Author: William ShakespeareEditor: Michael BestNot Peer Reviewed
King Lear (Folio 1, 1623)
1752Enter Gloster, and Edmund. 1753Glo. Alacke,
alacke
Edmund, I like not this vnnaturall
1754dealing;
when I de
sired their leaue that I might pity him,
1755they tooke from me the v
se of mine owne hou
se, charg'd
1756me on paine of perpetuall di
splea
sure, neither to
speake
1757of him,
entreat for him,
or any way
su
staine him.
1758Bast. Mo
st sauage and vnnaturall.
1759Glo. Go too;
say you nothing. There is diui
sion be
- 1760tweene the Dukes, and a wor
sse matter then that: I haue
1761receiued a Letter this night, 'tis dangerous to be
spoken,
1762I haue lock'd the Letter in my Clo
sset, the
se iniuries the
1763King now beares,
will be reuenged home; ther is part of
1764a Power already footed, we mu
st incline to the King, I
1765will looke him, and priuily relieue him; goe you and
1766maintaine talke with the Duke,
that my charity be not of
1767him perceiued; If he a
ske for me, I am ill, and gone to
1768bed, if I die for it, (as no le
sse is threatned me) the King
1769my old Ma
ster mu
st be relieued. There is
strange things
1770toward
Edmund,
pray you be carefull.
Exit. 1771Bast. This Curte
sie forbid thee,
shall the Duke
1772In
stantly know,
and of that Letter too;
1773This
seemes a faire de
seruing, and mu
st draw me
1774That which my Father loo
ses:
no le
sse then all,
1775The yonger ri
ses,
when the old doth fall.
Exit.