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.He wakes; speak to him.DoctorMadam, do you; 'tis fittest.CORDELIAHow does my royal lord? How fares your majesty?KING LEARYou do me wrong to take me out o' the grave:Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am boundUpon a wheel of fire, that mine own tearsDo scald like moulten lead.CORDELIASir, do you know me?KING LEARYou are a spirit, I know: when did you die?CORDELIAStill, still, far wide!DoctorHe's scarce awake: let him alone awhile.KING LEARWhere have I been? Where am I? Fair daylight?I am mightily abused.I should e'en die with pity,To see another thus.I know not what to say.I will not swear these are my hands: let's see;I feel this pin prick.Would I were assuredOf my condition!CORDELIAO, look upon me, sir,And hold your hands in benediction o'er me:No, sir, you must not kneel.KING LEARPray, do not mock me:I am a very foolish fond old man,Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less;And, to deal plainly,I fear I am not in my perfect mind.Methinks I should know you, and know this man;Yet I am doubtful for I am mainly ignorantWhat place this is; and all the skill I haveRemembers not these garments; nor I know notWhere I did lodge last night.Do not laugh at me;For, as I am a man, I think this ladyTo be my child Cordelia.CORDELIAAnd so I am, I am.KING LEARBe your tears wet? yes, 'faith.I pray, weep not:If you have poison for me, I will drink it.I know you do not love me; for your sistersHave, as I do remember, done me wrong:You have some cause, they have not.CORDELIANo cause, no cause.KING LEARAm I in France?KENTIn your own kingdom, sir.KING LEARDo not abuse me.DoctorBe comforted, good madam: the great rage,You see, is kill'd in him: and yet it is dangerTo make him even o'er the time he has lost.Desire him to go in; trouble him no moreTill further settling.CORDELIAWill't please your highness walk?KING LEARYou must bear with me:Pray you now, forget and forgive: I am old and foolish.[Exeunt all but KENT and Gentleman]GentlemanHolds it true, sir, that the Duke of Cornwall was so slain?KENTMost certain, sir.GentlemanWho is conductor of his people?KENTAs 'tis said, the bastard son of Gloucester.GentlemanThey say Edgar, his banished son, is with the Earlof Kent in Germany.KENTReport is changeable.'Tis time to look about; thepowers of the kingdom approach apace.GentlemanThe arbitrement is like to be bloody.Fare youwell, sir.[Exit]KENTMy point and period will be throughly wrought,Or well or ill, as this day's battle's fought.[Exit]--------------------------------------Act 5"scene" 1Scene 1[The British camp, near Dover.][Enter, with drum and colours, EDMUND, REGAN, Gentlemen, andSoldiers.]EDMUNDKnow of the duke if his last purpose hold,Or whether since he is advised by aughtTo change the course: he's full of alterationAnd self-reproving: bring his constant pleasure.[To a Gentleman, who goes out]REGANOur sister's man is certainly miscarried.EDMUND'Tis to be doubted, madam.REGANNow, sweet lord,You know the goodness I intend upon you:Tell me -- but truly -- but then speak the truth,Do you not love my sister?EDMUNDIn honour'd love.REGANBut have you never found my brother's wayTo the forfended place?EDMUNDThat thought abuses you.REGANI am doubtful that you have been conjunctAnd bosom'd with her, as far as we call hers.EDMUNDNo, by mine honour, madam.REGANI never shall endure her: dear my lord,Be not familiar with her.EDMUNDFear me not:She and the duke her husband![Enter, with drum and colours, ALBANY, GONERIL, and Soldiers]GONERIL[Aside]I had rather lose the battle than that sisterShould loosen him and me.ALBANYOur very loving sister, well be-met.Sir, this I hear; the king is come to his daughter,With others whom the rigor of our stateForced to cry out.Where I could not be honest,I never yet was valiant: for this business,It toucheth us, as France invades our land,Not bolds the king, with others, whom, I fear,Most just and heavy causes make oppose.EDMUNDSir, you speak nobly.REGANWhy is this reason'd?GONERILCombine together 'gainst the enemy;For these domestic and particular broilsAre not the question here.ALBANYLet's then determineWith the ancient of war on our proceedings.EDMUNDI shall attend you presently at your tent.REGANSister, you'll go with us?GONERILNo.REGAN'Tis most convenient; pray you, go with us.GONERIL[Aside]O, ho, I know the riddle.-- I will go.[As they are going out, enter EDGAR disguised]EDGARIf e'er your grace had speech with man so poor,Hear me one word.ALBANYI'll overtake you.Speak.[Exeunt all but ALBANY and EDGAR]EDGARBefore you fight the battle, ope this letter.If you have victory, let the trumpet soundFor him that brought it: wretched though I seem,I can produce a champion that will proveWhat is avouched there.If you miscarry,Your business of the world hath so an end,And machination ceases.Fortune love you.ALBANYStay till I have read the letter.EDGARI was forbid it.When time shall serve, let but the herald cry,And I'll appear again.ALBANYWhy, fare thee well: I will o'erlook thy paper
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