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[Enter, in conquest, with drum and colors, EDMUND, LEAR and CORDELIA,
prisoners; Captain, Soldiers, etc.]
EDMUND
, ,
, , ,
Some^of|ficers | take them | away:| good guard,
, ,
, , ,
Until | their great|er pleas|ures first | be
known
, ,
2
That are | to cens|ure them.
CORDELIA
, ,
,
We | are not | the first,
,
, ,
, ,
Who with | best mean/ing have | incurred | the
worst:
,
, ,
T T T
For thee | oppressed | king am | I cast down,
, , T
T T ,
___
Myself | could else | out-frown false | fortune's
| frown.
, ,
, , ,
o
Shall we | not^see | these daught|ers and | these
sis|ters? (hex with prev)
LEAR
T T T T
T T ,
x
No, no, no,| no: come let's | away | to prison,
T T . T ,
, , __
We two alone | will sing | like birds / in the |
cage: (hex with prev)
, ,
, , ,
When thou | dost ask | me bles|sing, I'll / kneel
down
, ,
, ,
,
And ask | of thee | forgive|ness: so | we'll
live,
, ,
. T T T
,
And pray,| and sing,| and tell old tales,| and
laugh
,
, , . T
T T
At gil|ded but|terflies:| and hear (poor rogues)
T . T
T , , ,
Talk of court news,| and we'll | talk with | them
too,
,
, , ,
,
Who los|es, and / who wins;| who's^in,|
who's^out;
, x
, ,
,
And take | upon us | the mys|tery | of things,
,
, ,
, ,
As if | we were / God's spies:| and we'll / wear
out
2 ,
, ,
T . T T
In a walled | prison,| packs and | sects of great
ones,
, ,
,
That ebb | and flow | by the / moon.
EDMUND
, 2 ,
Take | them away.
LEAR
. T T T ,
, , , ->
Upon such sa|crifi|ces my | Corde||lia,
,
, T T T
The gods | themselves | throw incense.
,
,
Have I | caught thee? \\
,
, ,
, x
He that | parts us,| shall bring | a brand | from
heaven,
x
T T T
, ,
And fire us | hence, like fox|es: wipe |
thine^eyes,
, ,
, , ,
The good | years shall | devour | them, flesh |
and fell,
,
, ,
Ere they | shall make | us weep?
x T
T T
We'll see 'em | starve first: come. (tri
with prev)
[Exeunt LEAR and CORDELIA, guarded]
EDMUND
Come hither captain, hark.
,
, , ,
x
Take thou | this note,| go fol/low them | to
prison,
, ,
, ,
,
One step / I have | advanced | thee; if | thou
dost
,
, , ,
,
As this | instructs | thee, thou | dost make |
thy way
, ,
, , ,
To nob|le for|tunes: know | thou this,| that men
, 2 ,
, , ,
Are as the | time is:| to be | tender-|minded
,
, , ,
, 2->
Does^not | become | a sword,| thy great |
employ||ment
, , ,
, x
Will not | bear ques/tion: eith|er say | thou'lt
do it,
, ,
,
Or thrive | by oth|er means.
CAPTAIN
x ,
I'll do it | my lord.
EDMUND
x ,
, ,
,
About it,| and write | happy | when thou |
hast^done,
,
, ,
, 2 ,
Mark I | say^inst|antly,| and car|ry it so
,
, ,
As I | have set | it down. \\
CAPTAIN
,
, ,
, ,
I can|not draw | a cart,| nor eat | dried^oats;
, ,
, , oo
If it | be man's | work, I'll | do it.|
[Exit. Flourish. Enter ALBANY, GONERIL, REGAN, another Captain, and
Soldiers]
ALBANY
,
, ,
, 2 ,
Sir, you | have shown | today | your val|iant
strain,
, ,
, , 2 ,
And for|tune led | you well:| you have the |
captives
, ,
, . T T
T
That were | the op|posites | of this day's
strife:
,
, 2 , ,
,
We do | require | them of you | so to | use them,
, 2 ,
, ,
,
As we shall | find their | merits,| and our |
safety
, , ,
May^eq|ually | deter|mine.
