Scene VI
Fields near Dover
Enter Gloucester, and Edgar dressed like a peasant.[4233]
Glou. When shall we come to the top of that same hill?[4234]
Edg. You do climb up it now: look, how we labour.[4235]
Glou. Methinks the ground is even.
Glou. No, truly.
Edg. Why then your other senses grow imperfect 5
By your eyes' anguish.
By your eyes' anguish.
Glou. So may it be indeed:
Methinks thy voice is alter'd, and thou speak'st[4239]
In better phrase and matter than thou didst.[4240]
Methinks thy voice is alter'd, and thou speak'st[4239]
In better phrase and matter than thou didst.[4240]
Edg. You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241]
But in my garments.
But in my garments.
Glou. Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10
Edg. Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful[4243]
And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244]
The crows and choughs that wing the midway air
Show scarce so gross as beetles: half way down
Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade![4245] 15
Methinks he seems no bigger than his head:
The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246]
Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247]
Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248]
Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20
That on the unnumber’d idle pebbles chafes[4249]
Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more,[4250]
Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight
Topple down headlong.
And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244]
The crows and choughs that wing the midway air
Show scarce so gross as beetles: half way down
Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade![4245] 15
Methinks he seems no bigger than his head:
The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246]
Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247]
Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248]
Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20
That on the unnumber’d idle pebbles chafes[4249]
Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more,[4250]
Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight
Topple down headlong.
Glou. Set me where you stand.
Edg. Give me your hand: you are now within a foot[4251][4252] 25
Of the extreme verge: for all beneath the moon[4251][4253]
Would I not leap upright.[4251][4254]
Of the extreme verge: for all beneath the moon[4251][4253]
Would I not leap upright.[4251][4254]
Glou. Let go my hand.
Here, friend, 's another purse; in it a jewel
Well worth a poor man's taking: fairies and gods[4255]
Prosper it with thee! Go thou farther off;[4256] 30
Bid me farewell, and let me hear thee going.
Here, friend, 's another purse; in it a jewel
Well worth a poor man's taking: fairies and gods[4255]
Prosper it with thee! Go thou farther off;[4256] 30
Bid me farewell, and let me hear thee going.
Edg. Now fare you well good sir.[4257]
Glou. With all my heart.
Glou. [Kneeling] O you mighty gods![4259]
This world I do renounce, and in your sights 35
Shake patiently my great affliction off:
If I could bear it longer and not fall
To quarrel with your great opposeless wills,
My snuff and loathed part of nature should[4260]
Burn itself out. If Edgar live, O bless him![4261] 40
Now, fellow, fare thee well. [He falls forward.[4262]
This world I do renounce, and in your sights 35
Shake patiently my great affliction off:
If I could bear it longer and not fall
To quarrel with your great opposeless wills,
My snuff and loathed part of nature should[4260]
Burn itself out. If Edgar live, O bless him![4261] 40
Now, fellow, fare thee well. [He falls forward.[4262]
Edg. Gone, sir: farewell.[4263][4264]
And yet I know not how conceit may rob[4263][4265][4266]
The treasury of life, when life itself[4263][4265][4267]
Yields to the theft: had he been where he thought[4263][4265]
By this had thought been past. Alive or dead?[4263][4265][4268] 45
Ho, you sir! friend! Hear you, sir! speak![4263][4269]
Thus might he pass indeed: yet he revives.[4263][4270]
What are you, sir?[4263]
And yet I know not how conceit may rob[4263][4265][4266]
The treasury of life, when life itself[4263][4265][4267]
Yields to the theft: had he been where he thought[4263][4265]
By this had thought been past. Alive or dead?[4263][4265][4268] 45
Ho, you sir! friend! Hear you, sir! speak![4263][4269]
Thus might he pass indeed: yet he revives.[4263][4270]
What are you, sir?[4263]
Glou. Away, and let me die.
