14161203Reg. I pray sir take patience, I haue hope

14171204You lesse know how to value her desert,

14181205Then she to slacke her dutie.

14251206Lear. My cursses on her.

14261207Reg. O Sir you are old,

14271208Nature on you standes on the very verge 1428of her con- (fine,

1209You should be rul'd and led 1429by some discretion,

1210That discernes your state 1430better thẽ you your selfe,

1211Therfore I pray 1431that to our sister, you do make returne,

14321212Say you haue wrong'd her Sir?

14331213Lear. Aske her forgiuenes,

14341214Doe you marke how this becomes the house,

14351215Deare daughter, I confesse that I am old,

14361216Age is vnnecessarie, on my knees I beg,

14371217That you'l vouchsafe me rayment, bed and food.

14381218Reg. Good sir no more, these are vnsightly tricks,

14391219Returne you to my sister.

14401220Lear. No Regan,

14411221She hath abated me of halfe my traine,

14421222Lookt blacke vpon me, strooke mee with her tongue

14431223Most Serpent-like vpon the very heart,

14441224All the stor'd vengeances of heauen fall 1445on her ingratful (top,

1225Strike her yong bones, 1446you taking ayrs with lamenes.

14471226Duke. Fie fie sir.

14481227Lear. You nimble lightnings dart your blinding flames,

14491228Into her scornfull eyes, infect her beautie,

14501229You Fen suckt fogs, drawne by the powrefull Sunne,

14511230To fall and blast her pride.

14521231Reg. O the blest Gods, 1453so will you wish on me,

1232When the rash mood---

14541233Lear. No Regan, thou shalt neuer haue my curse,

14551234The tẽder hested nature shall not giue 1456the or'e

1235To harshnes, her eies are fierce, but thine 1457do cõfort & not (burne

1236Tis not in thee 1458to grudge my pleasures, to cut off my

14591237To bandy hasty words, to scant my sizes,

14601238And in conclusion, to oppose the bolt

14611239Against my coming in, thou better knowest,

14621240The offices of nature, bond of child-hood,