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._ When we our betters see bearing our woes,[3895][3896]
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.[3895][3896]
Who alone suffers suffers most i' the mind,[3895][3897]
Leaving free things and happy shows behind:[3895]
But then the mind much sufferance doth o'erskip,[3895][3898] 105
When grief hath mates, and bearing fellowship.[3895]
How light and portable my pain seems now,[3895]
When that which makes me bend makes the king bow,[3895]
He childed as I father'd! Tom, away![3895][3899]
Mark the high noises, and thyself bewray[3895][3900] 110
When false opinion, whose wrong thought defiles thee,[3895][3901]
In thy just proof repeals and reconciles thee.[3895]
What will hap more to-night, safe 'scape the king![3895][3902]
Lurk, lurk. [_Exit._[3895][3903]
SCENE VII. _Gloucester's castle._
_Enter_ CORNWALL, REGAN, GONERIL, EDMUND, _and_ Servants.[3904]
_Corn._ Post speedily to my lord your husband; show[3905]
him this letter: the army of France is landed. Seek out the[3905]
traitor Gloucester. [_Exeunt some of the Servants._[3905][3906]
_Reg._ Hang him instantly.
_Gon._ Pluck out his eyes. 5
_Corn._ Leave him to my displeasure. Edmund, keep[3907][3908]
you our sister company: the revenges we are bound to take[3907][3909]
upon your traitorous father are not fit for your beholding.[3907]
Advise the duke, where you are going, to a most festinate[3907][3910]
preparation: we are bound to the like. Our posts shall
be[3907][3911][3912] 10
swift and intelligent betwixt us. Farewell, dear sister:[3911][3913]
farewell, my lord of Gloucester.[3911]
_Enter_ OSWALD.[3914]
How now! where's the king?
_Osw._ My lord of Gloucester hath convey'd him hence:
Some five or six and thirty of his knights,[3915] 15
Hot questrists after him, met him at gate;[3915][3916]
Who, with some other of the lords dependants,[3915][3917]
Are gone with him toward Dover; where they boast[3915][3918]
To have well-armed friends.[3915]
_Corn._ Get horses for your mistress.
_Gon._ Farewell, sweet lord, and sister. 20
_Corn._ Edmund, farewell.
[_Exeunt Goneril, Edmund, and Oswald._[3919]
Go seek the traitor Gloucester.
Pinion him like a thief, bring him before us.
[_Exeunt other Servants._[3920]
Though well we may not pass upon his life[3921]
Without the form of justice, yet our power
Shall do a courtesy to our wrath, which men[3922][3923] 25
May blame but not control. Who's there? the traitor?[3922]
_Enter_ GLOUCESTER, _brought in by two or three_.[3924]
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