | his pard|on: for | my state,
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Stands on | me to | defend,| not to | debate.
[Exit]