32092914Giue it the Captaine? 3210 Duke. Hast thee for thy life.

32112915Bast. He hath Commission from thy wife and me,

32122916To hang Cordelia in the prison, and 3213to lay

2917The blame vpon her owne despaire,

32142918That she fordid her selfe.

32152919Duke. The Gods defend her, beare him hence a while.

32172921Lear. Howle, howle, howle, howle, O you are men of stones,

32182922Had I your tongues and eyes, I would vse them so,

32192923That heauens vault should cracke, shees gone for euer,

32202924I know when one is dead and when one liues,

32212925Shees dead as earth, lend me a looking glasse,

32222926If that her breath will mist or staine the stone,

32232927Why then she liues. 3224 Kent. Is this the promist end.

32252928Edg. Or image of that horror. 3226Duke. Fall and cease.

32272929Lear. This feather stirs she liues, if it be so,

32282930It is a chance which do's redeeme all sorowes

32292931That euer I haue felt. Kent. A my good maister.

32312932Lear. Prethe away? 3232Edg. Tis noble Kent your friend.

32332933Lear. A plague vpon your murderous traytors all,

32342934I might haue saued her, now shees gone for euer,

32352935Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little, ha,

32362936What ist thou sayest, her voyce was euer soft,

32372937Gentle and low, an excellent thing in women,

32382938I kild the slaue that was a hanging thee.

32392939Cap. Tis true my Lords, he did.

32402940Lear. Did I not fellow? 3241I haue seene the day,

2941With my good biting Fauchon 3242I would

2942Haue made them skippe, I am old now,

32432943And these same crosses spoyle me, who are you?

32442944Mine eyes are not othe best, ile tell you straight.

32452945Kent. If Fortune bragd of two she loued or hated,

32462946One of them we behold. Lear. Are not you Kent?

32482947Kent. The same your seruant Kent, 3249where is your seruant Caius,

32502948Lear. Hees a good fellow, I can tell that,

32512949Heele strike and quickly too, hees dead and rotten.

32522950Kent. No my good Lord, I am the very man.

32532951Lear. Ile see that straight.