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King Lear

Act V, Scene 1

The British camp, near Dover.
 
[Enter, with drum and colors, EDMUND, REGAN, Gentlemen, and Soldiers.]
 
EDMUND
        ,             ,               ,   ,         ,
      Know of | the duke | if his / last pur|pose hold,
           ,        ,         ,       ,          ,
      Or wheth|er since | he is | advised | by aught
            ,            ,            ,        ,   ,       o
      To change | the course,| he's full | of alt|era|tion,
            ,      ,          ,           ,         ,       o
      And self-|repro|ving, bring | his cons|tant pleas|ure.   (hex with prev)
 
[To a Gentleman, who goes out]
 
REGAN
           ,         ,        ,     2    ,   ,
      Our sis|ter's man | is cert|ainly mis|carried.
 
EDMUND
        ,    2       ,        ,
      'Tis to be | doubted | madam.
 
REGAN
                                    T    T     T
                                   Now sweet lord,
            ,          ,       ,       ,     x
      You know | the good|ness I | intend | upon you:
        ,            ,              ,    ,           ,
      Tell me | but tru|ly, but / then speak | the truth,
       ,    2        ,        ,
      Do you not | love my | sister?
 
EDMUND
                                        ,         ,
                                    In hon|ored love.
 
REGAN
            ,         ,       ,         ,          ,
      But have | you nev|er found | my broth|er's way,
       ,    2     ,         ,
      To the for|fended | place?
 
EDMUND
                                          ,       ,   2
                                That | thought a|buses you.
 
REGAN
      ,        ,              ,           ,         ,
      I am | doubtful | that you | have been | conjunct
           ,         ,           x       .  T   T    T
      And bos|omed with | her, as far | as we call hers.
 
EDMUND
       ,            ,       ,
      No by | mine hon|or, mad|am.  \\
 
REGAN
         ,       ,         ,           ,         ,
      I nev|er shall | endure | her, dear | my lord,
          ,       ,        ,
      Be not | famil|iar with | her.  \\
 
EDMUND
        T   T    T     ,          ,         ,
      Fear not, she | and the | duke her | husband.
 
[Enter, with drum and colors, ALBANY, GONERIL, and Soldiers]
 
ALBANY
           ,     ,       ,         ,        ,
      Our ve|ry lov|ing sis|ter, well | be-met:
       ,              ,             x       ,    2        ,
      Sir, this | I heard,| the king is | come to his | daughter
            ,         ,         ,      ,         ,
      With oth|ers, whom | the rig|or of | our state
         T    .  T   T      ,    2         ,        ,
      Forced to cry out.| Where I could | not be | honest,
         ,      ,         ,   2            ,   ,         2->
      I nev|er yet | was val|iant: for / this bus||iness,  ??
           ,        ,         ,         ,           ,
      It touch|eth us,| as France | invades | our land,
            ,           ,          ,        ,        ,
      Not^bolds | the king,| with oth|ers whom | I fear
        T    T   .   T       ,       ,        ,
      Most just and hea|vy caus|es make | oppose.
 
EDMUND
       T    T    T      ,
      Sir, you speak | nobly.
 
REGAN
                               ,    2        ,
                              Why is this | reasoned?
 
GONERIL
           ,        ,         ,          ,   ,
      Combine | togeth|er 'gainst | the en|emy:
            ,        ,       ,        ,   2      ,
      For these | domes|tic and | partic|ular broils,
           ,          ,         ,
      Are not | the ques|tion here.  \\
 
ALBANY
              ,       ,         ,         ,      2    ,
      Let's^then | deter|mine with | the an|cient of war
          ,        ,
      On our | procee|dings.
 
REGAN
                              ,          ,      ,     2
                             Sis|ter, you'll | go with us?
 
GONERIL
       ,
      No.
 
REGAN
                  ,       ,          ,   ,
         'Tis | most con|venient,| pray go / with us.
 
GONERIL
          ,       ,         ,       ,         ,
      Oh ho,| I know | the rid|dle. I | will go.
 
[As they are going out, enter EDGAR disguised]
 
EDGAR
          ,           ,            ,           ,         ,
      If ere | your grace | had speech | with man | so poor,
                  ,    ,
      Hear* me / one word.
 
ALBANY
                                 ,     ,           ,
                           I'll ov|ertake | you, speak.
 
[Exeunt all but ALBANY and EDGAR]
 
EDGAR
          ,          ,          ,        ,            x
      Before | you fight | the bat|tle, ope | this letter:
       ,    2        ,         ,          ,        ,
      If you have | victo|ry, let | the trump|et sound
           ,            ,            ,          ,         ,
      For him | that brought | it: wretch|ed though | I seem,
         ,         ,         ,   2     ,           ,
      I can | produce | a champ|ion, that | will prove
        ,    2    ,         ,     ,            ,
      What is a|vouched | there. If / you mis|carry,
            ,    ,     2        ,           ,       ,
      Your bus|iness of the | world hath | so an | end,
      <-        ,    ,         ,       ,          ,
        And | machi|nation | ceases.| Fortune | loves you.
 
ALBANY
        ,          2       ,           x
      Stay till | I have read | the letter.
 
EDGAR
                                           ,             x
                                           I was | forbid it:
             ,            ,           ,         ,       ,
      When time | shall serve,| let* but | the her|ald cry,
            ,        ,       ,
      And I'll | appear | again.  \\
 
[Exit]
 
ALBANY
            ,           ,    ,     2      ,         ,
      Why fare | thee well,| I will ore|look thy | paper.
 
EDMUND
           ,    ,         ,          ,           x
      The en|emy's | in view,| draw^up | your powers,
        ,    2        ,                ,        ,           ,
      Here is the | guess of | their true | strength and | forces,
          ,     ,         ,       ,           ,
      By di|ligent | discove|ry, but | your haste
          ,      ,    ,
      Is now | urged on / you.
 
ALBANY
                                           ,           ,
                               We | will greet | the time.
 
[Exit]
 
EDMUND
           ,           ,         ,        ,          ,
      To both | these sis|ters have | I sworn | my love;
        ,   ,                 ,       ,         ,
      Each jea/lous of | the ot|her, as | the stung
       ,    2       ,        ,               ,         ,
      Are of the | adder.| Which of | them shall | I take?
        T    T    .   T         ,     2     ,       ,
      Both? One? Or neith|er? Neith|er can be | enjoyed
           ,        ,       ,         ,         ,     o
      If both | remain | alive:| to take | the wid|ow,
         ,      ,      T    T   T     ,        ,  2
      Exas|perates,| makes mad her | sister | Goneril,  (hex with prev)
            ,       ,        ,      ,         ,
      And hard|ly shall | I car|ry out | my side,
           ,         x        ,     ,                ,
      Her hus|band being | alive.| Now then,| we'll use
             ,          ,           x       T     Tx    T
      His counte|nance for | the battle,| which being done,
           ,          ,         ,        ,        ,
      Let her | who would | be rid | of him,| devise
            ,      ,       ,     ,    2       ,
      His spee|dy tak|ing off.| As for the | mercy
             ,       ,          ,     ,    2     ,  2
      Which he | intends | to Lear | and to Cor|delia,
           ,        ,          ,        ,          x
      The bat|tle done,| and they | within | our power,
             ,      ,          ,       ,         ,
      Shall nev|er see | his pard|on: for | my state,
         ,         ,          ,     ,           ,
      Stands on | me to | defend,| not to | debate.
 
[Exit]

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