EDMUND
, ,
,
Sir,| I thought | it fit,
,
, ,
2 , ,
2 ,
To send | the old | and mise|rable king | to
some^re|tention, (hex with prev)
, ,
, , ,
Whose^age | has charms | in it,/ whose tit|le
more,
, ,
, ,
,
To pluck | the com|mon bos|om on | his side,
,
, , ,
,
And turn | our im/pressed lan|ces in | our eyes
,
, , 2 ,
,
Which do | command | them. With | him I sent |
the queen:
, , ,
, 2 ,
My reas|on all | the same,| and they are | ready
,
, ,
, 2 ,
Tomor|row, or | at furth|er space,| to appear
, ,
, ,
,
Where* you | shall hold | your ses|sion. At |
this time
, ,
, , ,
We sweat | and bleed:| the friend | hath^lost |
his friend;
, ,
, ,
,
And the / best quar|rels in | the heat | are
cursed
, ,
,
By those | that feel | their sharp|ness:
\\
, ,
, 2 ,
, 2->
The ques|tion of | Cordel|ia and | her fath||er
, ,
,
Requires | a fit|ter place.
ALBANY
, 2 ,
Sir, by your | patience,
, ,
, , ,
I hold | you but | a sub|ject^of | this war,
, 2
,
Not as a | brother.
REGAN
, 2 ,
,
That's as we | list to | grace him.
, ,
, , ,
->
Methinks | our pleas|ure might | have been |
deman||ded
, 2
, ,
, x
Ere | you had spoke | so* far.| He led | our
powers,
, 2
, , ,
,
Bore the com|mission | of my | place and |
person,
, ,
2 , ,
,
The which | immed|iacy | may well | stand^up,
,
, ,
And call | itself | your broth|er.
GONERIL
, ,
Not | so hot:
, ,
, ,
,
In his / own grace | he doth | exalt | himself,
,
, ,
More than | in your | addi|tion.
REGAN
, ,
In | my rights,
, ,
, ,
,
By me | inves|ted, he | compeers | the best.
GONERIL
, ,
, , ,
That were | the most,| if he | should hus|band
you.
REGAN
, .
T T T
2
Jesters | do^oft prove pro|phets.
GONERIL
, ,
Holla,| holla,
, ,
, ,
,
That eye | that told | you so,| looked but |
a-squint.
REGAN
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Lady | I am not | well, else / I should | answer
, ,
, , ,
From a / full-flow|ing stom|ach. Gen|eral,
,
2 , , 2 ,
,
Take thou* my | soldiers,| prisoners,|
patri|mony;
, ,
, ,
,
Dispose | of them,| of me,| the walls | are
thine:
,
, , ,
,
Witness | the world,| that I | create | thee*
here
, ,
My lord,| and mast|er.
GONERIL
, , 2 ,
Mean | you to en|joy him?
ALBANY
, . T T T
, ,
The let-|alone lies not | in your / good will.
EDMUND
2 ,
T
Nor in thine | lord.
ALBANY
T T
, ,
Half-blood|ed fel|low, yes.
REGAN
, ,
, ,
,
Let the / drum strike,| and prove | my tit|le
thine.
ALBANY
, , ,
, 2 ,
Stay^yet,| hear^reas|on: Ed|mund, I ar|rest thee
, 2 , ,
, ,
On cap|ital treas|on; and | in thine | arrest,
,
, ,
, ,
->
This^gild|ed serp|ent: for / your claim | fair*
sis||ter,
, ,
2 , ,
,
I | bar it | in the inte|rest of | my wife,
, .
T T T ,
,
'Tis she | is sub-contract|ed to | this lord,
,
, ,
, ,
And I | her hus|band cont|radict | your bans.
, ,
, ,
,
If you | will mar|ry, make | your loves | to me,
, ,
,
My la|dy is | bespoke.
GONERIL
, ,
An int|erlude.
