The History of King Lear.
¶Gonorill. Come
sir, I would you would make v
se of that good
wisedome whereof I know you are fraught, and put away these
¶di
spo
sitions, that of late transforme you from what you rightly
735Foole. May not an A
sse know when the Cart drawes the hor
se,
¶Lear. Doth any here know me? why this is not
Lear; doth
740Lear walke thus?
speake thus? where are his eies, either his no-
¶tion, weakne
sse, or his di
scernings are lethergy,
sleeping or wa-
¶king; ha!
sure tis not
so, who is it that can tell me who I am?
¶Lears shadow? I would learne that, for by the markes of
soue-
744.1raignty, knowledge, & rea
son, I
should be fal
se per
swaded I had
¶Foole. Which they, will make an obedient Father.
745Le. Your name faire gentlewoman?
¶Gon. Come
sir, this admiration is much of the fauour of other
¶your new prankes; I do be
seech you vnder
stand my purpo
ses a-
¶right, as you are old and reuerend, you
should be wi
se, heere doe
750you keepe one hundred Knights and Squires, men
so di
sordered,
¶so deboy
st and bold, that this our Court infected with their
¶manners,
shewes like a riotous Inne, epicuri
sme and lu
st make
¶more like a Tauerne or Brothell, then a great Pallace, the
shame
755it
selfe doth
speake for in
stant remedy, bee thou de
sired by her,
¶that el
se will take the thing
she begs, a little to di
squantity your
¶traine, and the remainder that
shall
still depend, to be
such men
760as may be
sort your age, and know them
selues and you.
¶Lear. Darkne
sse and Diuels!
saddle my hor
ses, call my traine
¶together, degenerate ba
stard, ile not trouble thee; yet haue I left
¶Gon. You
strike my people, and your di
sordered rabble, make
¶seruants of their betters.
¶Lear. We that too late repent's vs; O
sir, are you come? Is it
770your will that we prepare any hor
ses, ingratitude! thou marble-
¶hearted fiend, more hideous when thou
shewe
st thee in a childe,
¶then the Sea-mon
ster, dete
sted kite, thou le
ssen my traine and
¶men of choi
se and rare
st parts, that all particulars of duty know,
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