21891966Who's here, my father poorely led, world, world, ô world!

21911967But that thy strange mutations make vs hate thee,

21921968Life would not yeeld to age.

21931970Old man. O my good Lord, I haue bene your tenant, & your

21941971fathers tenant this fourescore -------

21951972Glost. Away, get thee away, good friend be gone,

21961973Thy comforts can do me no good at all,

21971974Thee they may hurt.

21981975Old man. Alacke sir, you cannot see your way.

21991976Glost. I haue no way, and therefore want no eies,

22001977I stumbled when I saw, full oft tis seene

22011978Our meanes secure vs, and our meere defects

22021979Prooue our commodities; ah deare sonne Edgar,

22031980The food of thy abused fathers wrath,

22041981Might I but liue to see thee in my tuch,

22051982Ide say I had eyes againe.

22061983Old man. How now, who's there?

22071984Edg. O Gods, who ist can say I am at the worst,

22081985I am worse then ere I was.

22091986Old man. Tis poore mad Tom.

22101987Edg. And worse I may be yet, the worst is not,

22111988As long as we can say, this is the worst.

22121989Old man. Fellow where goest?

22131990Glost. Is it a begger man?

22141991Old man. Mad man, and begger too.

22151992Glost. He has some reason, else he could not beg,

22161993In the last nights storme I such a fellow saw,

22171994Which made me think a man a worme, my sonne

22181995Came then into my minde, and yet my minde

22191996Was then scarse friends with him, I haue heard more since,

22211997As flyes are to'th wanton boyes, are we to'th Gods,

22221998They bit vs for their sport.

22231999Edg. How should this be? bad is the trade that must play the

22242000foole to sorrow, angring it selfe and others; blesse thee master.

22262001Glost. Is that the naked fellow?