ALBANY
,
, ,
Thou art | armed | Gloucester,
,
, ___
Let the | trumpet | sound: (tri with prev)
, ,
, , ,
o
If none | appear | to prove | upon | thy pers|on,
, , ,
, , o
Thy hein|ous, man|ifest,| and man|y treas|ons,
(hex with prev)
,
, ,
, ,
There is | my pledge:| I'll make | it on | thy
heart
, , ,
, ,
Ere^I / taste bread,| thou^art | in noth|ing less
??
, , ,
Than I | have here | proclaimed | thee.
REGAN
, ,
Sick,| O* sick.
GONERIL
, , T T . T
oo
If not,| I'll nere | trust medicine.|
EDMUND
,
, ,
, ,
There's my | exchange,| what in | the world | he
is
, ,
, ,
,
That names | me trait|or, vil|lain-like | he
lies,
,
, , ,
,
Call by | thy trump|et: he | that dares |
approach;
, ,
, , ,
On him,| on you,| who not,| I will | maintain
, ,
, 2
My truth | and hon|or firm|ly.
[enter a HERALD]
ALBANY
, ,
A her|ald, ho.
, 2
, ,
, ,
Trust to thy | single | virtue,| for thy |
soldiers
, ,
, , ,
All^lev|ied in | my name,| have in | my name
,
2 ,
Took their dis|charge.
REGAN
, ,
,
My | sickness | grows u|pon me.
ALBANY
, ,
, , ,
She is | not well,| convey | her to | my tent.
,
, , ,
,
Come^hith|er her|ald, let | the trump|et sound,
. T T
T
And read out this. \\
[a trumpet sounds]
HERALD
If any man of quality or degree within the lists of the army, will maintain
upon Edmund, supposed Earl of Gloucester, that he is a manifold traitor, let
him appear by the third sound of the trumpet: he is bold in his defense.
[First trumpet]
HERALD
Again.
[Second trumpet]
HERALD
Again.
[Third trumpet. Trumpet answers within. Enter EDGAR, at the third sound,
armed, with a trumpet before him]
ALBANY
,
, , ,
,
Ask him | his pur|poses,| why he | appears
,
, 2 ,
Upon | this^call | of the trump|et.
HERALD
, ,
What / are you?
, , ,
, ,
2->
Your name,| your qual|ity,| and why | you
ans||wer
, ,
This pres|ent sum|mons?
EDGAR
, ,
,
Know | my name | is lost
,
, T T
. T ,
By treas|on's tooth:| bare-gnawn, and
cank|er-bit,
, ,
, , ,
2->
Yet am | I nob|le as | the ad|versa||ry
, ,
I come | to cope.
ALBANY
, 2 ,
,
Which is that | adver|sary?
EDGAR
,
, ,
, ,
2->
What's he | that speaks | for Ed|mund Earl | of
Glouce||ster?
EDMUND
, ,
,
Himself,| what sayst | thou to | him?
EDGAR
,
,
Draw | thy sword,
, ,
, ,
,
That if | my speech | offend | a nob|le heart,
,
, , ,
,
Thy arm | may do | thee just|ice, here | is mine:
,
, , ,
Behold | it is | my priv|ilege,
, ,
, ,
The priv|ilege | of mine | honors, (tetra
with prev)
, ,
, ,
,
My oath,| and my | profess|ion. I | protest,
, 2
T T T
, ,
Maugre thy | strength, place, youth,| and
em|inence,
, ,
, . T T
T 2->
Despite | thy vict|or sword,| and fire-new
for||tune, ??
, ,
, , 2
,
Thy val|or, and | thy heart,| thou art a |
traitor:
, 2
, ,
, ,
False to thy | gods, thy | brother,| and thy |
father,
, ,
, , 2
,
Conspir|ant 'gainst | this high-|illus|trious
prince,
,
2 , , ,
,
And from | the extrem|est up|ward of | thy head,
, ,
, ,
,
To the | descent | and dust | below | thy foot,
. T T
T , ,
,
A most toad-spot|ted trait|or. Say | thou no,
, ,
, x ,
This sword,| this arm,| and my / best spirits |
are bent
,
, , ,
,
To prove | upon | thy heart,| whereto | I speak,
x
Thou liest.
EDMUND
, , ,
,
In wis|dom I
| should ask | thy name,
, , , ,
, ,
But since thy outside^looks so fair and warlike,
????
