18301603Lear. Ha
st thou giuen all to thy two daughters, and art thou
18321605Edg. Who giues any thing to poore
Tom, whom the foule
18331606fiend hath led through
fire, and throgh foord, and whirli-poole,
18341607ore bog and quagmire, that has laide kniues vnder his pillow, &
18351608halters in his pue,
set ratsbane by his pottage, made him proud
18371609of heart, to ride on a bay trotting hor
se ouer foure incht bridg
- 18381610es, to cour
se his owne
shadow for a traitor, ble
sse thy
fiue wits,
18391611Toms a cold, ble
sse thee from whirl-windes,
starre-blu
sting, &
18401612taking, do poore
Tom some charity, whom the foule
fiend vexes,
18421613there could I haue him now, and there, and there againe.
18441614Lear. What, his daughters brought him to this pa
sse,
18451615Could
st thou
saue nothing? did
st thou giue them all?
18461616Foole. Nay he re
serued a blanket, el
se wee had beene all
sha
- 18481618Lear. Now all the plagues that in the pendulous ayre
18491619Hang fated ore mens faults, fall on thy daughters.
18511621Lear. Death traitor, nothing could haue
subdued nature
18521622To
such a lowne
sse, but his vnkinde daughters,
18531623Is it the fa
shion that di
scarded fathers,
18541624Should haue thus little mercy on their
fle
sh,
18551625Iudicious puni
shment, twas this
fle
sh 18571627Edg. Pilicock
sate on pelicocks hill, a lo lo lo.
18581628Foole. This cold night will turne vs all to fooles & madmen.
18601629Edg. Take heed of the foule
fiend, obey thy parents, keepe thy
18611630words iu
stly,
sweare not, commit not with mans
sworne
spou
se,
18621631set not thy
sweet heart on proud array;
Toms a cold.
18651633Edg. A
seruing man, proud in heart and minde, that curlde my
18661634haire, wore gloues in my cap,
serued the lu
st of my mi
stris heart,
18671635and did the a
cte of darkne
sse with her,
swore as many oaths as I
18681636spake words, and broke them in the
sweete face of heauen, one
18691637that
slept in the contriuing of lu
st, and wak't to do it, wine lo
- 18701638ued I deepely, dice dearely, and in woman, out paramord the
18721639Turke, fal
se of heart, light of eare, bloudy of hand, hog in
sloth,
Fox