20581808Enter Cornwall, and Regan, and Gonorill, and Bastard. 20601809Corn. Po
st speedily to my Lord your husband
shew
2061him this(letter
1810The army of France is landed,
seeke out the vilaine
Gloster.
20651813Corn. Leaue him to my di
splea
sure,
Edmũd keep
2066you our
sister (company.
1814The reuenge we are bound to
2067take vpon your trayterous father,
1815Are not
fit for your
2068beholding, adui
se the Duke where you are (going
1816To a
2069mo
st fe
stuant preparatiõ we are bound to the like,
1817Our
2070po
st shall be
swift and intelligence betwixt vs,
1818Fare
2071well deere
sister,
farewell my Lord of
Gloster,
20741820Stew. My Lord of
Gloster hath conueyd him hence,
20751821Some
fiue or
sixe and thirtie of his Knights
2076hot que
strits after
1822him,
met him at gate,
2077who with
some other of the Lords depen
- 1823dants
2078are gone with him towards Douer, where they boa
st 2079to
1824haue well armed friends.
20801825Corn. Get hor
ses for your mi
stris.
20811826Gon. Farewell
sweet Lord and
sister.
Exit Gon. and Bast..
20821827Corn. Edmund farewell. goe
seeke the traytor
Gloster.
20831828Pinion him like a theefe, bring him before vs,
20841829Though we may not pa
sse vpon his life
20851830Without the forme of Iu
stice, yet our power
20861831Shall doe a curte
sie to our wrath,
which men
2087may blame
1832But not controule,
2089who
se there, the traytor?
20881833Enter Gloster brought in by two or three, 20911835Corn. Bind fa
st his corkie armes.
20921836Glost. What meanes your Graces,
2093good my friends con
sider,
1837You are my ge
sts,
2094doe me no foule play friends.
20961839Reg. Hard hard, O
filthie traytor!
20971840Glost. Vnmercifull Lady as you are, I am true.
20981841Corn. To this chaire bind him,
2099villaine thou
shalt
find---
21001842Glost. By the kind Gods tis mo
st ignobly done,
2101to pluck me
1843by the beard.
Reg. 2102So white and
such a Traytor.
21031844Glost. Naughty Ladie,
2104the
se haires which thou do
st raui
sh from(my chin
21051845Will quicken and accu
se thee, I am your ho
st.
21061846With robbers hands, my ho
spitable fauours
21071847You
should not ru
ffell thus, what will you doe.
21081848Corn. Come
sir,
2109what letters had you late from
France?
21101849Reg. Be
simple an
swerer, for we know the truth.
21111850Corn. And what confederacy haue you with the tra
2112tours late
1851footed in the king dome?
21131852Reg. To who
se hands
2114you haue
sent the lunatick King
speake?
21151853Glost. I haue a letter ge
ssingly
set downe
21161854Which came from one,
that's of a neutrall heart,
21201857 Corn. Where ha
st thou
sent the King
? Glost. 2121To Douer.
21221858Reg. Wherefore to Douer?
2123wa
st thou not charg'd at perill---
21241859Corn. Wherefore to Douer? let him
fir
st an
swere that.
21251860Glost. I am tide tot'h
stake,
2126and I mu
st stand the cour
se.
21281862Glost. Becau
se I would not
see thy cruell nayles
21291863Pluck out his poore old eyes, nor thy
fierce
sister
21301864In his annoynted
fle
sh ra
sh bori
sh phangs,
21311865The Sea with
such a
storme of his lou'd head
21321866In hell blacke night indur'd, would haue layd vp
21331867And quencht the
steeled
fires,
2134yet poore old heart,
1868Hee holpt the heauens to rage,
21351869If wolues had at thy gate heard that dearne time
21361870Thou
should
st haue
said,
good Porter turne the key,
21371871All cruels el
se
sub
scrib'd but I
shall
see
21381872The winged vengeance ouertake
such children.
21391873Corn. Seet
shalt thou neuer, fellowes hold the chaire,
21401874Vpon
tho
se eyes of thine, Ile
set my foote.
21411875Glost. He that will thinke to liue till he be old
21421876Giue me
some helpe, O cruell, O ye Gods!
21431877Reg. One
side will mocke another,
tother to.
21461880I haue
seru'd euer
since I was a child
21471881But better
seruice
haue I neuer done you,
2148thẽ now to bid(you hold.
21501883Seru. If you did weare a beard vpon your chin
2151id'e
shake it
1884on this quarrell,
what doe you meane?
draw and fight.
21531886Seru. Why then come on,
and take the chance of anger.
21541887Reg. Giue me thy
sword, a pe
sant
stand vp thus.
21551888Shee takes a sword and runs at him behind. 21561889Seruant. Oh I am
slaine my Lord,
yet haue you one eye left to
21581891Corn, Lea
st it
see more preuent it, out vild Ielly.
21601893Glost. All darke and comfortles,
2161wher's my
sonne
Edmund?
21621894Edmund vnbridle all the
sparks of nature,
2163to quit this horred a
ct.
21641895Reg. Out villaine,
2165thou cal
st on him that hates thee, it was he
21661896that made the ouerture of thy trea
sons to vs,
2167who is too good to
21681898Glost. O my follies, then
Edgar was abus'd,
21691899Kind Gods forgiue me that,
and pro
sper him.
21701900Reg. Goe thru
st him out at gates, and let him
smell
2171his way to
1901Douer,
2172how i
st my Lord? how looke you
? 21731902Corn. I haue receiu'd a hurt, follow me Ladie,
21741903Turne out that eyles villaine, throw this
slaue
2175vpon
1904The dungell
Regan,
I bleed apace,
2176vntimely
1905Comes this hurt, giue me
your arme.
Exit.
2176.11906Seruant. Ile neuer care what wickednes I doe,
2176.319082 Seruant. If
she liue long, & in the end meet the old cour
se
2176.41909of death, women will all turne mon
sters.
2177.519101
Ser. Lets follow the old Earle,
and get the bedlom
2176.819132 Ser. Goe thou, ile fetch
some
flaxe and whites of egges to
2176.91914apply to his bleeding face,
now heauen helpe him.
Exit.