Author: William ShakespeareEditor: Michael BestNot Peer Reviewed
King Lear (Folio 1, 1623)
1970Enter Cornwall, and Edmund. 1971Corn. I will haue my reuenge, ere I depart his hou
se.
1972Bast. How my Lord, I may be cen
sured, that Nature
1973thus giues way to Loyaltie,
something feares mee to
1975Cornw. I now perceiue, it was not altogether your
1976Brothers euill di
spo
sition made him
seeke his death: but
1977a prouoking merit
set a-worke by a reprouable badne
sse
1979Bast. How malicious is my fortune, that I mu
st re
- 1980pent to be iu
st? This is the Letter which hee
spoake of;
1981which approues him an intelligent partie to the aduanta
- 1982ges of France. O Heauens! that this Trea
son were not;
1983or not I the dete
ctor.
1984Corn. Go with me to the Dutche
sse.
1985Bast. If the matter of this Paper be certain, you haue
1986mighty bu
sine
sse in hand.
1987Corn. True or fal
se, it hath made thee Earle of Glou
- 1988ce
ster:
seeke out where thy Father is, that hee may bee
1989ready for our apprehen
sion.
1990Bast. If I
finde him comforting the King, it will
stu
ffe
1991his
su
spition more fully. I will per
seuer in my cour
se of
1992Loyalty, though the con
fli
ct be
sore betweene that, and
1994Corn. I will lay tru
st vpon thee: and thou
shalt
finde
1995a deere Father in my loue.
Exeunt.