Edg. Hadst thou been aught but gossamer, feathers, air,[4271]
So many fathom down precipitating, 50
Thou'dst shiver'd like an egg: but thou dost breathe;[4272]
Hast heavy substance; bleed'st not; speak'st; art sound.[4273]
Ten masts at each make not the altitude[4274]
Which thou hast perpendicularly fell:[4275]
Thy life's a miracle. Speak yet again. 55
So many fathom down precipitating, 50
Thou'dst shiver'd like an egg: but thou dost breathe;[4272]
Hast heavy substance; bleed'st not; speak'st; art sound.[4273]
Ten masts at each make not the altitude[4274]
Which thou hast perpendicularly fell:[4275]
Thy life's a miracle. Speak yet again. 55
Glou. But have I fall'n, or no?[4276]
Edg. From the dread summit of this chalky bourn.[4277]
Look up a-height; the shrill-gorged lark so far[4278]
Cannot be seen or heard: do but look up.[4279]
Look up a-height; the shrill-gorged lark so far[4278]
Cannot be seen or heard: do but look up.[4279]
Glou. Alack, I have no eyes. 60
Is wretchedness deprived that benefit,
To end itself by death? 'Twas yet some comfort,[4280]
When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage
And frustrate his proud will.
Is wretchedness deprived that benefit,
To end itself by death? 'Twas yet some comfort,[4280]
When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage
And frustrate his proud will.
Glou. Too well, too well.
Edg. This is above all strangeness.
Upon the crown o' the cliff, what thing was that[4283]
Which parted from you?
Upon the crown o' the cliff, what thing was that[4283]
Which parted from you?
Glou. A poor unfortunate beggar.[4284]
Edg. As I stood here below, methought his eyes[4285]
Were two full moons; he had a thousand noses,[4286] 70
Horns whelk'd and waved like the enridged sea:[4287]
It was some fiend; therefore, thou happy father,
Think that the clearest gods, who make them honours[4288]
Of men's impossibilities, have preserved thee.
Were two full moons; he had a thousand noses,[4286] 70
Horns whelk'd and waved like the enridged sea:[4287]
It was some fiend; therefore, thou happy father,
Think that the clearest gods, who make them honours[4288]
Of men's impossibilities, have preserved thee.
Glou. I do remember now: henceforth I'll bear 75
Affliction till it do cry out itself
'Enough, enough,' and die. That thing you speak of,[4289]
I took it for a man; often 'twould say[4290]
'The fiend, the fiend:' he led me to that place.[4291]
Affliction till it do cry out itself
'Enough, enough,' and die. That thing you speak of,[4289]
I took it for a man; often 'twould say[4290]
'The fiend, the fiend:' he led me to that place.[4291]
Edg. Bear free and patient thoughts. But who comes
here? 80
here? 80
Enter Lear, fantastically dressed with wild flowers.[4292]
Lear. No, they cannot touch me for coining; I am the[4296]
king himself.
king himself.
Edg. O thou side-piercing sight![4297] 85
Lear. Nature's above art in that respect. There's your[4298]
press-money. That fellow handles his bow like a crow-keeper:[4299]
draw me a clothier's yard. Look, look, a mouse![4299]
Peace, peace; this piece of toasted cheese will do 't.[4300]
There's my gauntlet; I'll prove it on a giant. Bring up 90
the brown bills. O, well flown, bird! i' the clout, i' the[4301][4302]
clout: hewgh! Give the word.[4302][4303]
press-money. That fellow handles his bow like a crow-keeper:[4299]
draw me a clothier's yard. Look, look, a mouse![4299]
Peace, peace; this piece of toasted cheese will do 't.[4300]
There's my gauntlet; I'll prove it on a giant. Bring up 90
the brown bills. O, well flown, bird! i' the clout, i' the[4301][4302]
clout: hewgh! Give the word.[4302][4303]
Edg. Sweet marjoram.
Lear. Pass.
