1926fathers tenant this forescore---

21951927Glost. Away, get thee away, good friend be gon,

21961928Thy comforts can doe me no good at all,

21971929Thee they may hurt.

21981930Old man. Alack sir, you cannot see your way.

21991931Glost. I haue no way, and therefore want no eyes,

22001932I stumbled when I saw, full oft tis seene

22011933Our meanes secure vs, and our meare defects

22021934Proue our comodities, ah deere sonne Edgar,

22031935The food of thy abused fathers wrath,

22041936Might I but liue to see thee in my tuch,

22051937Id'e say I had eyes againe.

22061938Old man. How now whose there?

22071939Edg. O Gods, who ist can say I am at the worst,

22081940I am worse then ere I was.

22091941Old man. Tis poore mad Tom.

22101942Edg. And worse I may be yet, the worst is not.

22111943As long as we can say, this is the worst.

22121944Old man. Fellow where goest?

22131945Glost. Is it a begger man?

22141946Old man. Mad man, and begger to.

22151947Glost. A has some reason, else he could not beg,

22161948In the last nights storme I such a fellow saw,

22171949Which made me thinke a man a worme, my sonne

22181950Came then into my mind, and yet my mind

22191951Was then scarce friendes with him, 2220I haue heard more(since,

22211952As flies are toth' wanton boyes, are we toth' Gods,

22221953They bitt vs for their sport.

22231954Edg. How should this be, 2224bad is the trade that must play the

1955foole to sorrow 2225angring it selfe and others, blesse thee maister.

22261956Glost. Is that the naked fellow?

22271957Old man. I my Lord.

22281958Glost. Then prethee get thee gon, if for my sake

22291959Thou wilt oretake vs here a mile or twaine

22301960Ith' way toward Douer, doe it for ancient loue

22311961And bring some couering for this naked soule

22321962Who Ile intreate to leade me.

22331963Old man. Alack sir he is mad.