The Historie of King Lear.
¶My truth and honour firmely.
¶Alb. A Herald ho.
Bast. A Herald ho, a Herald.
¶Alb. Tru
st to thy
single vertue, for thy
souldiers
¶All leuied in my name, haue in my name
¶tooke their
3055Reg. This
sicknes growes vpon me.
¶Alb. She is not well, conuey her to my tent,
¶Come hether Herald, let the trumpet
sound,
Cap. Sound trumpet?
3060Her. If any man of qualitie or degree, in the hoa
st of the
ar
¶my, will maintaine vpon
Edmund suppo
sed Earle of
Gloster,
¶that he's a manifold traitour, let him appeare at the third
¶sound
of the trumpet, he is bold in his defence.
¶Enter Edgar at the third sound, a trumpet before him.
¶Alb. A
ske him his purpo
ses why he appeares
¶Vpon this call oth' trumpet.
3070Her. What are you
? ¶your name and qualitie
?
And why you an
swere
¶this pre
sent
summons.
¶Edg. O know my name is lo
st
¶by trea
sons tooth.
Bare-gnawne and canker-bitte;
3075yet are I mou't
Where is the aduer
sarie
¶I come to cope with all.
¶Alb. Which is that aduer
sarie
?
¶Edg. What's he that
speakes for
Edmund Earle of
¶Bast. Him
selfe, what
saie
st thou to him?
¶That if my
speech offend a noble hart,
¶thy arme
May do thee Iustice, here is mine.
¶Behold it is
¶the priuiledge of my tongue,
3085My oath and my profe
ssion, I prote
st,
¶Maugure thy
strength, youth, place and eminence,
¶De
spight thy victor,
sword and fire new fortun'd,
¶Thy valor and thy heart thou art a traytor.
¶Fal
se to thy Gods thy brother and thy Father,
3090Con
spicuate gain
st this high illu
strious prince,
¶And from the'xtreame
st vpward of thy head,
¶To the de
scent and du
st beneath thy feet,
¶A mo
st toad-
spotted traytor
say thou no
¶This
sword, this arme, and my be
st
spirits,