Glou. I know that voice. 95
Lear. Ha! Goneril, with a white beard! They flattered[4304]
me like a dog, and told me I had white hairs in my[4305]
beard ere the black ones were there. To say 'ay' and 'no'
to every thing that I said! 'Ay' and 'no' too was no good[4306]
divinity. When the rain came to wet me once and the wind[4307] 100
to make me chatter; when the thunder would not peace at
my bidding; there I found 'em, there I smelt 'em out. Go[4308]
to, they are not men o' their words: they told me I was[4309]
every thing; 'tis a lie, I am not ague-proof.[4310]
me like a dog, and told me I had white hairs in my[4305]
beard ere the black ones were there. To say 'ay' and 'no'
to every thing that I said! 'Ay' and 'no' too was no good[4306]
divinity. When the rain came to wet me once and the wind[4307] 100
to make me chatter; when the thunder would not peace at
my bidding; there I found 'em, there I smelt 'em out. Go[4308]
to, they are not men o' their words: they told me I was[4309]
every thing; 'tis a lie, I am not ague-proof.[4310]
Lear. Ay, every inch a king:[4312][4313]
When I do stare, see how the subject quakes.[4312][4314]
I pardon that man's life. What was thy cause?[4312][4315][4316]
Adultery?[4315][4317][4318]
Thou shalt not die: die for adultery! No:[4318][4319] 110
The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly[4318]
Does lecher in my sight.[4318][4320]
Let copulation thrive; for Gloucester's bastard son[4318]
Was kinder to his father than my daughters[4318][4321]
Got 'tween the lawful sheets.[4318][4322] 115
To't, luxury, pell-mell! for I lack soldiers.[4318]
Behold yond simpering dame,[4323][4324]
Whose face between her forks presages snow,[4323][4325]
That minces virtue and does shake the head[4323][4326]
To hear of pleasure's name;[4323][4327] 120
The fitchew, nor the soiled horse, goes to't[4323][4328]
With a more riotous appetite.[4323][4328][4329]
Down from the waist they are Centaurs,[4323][4330]
Though women all above:[4323]
But to the girdle do the gods inherit,[4323] 125
Beneath is all the fiends';[4331][4332]
There's hell, there's darkness, there's the sulphurous pit,[4331][4333]
Burning, scalding, stench, consumption; fie, fie, fie! pah,[4334]
pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to[4335]
sweeten my imagination: there's money for thee.[4335] 130
When I do stare, see how the subject quakes.[4312][4314]
I pardon that man's life. What was thy cause?[4312][4315][4316]
Adultery?[4315][4317][4318]
Thou shalt not die: die for adultery! No:[4318][4319] 110
The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly[4318]
Does lecher in my sight.[4318][4320]
Let copulation thrive; for Gloucester's bastard son[4318]
Was kinder to his father than my daughters[4318][4321]
Got 'tween the lawful sheets.[4318][4322] 115
To't, luxury, pell-mell! for I lack soldiers.[4318]
Behold yond simpering dame,[4323][4324]
Whose face between her forks presages snow,[4323][4325]
That minces virtue and does shake the head[4323][4326]
To hear of pleasure's name;[4323][4327] 120
The fitchew, nor the soiled horse, goes to't[4323][4328]
With a more riotous appetite.[4323][4328][4329]
Down from the waist they are Centaurs,[4323][4330]
Though women all above:[4323]
But to the girdle do the gods inherit,[4323] 125
Beneath is all the fiends';[4331][4332]
There's hell, there's darkness, there's the sulphurous pit,[4331][4333]
Burning, scalding, stench, consumption; fie, fie, fie! pah,[4334]
pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to[4335]
sweeten my imagination: there's money for thee.[4335] 130
Glou. O, let me kiss that hand!
Lear. Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality.[4336]
Glou. O ruin'd piece of nature! This great world[4337]
Shall so wear out to nought. Dost thou know me?[4337][4338]
Shall so wear out to nought. Dost thou know me?[4337][4338]
Lear. I remember thine eyes well enough. Dost thou[4339] 135
squiny at me? No, do thy worst, blind Cupid; I'll not love.[4340]
Read thou this challenge; mark but the penning on't.[4341]
squiny at me? No, do thy worst, blind Cupid; I'll not love.[4340]
Read thou this challenge; mark but the penning on't.[4341]
Glou. Were all the letters suns, I could not see one.[4342]
Lear. Read.