, ,
, ,
,
And that | thy tongue |(some* say)| of breed|ing
breathes,
, ,
, ,
,
What safe,| and nice|ly I | might^well | delay,
,
, , ,
,
By rule | of knight|hood, I | disdain | and
spurn:
,
, ,
, ,
Back do | I toss | these^treas|ons to | thy head,
, ,
, ,
,
With the / hell-hat|ed lie,| orewhelm | thy
heart,
, ,
T T . T
,
Which^for | they^yet | glance by, and scarce|ly
bruise,
, ,
, ,
,
This sword | of mine | shall give | them ins|tant
way,
, ,
, ,
,
Where they | shall rest | for ev|er. Trump|ets
speak.
[Alarums. They fight. EDMUND falls]
ALBANY
,
,
Save him,| save him.
GONERIL
, ,
,
This is | practise | Gloucester,
2 ,
, 2 ,
, ,
By the law | of war,| thou wast not | bound to |
answer
. T T T 2
, ,
,
An unknown op|posite; thou | art not |
vanquished,
x
,
But cozened,| and be/guiled. ??
ALBANY
, T T T
Shut | your mouth dame,
, ,
, x ,
Or with / this pap|er shall | I stop it:| Hold
sir,
, , , ,
, ,
Thou worse than any name, read thine own evil:
????
,
, , ,
x
No tear|ing la|dy: I | perceive | you know it.
[Gives the letter to EDMUND]
GONERIL
, ,
, ,
,
Say if | I do,| the laws | are mine | not^thine,
, ,
x
Who can | arraign | me for it? \\
ALBANY
T T T
, ,
,
Most monstrous!| O, knowst / thou this | paper?
GONERIL
,
, ,
Ask me | not what | I know. \\
[Exit]
ALBANY
, , ,
2 , ,
Go aft|er her,| she's^des|perate, gov|ern her.
EDMUND
,
, ,
, ,
What you | have charged | me with,| that have | I
done,
. T T
T , ,
,
And more, much more,| the time | will bring | it
out.
,
, ,
, ,
'Tis past,| and so | am I:| but what | art thou
, ,
, , x
That hast | this for|tune on | me? If / thou'rt
noble,
,
,
I do | forgive | thee.
EDGAR
, , ,
2
Let's | exchange | charity.
2 , ,
, ,
,
I am no | less in | blood than | thou art |
Edmund,
, , ,
___ __
If^more,| the more | thou hast | wronged | me.
, ,
, ,
,
My name | is Ed|gar and | thy fath|er's son,
, , ,
2 ,
,
The gods | are just,| and of our | pleasant |
vices
,
, ,
Make^inst|ruments | to plague | us: \\
, ,
, ,
,
The dark | and vic|ious place | where thee | he
got,
,
,
Cost him | his eyes.
EDMUND
2 , , ,
Thou hast spok|en right,| 'tis true,
x T T T
, ,
The wheel is | come full cir|cle, I | am here.
ALBANY
, ,
, ,
,
Methought | thy ve|ry gait | did pro|phesy
, ,
, , 2 ,
A roy|al nob|leness:| I must em|brace thee,
,
, ,
, ,
Let* sor|row split | my heart,| if ev|er I
,
, ,
Did hate | thee, or | thy fath|er. \\
EDGAR
, ,
,
Worthy | prince I | know it.
ALBANY
,
, ,
Where have | you hid | yourself? (tri with
prev)
, 2
, ,
2 , ,
How have you | known the | miseries | of your |
father?
EDGAR
, ,
, T . T
T
By nurs|ing them | my lord.| List a brief tale,
, , ,
, ,
And when |'tis told,| O that | my heart | would
burst.
, ,
, ,
,
The bloo|dy proc|lama|tion to | escape
,
2 , ,
, ,
That fol|lowed me so | near, (O*| our lives'|
sweetness,
,
, ,
, ,
That we | the pain | of death | would hour|ly
die,
,
, ,
, ,
Rather | than die | at once)| taught me | to
shift
, 2 ,
, 2 ,
,
Into a | madman's*| rags, to as|sume a |
semblance
, ,
, 2 ,
,
That ve|ry dogs | disdained:| and in this | habit
,
, , ,
,
Met I | my fath|er with | his bleed|ing rings,
, ,
, ,
,
Their pre|cious stones | new* lost:| became | his
guide,
, ,
, ,
,
Led him,| begged for | him, saved | him from |
despair.
