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which approves him an intelligent party9 to the advantages of

France. O heavens! That this treason were not, or not I the

detector!

CORNWALL    Go with me to the duchess.

EDMUND    If the matter of this paper be certain, you have

mighty business in hand.

CORNWALL    True or false, it hath made thee Earl of Gloucester.

Seek out where thy father is, that he may be ready for our

apprehension17.

Aside

EDMUND    If I find him comforting the king, it will stuff

his suspicion19 more fully.— I will persevere in my course of

loyalty, though the conflict be sore between that and my

blood.

CORNWALL    I will lay trust upon thee, and thou shalt find a dear

father in my love.

Exeunt

Act 3 Scene 6

running scene 10

Enter Kent and Gloucester

GLOUCESTER    Here is better than the open air, take it thankfully. I

will piece out2 the comfort with what addition I can: I will not

be long from you.

Exit

KENT    All the power of his wits have given way to his

impatience5: the gods reward your kindness!

Enter Lear, Edgar and Fool

Edgar disguised as Poor Tom

EDGAR    Frateretto calls me, and tells me Nero is an angler6 in

the lake of darkness7. Pray, innocent, and beware the foul

fiend.

FOOL    Prithee, nuncle, tell me whether a madman be a

gentleman or a yeoman10?

LEAR    A king, a king!

FOOL    No, he’s a yeoman that has a gentleman to12 his son,

for he’s a mad13 yeoman that sees his son a gentleman before

him.

LEAR To have a thousand15 with red burning spits

Come hizzing in upon ’em16

EDGAR    Bless thy five wits!

KENT    O pity! Sir, where is the patience now

That you so oft have boasted to retain?

Aside

EDGAR    My tears begin to take his part so much

They mar my counterfeiting21.

LEAR     The little dogs and all,

Trey, Blanch and Sweetheart23, see, they bark at me.

EDGAR   Tom will throw his head at them. Avaunt24, you curs!

 Be thy mouth or black or25 white,

 Tooth that poisons26 if it bite,

 Mastiff, greyhound, mongrel grim27,

 Hound or spaniel, brach or him28,

 Or bobtail tyke or trundle-tail29,

 Tom will make him weep and wail:

 For, with throwing thus my head,

 Dogs leapt the hatch32, and all are fled.

Do de, de, de. Sessa! Come, march to wakes33 and fairs and

market towns. Poor Tom, thy horn34 is dry.

LEAR    Then let them anatomize35 Regan: see what breeds

about her heart. Is there any cause in nature that make

To Edgar

these hard hearts?— You, sir, I entertain37 for one of

my hundred; only I do not like the fashion of your garments:

you will say they are Persian39; but let them be changed.

Enter Gloucester

At a distance

KENT    Now, good my lord, lie here and rest awhile.

LEAR    Make no noise, make no noise: draw the curtains41.

So, so, we’ll go to supper i’th’morning.

Sleeps

FOOL    And I’ll go to bed at noon.

To Kent

GLOUCESTER    Come hither, friend: where is the king my master?

KENT    Here, sir, but trouble him not: his wits are gone.

GLOUCESTER    Good friend, I prithee take him in thy arms;

I have o’erheard a plot of death upon him:

There is a litter48 ready, lay him in’t

And drive toward Dover49, friend, where thou shalt meet

Both welcome and protection. Take up thy master:

If thou shouldst dally half an hour, his life,

With thine and all that offer to defend him,

Stand in assurèd loss. Take up, take up,

They carry Lear

And follow me, that will to some provision54

Give thee quick conduct. Come, come, away.

Exeunt

Act 3 Scene 7

running scene 11

Enter Cornwall, Regan, Goneril, Bastard [Edmund] and Servants

To Goneril

CORNWALL    Post1 speedily to my lord your husband;

Gives a letter

show him this letter: the army of France is

landed.— Seek out the traitor Gloucester.

[Exeunt some Servants]

REGAN    Hang him instantly.

GONERIL    Pluck out his eyes.

CORNWALL    Leave him to my displeasure. Edmund, keep you our

sister7 company: the revenges we are bound to take upon

your traitorous father are not fit for your beholding. Advise8

the duke where you are going, to a most festinate9

preparation: we are bound to the like. Our posts10 shall be swift

and intelligent11 betwixt us. Farewell, dear sister: farewell, my

lord of Gloucester12.

Enter Oswald

How now? Where’s the king?

OSWALD    My lord of Gloucester hath conveyed him hence:

Some five- or six-and-thirty of his knights,

Hot questrists17 after him, met him at gate,

Who, with some other of the lord’s18 dependants,

Are gone with him toward Dover, where they boast

To have well-armèd friends.

CORNWALL    Get horses for your mistress.

GONERIL    Farewell, sweet lord, and sister.

Exeunt [Goneril, Edmund and Oswald]

CORNWALL    Edmund, farewell.—

Go seek the traitor Gloucester,

Pinion him25 like a thief, bring him before us.

[Exeunt other Servants]

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