Glou. What, with the case of eyes?[4344]
Lear. O, ho, are you there with me? No eyes in your
head, nor no money in your purse? Your eyes are in a[4345][4346]
heavy case, your purse in a light: yet you see how this[4345][4347] 145
world goes.[4348]
head, nor no money in your purse? Your eyes are in a[4345][4346]
heavy case, your purse in a light: yet you see how this[4345][4347] 145
world goes.[4348]
Glou. I see it feelingly.
Lear. What, art mad? A man may see how this world[4349]
goes with no eyes. Look with thine ears: see how yond[4350][4351]
justice rails upon yond simple thief. Hark, in thine ear:[4351][4352] 150
change places, and, handy-dandy, which is the justice, which[4353][4354]
is the thief? Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a[4353]
beggar?
goes with no eyes. Look with thine ears: see how yond[4350][4351]
justice rails upon yond simple thief. Hark, in thine ear:[4351][4352] 150
change places, and, handy-dandy, which is the justice, which[4353][4354]
is the thief? Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a[4353]
beggar?
Glou. Ay, sir.[4355]
Lear. And the creature run from the cur? There thou 155
mightst behold the great image of authority: a dog's obeyed[4356]
in office.
Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody hand![4357]
Why dost thou lash that whore? Strip thine own back;[4357][4358]
Thou hotly lust'st to use her in that kind[4357][4359] 160
For which thou whip'st her. The usurer hangs the cozener.[4357][4360]
Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear;[4361][4362]
Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,[4361][4363][4364]
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;[4361][4364]
Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.[4361][4364][4365] 165
None does offend, none, I say, none; I'll able 'em:[4361][4364][4366]
Take that of me, my friend, who have the power[4361][4364]
To seal the accuser's lips. Get thee glass eyes,[4361][4364]
And, like a scurvy politician, seem[4361]
To see the things thou dost not.[4361] 170
Now, now, now, now: pull off my boots: harder, harder:[4367][4368]
so.[4368]
mightst behold the great image of authority: a dog's obeyed[4356]
in office.
Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody hand![4357]
Why dost thou lash that whore? Strip thine own back;[4357][4358]
Thou hotly lust'st to use her in that kind[4357][4359] 160
For which thou whip'st her. The usurer hangs the cozener.[4357][4360]
Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear;[4361][4362]
Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,[4361][4363][4364]
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;[4361][4364]
Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.[4361][4364][4365] 165
None does offend, none, I say, none; I'll able 'em:[4361][4364][4366]
Take that of me, my friend, who have the power[4361][4364]
To seal the accuser's lips. Get thee glass eyes,[4361][4364]
And, like a scurvy politician, seem[4361]
To see the things thou dost not.[4361] 170
Now, now, now, now: pull off my boots: harder, harder:[4367][4368]
so.[4368]
Lear. If thou wilt weep my fortunes, take my eyes.[4371][4372] 175
I know thee well enough; thy name is Gloucester:[4371]
Thou must be patient; we came crying hither:[4371]
Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air,[4371][4373]
We wawl and cry. I will preach to thee: mark.[4371][4374]
I know thee well enough; thy name is Gloucester:[4371]
Thou must be patient; we came crying hither:[4371]
Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air,[4371][4373]
We wawl and cry. I will preach to thee: mark.[4371][4374]
Glou. Alack, alack the day![4371] 180
Lear. When we are born, we cry that we are come[4371]
To this great stage of fools. This 's a good block.[4371][4375]
It were a delicate stratagem, to shoe[4371][4376]
A troop of horse with felt: I'll put 't in proof;[4371][4377]
And when I have stol'n upon these sons-in-law,[4371][4378] 185
Then, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill![4371]
To this great stage of fools. This 's a good block.[4371][4375]
It were a delicate stratagem, to shoe[4371][4376]
A troop of horse with felt: I'll put 't in proof;[4371][4377]