Tx T T
, ,
, 2
Never (O fault)| revealed | myself | unto him,
,
, , ,
,
Until | some half-|hour* past,| when I | was
armed,
, ,
, , ,
Not* sure,| though hop|ing of | this good |
success,
, ,
, ,
,
I asked | his bles|sing, and | from first | to
last
,
, ,
, ,
Told him | my pil|grimage.| But his / flawed
heart
, ,
, , ,
(Alack | too^weak | the con|flict to | support)
, ,
, ,
,
'Twixt^two | extremes | of pass|ion, joy | and
grief,
, , 2
Burst smil/ingly.
EDMUND
, ,
,
This | speech of | yours hath | moved me,
, ,
, ,
,
And shall | perchance | do* good,| but speak |
you^on,
,
, , ,
,
You look | as you | had some|thing more | to say.
ALBANY
, ,
, ,
,
If there | be more,| more* woe|ful, hold | it in,
,
, , ,
,
For I | am al|most rea|dy to | dissolve,
, 2
,
Hearing of | this.
EDGAR [this speech is not in the Folio]
, ,
, 2
This | would have | seemed a | period
, . T T
T , ,
To such | as love not sor|row; but another,
????
, ,
, ,
,
To amp|lify | too* much,| would make | much^more,
, ,
,
And top | extrem|ity. \\
, 2
, ,
, 2 ,
Whilst I was | big in | clamor | came there^in |
a man,
,
, , ,
,
Who, hav|ing seen | me in | my worst | estate,
,
2 , x
, ,
Shunned my ab|horred so|ciety;| but then,|
finding
, ,
, ,
,
Who 'twas | that so | endured,| with his / strong
arms
, ,
, ,
,
He fast|ened on | my neck,| and bel|lowed out
, x
, ,
,
As he'd / burst heaven;| threw him | on my |
father;
,
, 2 ,
, ,
Told the | most pit|eous tale | of Lear | and him
, ,
, , 2
,
That ev|er ear | received:| which in re|counting
, ,
, ,
,
His grief | grew puis/sant and | the strings | of
life
Tx . T
T ,
, ,
Began to crack: twice | then the | trumpets |
sounded,
, ,
,
And there | I left | him tranced.
ALBANY
, ,
But who | was this?
EDGAR
,
, , ,
,
Kent sir,| the ban|ished Kent;| who in | disguise
,
, 2 , x
,
Followed | his en|emy king,| and did him |
service
, ,
,
Improp|er for | a slave. \\
[the Folio resumes here]
[Enter a Gentleman, with a bloody knife]
GENTLEMAN
Help, help: O help.
EDGAR
What kind of help?
ALBANY
Speak man.
EDGAR
What means this bloody knife?
GENTLEMAN
'Tis hot, it smokes, It came even from the heart of--O she's dead.
ALBANY
Who dead? Speak man.
GENTLEMAN
, , ,
, ,
2->
Your la|dy sir,| your la|dy; and | her sis||ter
, , ,
, ,
By her | is pois|oned: she | hath con|fessed it.
EDMUND
, ,
, , ,
I was | contract|ed to them // both, all three
, ,
2 ,
Now mar/ry in an | instant.
EDGAR
T T T
Here comes Kent.
ALBANY
, ,
, 2 ,
,
Produce | their bod|ies, be | they alive | or
dead;
, , 2
x , ,
This judg/ment of the | heavens that | makes us |
tremble,
,
, , ,
2 ,
Touches | us not | with pi|ty. O,| is this he?
, ,
, ,
,
The time | will not | allow | the comp|liment
, ,
,
Which^ve|ry man|ners ur|ges.
KENT
, ,
I | am come
, ,
, ,
,
To bid | my king | and mast|er aye | good^night.
2 , T
Is he not | here?
