Author: William ShakespeareEditor: Michael BestNot Peer Reviewed
King Lear (Quarto 1, 1608)
23492150Enter Cordelia, Doctor and others. Exit. 23512151Cor. Alack tis he, why he was met euen now,
23522152As mad as the vent
sea
singing aloud,
23532153Crownd with ranke femiter and furrow weedes,
23542154With hor-docks, hemlocke,
netles, cookow
flowers,
23552155Darnell and all the idle weedes that grow,
23562156In our
su
stayning, corne, a centurie is
sent forth,
23572157Search euery acre in the hie growne
field,
23582158And bring him to our eye, what can mans wi
sdome
23592159In the re
storing his bereued
sence,
he that can helpe him
23622162Our fo
ster nur
se of nature is repo
se,
23632163The which he lackes that to prouoke in him,
23642164Are many
simples operatiue who
se power,
23662166Cord. All ble
st secrets
2367all you vnpubli
sht vertues of the earth,
23682167Spring with my teares be
aydant and remediat,
23692168In the good mans di
stre
sse,
seeke,
seeke,
for him,
23702169Le
st his vngouernd rage di
ssolue the life.
23712170That wants the meanes to lead it.
2372 Enter messenger. 23732171Mes. News Madam,
2374the Britti
sh powers are marching hither
-(ward.
23752172Cord. Tis knowne before, our preparation
stands,
23762173In expe
ctation of them,
ô deere father
23772174It is thy bu
sines that I go about,
therfore great
France 23782175My mourning and important teares hath pitied,
23792176No blowne ambition doth our armes in
sight
23802177But loue, deere loue,
and our ag'd fathers right,
23812178Soone may I heare and
see him.
Exit.