And when I have stol'n upon these sons-in-law,[4371][4378] 185
Then, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill![4371]
Enter a Gentleman, with Attendants.[4379]
Lear. No rescue? What, a prisoner? I am even[4371][4382]
The natural fool of fortune. Use me well;[4371] 190
You shall have ransom. Let me have a surgeon;[4371][4383]
I am cut to the brains.[4371][4384]
The natural fool of fortune. Use me well;[4371] 190
You shall have ransom. Let me have a surgeon;[4371][4383]
I am cut to the brains.[4371][4384]
Gent. You shall have any thing.[4371]
Lear. No seconds? all myself?[4371]
Why, this would make a man a man of salt,[4371][4385]
To use his eyes for garden water-pots,[4371][4386] 195
Ay, and laying autumn's dust.[4371][4387]
Why, this would make a man a man of salt,[4371][4385]
To use his eyes for garden water-pots,[4371][4386] 195
Ay, and laying autumn's dust.[4371][4387]
Lear. I will die bravely, like a smug bridegroom. What![4371][4387][4388]
I will be jovial: come, come; I am a king,[4371][4387]
My masters, know you that.[4371][4387] 200
I will be jovial: come, come; I am a king,[4371][4387]
My masters, know you that.[4371][4387] 200
Gent. You are a royal one, and we obey you.[4371]
Lear. Then there's life in't. Nay, if you get it, you[4371][4389][4390]
shall get it by running. Sa, sa, sa, sa.[4371][4389]
shall get it by running. Sa, sa, sa, sa.[4371][4389]
[Exit running; Attendants follow.[4391]
Gent. A sight most pitiful in the meanest wretch,[4371]
Past speaking of in a king! Thou hast one daughter,[4371][4392] 205
Who redeems nature from the general curse[4371]
Which twain have brought her to.[4371][4393]
Past speaking of in a king! Thou hast one daughter,[4371][4392] 205
Who redeems nature from the general curse[4371]
Which twain have brought her to.[4371][4393]
Edg. Hail, gentle sir.
Gent. Sir, speed you: what's your will?
Edg. Do you hear aught, sir, of a battle toward?[4394]
Gent. Most sure and vulgar: every one hears that,[4395][4396] 210
Which can distinguish sound.[4395][4397]
Which can distinguish sound.[4395][4397]
Gent. Near and on speedy foot; the main descry[4400]
Stands on the hourly thought.
Stands on the hourly thought.
Edg. I thank you, sir: that's all.[4401]
Gent. Though that the queen on special cause is here, 215
Her army is moved on.
Her army is moved on.
Edg. I thank you, sir. [Exit Gent.[4402]
Glou. You ever-gentle gods, take my breath from me;[4403]
Let not my worser spirit tempt me again
To die before you please!
Let not my worser spirit tempt me again
To die before you please!
Edg. Well pray you, father.[4404]
Glou. Now, good sir, what are you? 220
Edg. A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows;[4405]
Who, by the art of known and feeling sorrows,[4406]
Am pregnant to good pity. Give me your hand,
I'll lead you to some biding.
Who, by the art of known and feeling sorrows,[4406]
Am pregnant to good pity. Give me your hand,
I'll lead you to some biding.
Glou. Hearty thanks:[4407]
The bounty and the benison of heaven[4407][4408] 225
To boot, and boot![4407]
The bounty and the benison of heaven[4407][4408] 225
To boot, and boot![4407]
Enter Oswald.[4409]
Osw. A proclaim'd prize! Most happy![4410][4411]
That eyeless head of thine was first framed flesh[4410][4412]
To raise my fortunes. Thou old unhappy traitor,[4410][4413]
Briefly thyself remember: the sword is out[4410]
That must destroy thee.[4410]
That eyeless head of thine was first framed flesh[4410][4412]
To raise my fortunes. Thou old unhappy traitor,[4410][4413]
Briefly thyself remember: the sword is out[4410]
That must destroy thee.[4410]
Glou. Now let thy friendly hand[4410][4414] 230
Put strength enough to't. [Edgar interposes.[4410][4415]
Put strength enough to't. [Edgar interposes.[4410][4415]
Osw. Wherefore, bold peasant,[4410]
Darest thou support a publish'd traitor? Hence![4410][4416]
Lest that the infection of his fortune take[4410][4417]
Like hold on thee. Let go his arm.[4410]
Darest thou support a publish'd traitor? Hence![4410][4416]
Lest that the infection of his fortune take[4410][4417]
Like hold on thee. Let go his arm.[4410]
Edg. Chill not let go, zir, without vurther 'casion.[4418] 235
Osw. Let go, slave, or thou diest!
