29422756That are to censure them.

29432757Cor. We are not the first,

29442758Who with best meaning haue incurr'd the worst:

29452759For thee oppressed King am I cast downe,

29462760My selfe could else out-frowne false fortunes frowne.

29472761Shall we not see these daughters, and these sisters?

29482762Lear. No, no, come let's away to prison,

29492763We two alone will sing like birds i'th cage:

29502764When thou dost aske me blessing, Ile kneele downe

29512765And aske of thee forgiuenesse: so weell liue,

29522766And pray, and tell old tales, and laugh

29532767At gilded Butterflies, and heare poore Rogues

29542768Talke of Court newes, and weel talke with them too,

29552769Who looses, and who wins; whose in, whose out;

29562770And take vpon's the mystery of things,

29572771As if we were Gods spies: and weel weare out

29582772In a walld prison, packes and sects of great ones,

29592773That ebbe and flow by the Moone.

29602774Bast. Take them away.

29612775Lear. Vpon such sacrifices my Cordelia

29622776The gods themselues throw incense. Haue I caught thee?

29642777He that parts vs shall bring a brand from heauen,

29652778And fire vs hence like Foxes, wipe thine eyes,

29662779The good shall deuoure em, fleach and fell,

29672780Ere they shall make vs weepe? Weele see em starue first. Exit

29692781Bast. Come hither Captaine, hearke.

29712782Take thou this note, go follow them to prison,

29722783One step I haue aduancst thee, if thou dost as this instructs thee,

2784Thou dost make thy way to Noble fortunes:

29732785Know thou this, that men are as the time is;

29742786To be tender minded does not become a sword,

29752787Thy great employment will not beare question,

29762788Either say thout do't, or thriue by other meanes.

29782789Cap. Ile doot my Lord.

29792790Bast. About it, and write happy when thou hast done,

29802791Marke I say instantly, and carry it so

29812792As I haue set it downe.