ALBANY
T T ,
,
Great thing | of us | forgot,
, ,
, ,
, ,
Speak Edmund, where's the king? And where's
Cordelia? ????
,
, ,
Seest thou | this ob|ject*, Kent? \\
[The bodies of GONERIL and REGAN are brought in]
KENT
. T T T
Alack, why thus?
EDMUND
, ,
,
Yet Ed|mund was | beloved:
, ,
,
, ,
The one | the oth|er pois|oned for / my sake,
, ,
,
And aft|er slew | herself. \\
ALBANY
, ,
, ,
oo
Even | so: cov/er their | faces.|
EDMUND
, , ,
, ,
I pant | for life:| some^good | I mean | to do
, ,
, ,
,
Despite | of mine^/own na|ture. Quick|ly send,
, ,
2 , , ,
(Be brief / in it) to | the cast|le, for | my
writ
, ,
, , ,
->
Is on | the life | of Lear,| and on | Cordel||ia:
, T
. T
Nay,| send in time.
ALBANY
T T T T
Run,| run, O, run.
EDGAR
, ,
, ,
o
To who | my lord?| Who has | the of|fice?
, ,
, ___
Send thy | token | of re|prieve.
EDMUND
T T
T T T T
Well thought on,| take my sword, (tetra
with prev?)
,
,
Give it | the cap|tain.
ALBANY
, ,
,
Haste | thee for | thy life.
[Exit EDGAR]
EDMUND
, ,
, ,
,
He hath | commis|sion from | thy wife | and me,
,
, ,
, ,
To hang | Cordel|ia in | the pris|on, and
, ,
, ,
,
To lay | the blame | upon | her own | despair,
,
, ,
That she | fordid | herself. \\
ALBANY
, ,
, ,
,
The gods | defend | her, bear | him hence |
awhile.
[EDMUND is borne off. Enter LEAR, with CORDELIA dead in his arms; EDGAR,
Captain, and others following]
LEAR
T T
T , ,
,
Howl, howl, howl:| O you | are men | of stones,
, ,
, ,
,
Had I | your tongues | and eyes,| I'd use | them
so,
, ,
, , x
That heav|en's vault | should crack:| she's gone
| for ever.
, ,
, . T T T
I know | when one | is dead,| and when one lives,
,
, , ,
,
She's^dead | as earth:| Lend me | a
look|ing-glass,
, ,
, ,
,
If that | her breath | will mist | or stain | the
stone,
, ,
Why then | she lives.
KENT
, ,
,
Is this | the prom|ised end?
EDGAR
, ,
,
Or im|age of | that hor|ror?
ALBANY
, ,
Fall | and cease.
LEAR
, , ,
, ,
This feath|er stirs,| she lives:| if it | be so,
, 2 ,
, T T Tx
It is a | chance which^|does re|deem all sorrows
, , ,
That ev|er I | have felt.
KENT
, 2 ,
O my good*| master.
LEAR
,
,
Prithee | away.
EDGAR
, , ,
'Tis nob|le Kent | your friend.
LEAR
, ,
, 2 ,
,
A plague | upon | you murd|erers, trait|ors all,
, ,
, , x
I might | have saved | her, now | she's gone |
for ever:
, 2 , ,
, ,
Cordel|ia, Cordel|ia, stay | a lit|tle. Ha:
x
, , ,
,
What is it | thou sayst?| Her voice | was ev|er
soft,
x ,
, 2 ,
,
Gentle, and | low, an | excellent | thing in |
woman.
, ,
, , ,
I killed | the slave | that was | a-hang|ing
thee.
CAPTAIN
,
, ,
'Tis true |(my lords)| he did.
LEAR
2 , ,
Did I not | fellow?
2 ,
, 2 ,
, , 2
I have seen | the day,| with my good | biting |
falchion
, , ,
, ,
I would | have made | them skip:| I am / old now,
, ,
, ,
,
And these^/same cros|ses spoil | me. Who | are
you?
,
, 2 , ,
,
Mine^eyes | are not | of the best,| I'll tell |
you straight.