Edg. Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor volk[4419]
pass. An chud ha' been zwaggered out of my life, 'twould[4420]
not ha' been zo long as 'tis by a vortnight. Nay, come not[4421]
near th' old man; keep out, che vor ye, or I'se try whether[4422] 240
your costard or my ballow be the harder: chill be plain[4423]
with you.
pass. An chud ha' been zwaggered out of my life, 'twould[4420]
not ha' been zo long as 'tis by a vortnight. Nay, come not[4421]
near th' old man; keep out, che vor ye, or I'se try whether[4422] 240
your costard or my ballow be the harder: chill be plain[4423]
with you.
Osw. Out, dunghill! [They fight.[4424]
Osw. Slave, thou hast slain me. Villain, take my purse:
If ever thou wilt thrive, bury my body;
And give the letters which thou find'st about me[4427]
To Edmund earl of Gloucester; seek him out[4428]
Upon the British party. O, untimely death![4428][4429][4430] 250
Death! [Dies.[4430][4431]
If ever thou wilt thrive, bury my body;
And give the letters which thou find'st about me[4427]
To Edmund earl of Gloucester; seek him out[4428]
Upon the British party. O, untimely death![4428][4429][4430] 250
Death! [Dies.[4430][4431]
Edg. I know thee well: a serviceable villain,
As duteous to the vices of thy mistress[4432]
As badness would desire.
As duteous to the vices of thy mistress[4432]
As badness would desire.
Glou. What, is he dead?
Edg. Sit you down, father; rest you.[4433][4434][4435] 255
Let's see these pockets: the letters that he speaks of[4433][4434][4436]
May be my friends. He's dead; I am only sorry[4433][4437][4438]
He had no other deathsman. Let us see:[4433][4437]
Leave, gentle wax; and, manners, blame us not:[4433][4439][4440]
To know our enemies' minds, we'ld rip their hearts;[4440][4441] 260
Their papers, is more lawful.[4442]
Let's see these pockets: the letters that he speaks of[4433][4434][4436]
May be my friends. He's dead; I am only sorry[4433][4437][4438]
He had no other deathsman. Let us see:[4433][4437]
Leave, gentle wax; and, manners, blame us not:[4433][4439][4440]
To know our enemies' minds, we'ld rip their hearts;[4440][4441] 260
Their papers, is more lawful.[4442]
[Reads] 'Let our reciprocal vows be remembered. You[4443][4444][4445]
have many opportunities to cut him off: if your will want[4444]
not, time and place will be fruitfully offered. There is[4444]
nothing done, if he return the conqueror: then am I[4444][4446] 265
the prisoner, and his bed my gaol; from the loathed[4444][4447]
warmth whereof deliver me, and supply the place for your[4444][4448]
labour.
have many opportunities to cut him off: if your will want[4444]
not, time and place will be fruitfully offered. There is[4444]
nothing done, if he return the conqueror: then am I[4444][4446] 265
the prisoner, and his bed my gaol; from the loathed[4444][4447]
warmth whereof deliver me, and supply the place for your[4444][4448]
labour.
'Your—wife, so I would say—affectionate servant,[4449]
'Goneril.' 270
O undistinguish'd space of woman's will![4450]
A plot upon her virtuous husband's life;
And the exchange my brother! Here, in the sands,[4451]
Thee I'll rake up, the post unsanctified[4452]
Of murderous lechers; and in the mature time[4453] 275
With this ungracious paper strike the sight
Of the death-practised duke: for him 'tis well[4454]
That of thy death and business I can tell.[4455]
'Goneril.' 270
O undistinguish'd space of woman's will![4450]
A plot upon her virtuous husband's life;
And the exchange my brother! Here, in the sands,[4451]
Thee I'll rake up, the post unsanctified[4452]
Of murderous lechers; and in the mature time[4453] 275
With this ungracious paper strike the sight
Of the death-practised duke: for him 'tis well[4454]
That of thy death and business I can tell.[4455]
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