The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_Edg._ Away! the foul fiend follows me! 'Through
the[3703][3704][3705][3706] 45
sharp hawthorn blows the cold wind.' Hum! go to thy[3704][3706][3707]
cold bed and warm thee.[3704][3708]
_Lear._ Hast thou given all to thy two daughters? and[3709][3710]
art thou come to this?[3709]
_Edg._ Who gives any thing to poor Tom? whom the 50
foul fiend hath led through fire and through flame, through[3711]
ford and whirlpool, o'er bog and quagmire; that hath laid[3712]
knives under his pillow and halters in his pew; set ratsbane[3713]
by his porridge; made him proud of heart, to ride on[3714]
a bay trotting-horse over four-inched bridges, to course his[3715] 55
own shadow for a traitor. Bless thy five wits! Tom's[3716]
a-cold. O, do de, do de, do de. Bless thee from whirlwinds,[3716][3717]
star-blasting, and taking! Do poor Tom some[3718]
charity, whom the foul fiend vexes. There could I have him
now, and there, and there again, and there. [_Storm still._[3719] 60
_Lear._ What, have his daughters brought him to this pass?[3720]
Couldst thou save nothing? Didst thou give them all?[3721]
_Fool._ Nay, he reserved a blanket, else we had been all
shamed.[3722]
_Lear._ Now, all the plagues that in the pendulous air 65
Hang fated o'er men's faults light on thy daughters![3723]
_Kent._ He hath no daughters, sir.
_Lear._ Death, traitor! nothing could have subdued nature
To such a lowness but his unkind daughters.
Is it the fashion that discarded fathers 70
Should have thus little mercy on their flesh?
Judicious punishment! 'twas this flesh begot[3724]
Those pelican daughters.[3724][3725]
_Edg._ Pillicock sat on Pillicock-hill:[3726][3727]
Halloo, halloo, loo, loo![3726][3728] 75
_Fool._ This cold night will turn us all to fools and
madmen.
_Edg._ Take heed o' the foul fiend: obey thy parents;[3729]
keep thy word justly; swear not; commit not with man's[3730]
sworn spouse; set not thy sweet heart on proud array.[3731] 80
Tom's a-cold.
_Lear._ What hast thou been?
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