KENT
, ,
, ,
, ->
If for|tune brag | of two,| she loved | and
ha||ted,
, 2
, ,
One | of them we | behold. \\
LEAR
,
, ,
T T T
This is | a dull | sight, are | you not Kent?
KENT
, , ,
The same:| your serv|ant Kent,
, 2
, ,
Where is your | servant | Caius? (tri with
prev)
LEAR
, ,
, ,
,
He's a / good fel|low, I | can tell | you that,
,
, , ,
x
He'll strike | and quick|ly too,| he's dead | and
rotten.
KENT
,
, , ,
,
No my | good* lord,| I am | the ve|ry man.
LEAR
, ,
I'll see | that straight. \\
KENT
, ,
, 2 , ,
That from | your first | of dif|ference and |
decay,
,
, ,
Have fol|lowed your / sad steps. \\
LEAR
2 ,
,
You are wel|come hith|er.
KENT
, T T T
Nor | no man else:
___ ,
, ,
oo
All's | cheerless,| dark, and | deadly.|
, , ,
, ,
Your eld|est daught|ers have / foredone |
themselves,
, 2
, ,
And desp|erately | are dead.
LEAR
, ,
Aye so^|I think.
ALBANY
, ,
, , ,
He knows | not what | he says,| and vain | it is
, x
,
That we | present us | to him.
EDGAR
, ,
Very | bootless.
[Enter a Captain]
CAPTAIN
,
, ,
Edmund | is dead | my lord.
ALBANY
,
, ,
That's but | a trif|le here: (tri with
prev)
,
, ,
, ,
You lords | and nob|le friends,| know our |
intent,
, ,
, . T T T
What com|fort to | this great | decay may come,
,
, , ,
,
Shall be | applied,| for us | we will | resign,
,
, . T T T
,
During | the life | of this old maj|esty
,
, 2 ,
, ,
To him | our abs|olute power,| you to | your
rights,
, ,
, ,
, 2->
With boot,| and such | addi|tion as | your
hon||ors
, ,
, ,
Have more | than mer|ited./ All friends | shall
<- ,
, ,
, , ,
Taste || the wag|es of | their vir|tue, and /
all foes
, ,
, , ,
The cup | of their | deserv|ings: O*/ see, see.
LEAR
2 ,
Tx T T T
T T
And my poor | fool is hanged: No,| no, no life?
,
, , .
T T T
Why should | a dog,| a horse,| a rat have life,
, T
T . T ,
,
And thou | no breath at all?| Thou'lt* come | no*
more,
, ,
, ,
,
Never,| never,| never,| never,| never.
,
, ,
, ,
Pray you | undo | this but|ton. Thank | you sir.
2 ,
T T T , ,
Do you see | this? Look on | her? Look | her
lips,
__ ___
__ ___ oo
Look | there,| look | there.|
[Dies]
EDGAR
, ,
,
He faints,| my lord,| my lord. \\
KENT
T T T
, ,
Break heart, I || prithee | break. \\
EDGAR
, T
Look^|up my | lord. \\
KENT
T T . T
, ,
x
Vex not his ghost,| O* let | him pass,| he hates
him,
, ,
,
, ,
That would | upon | the rack | of this / tough
world
,
, ,
Stretch him | out long/er.
EDGAR
, ,
He | is gone | indeed.
KENT
, ,
, ,
,
The wond|er is,| he hath | endured | so long,
,
, ,
He but | usurped | his life. \\
ALBANY
,
T T T ,
,
Bear them | from hence, our | present | business
,
, ,
, ,
Is gene|ral woe:| friends of | my soul,| you
twain,
,
, , ,
,
Rule in | this realm,| and the / gored state |
sustain.
KENT
, ,
, , ,
I have | a journ|ey sir,| shortly | to go,
, ,
, , ,
My mast|er calls | me, I must // not say no.
ALBANY
, ,
, ,
,
The weight | of this / sad time | we must | obey,
,
, ,
, ,
Speak what | we feel,| not what | we ought | to
say:
,
, , ,
,
The old|est hath / borne most,| we that | are
young,
,
, , ,
,
Shall nev|er see | so much,| nor live | so long.
[Exeunt, with a dead march]