{"product_id":"king-lear-isbn-9780553212976","title":"King Lear","description":"A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. The king and others pay dearly for their shortcomings–as madness, murder, and the anguish of insight and forgiveness that arrive too late combine to make this an all-embracing tragedy of evil and suffering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach Edition Includes:\u003cbr\u003e• Comprehensive explanatory notes \u003cbr\u003e• Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship \u003cbr\u003e• Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English\u003cbr\u003e• Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories \u003cbr\u003e• An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmographyWilliam Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23.  The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse.  He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community.  William probably went to the King’s New School in Stratford, but he had no university education.  In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna.  She was born on May 26, 1583.  Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585.  By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London working as an actor and already known as a playwright.  A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as “an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers.”  Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord  Chamberlain’s Men (later under James I, called the King’s Men).  In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain’s Men built and occupied the Globe Theater in Southwark near the Thames River.  Here many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin.  In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including \u003ci\u003eSir Thomas More\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Two Noble Kinsmen\u003c\/i\u003e, and he wrote poems, including \u003ci\u003eVenus and Adonis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rape of Lucrece\u003c\/i\u003e. His 154 sonnets were published, probably without his authorization, in 1609.  In 1611 or 1612 he gave up his lodgings in London and devoted more and more time to retirement in Stratford, though he continued writing such plays as \u003cb\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHenry VII\u003c\/b\u003e until about 1613.  He died on April 23 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.  No collected edition of his plays was published during his life-time, but in 1623 two members of his acting company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, put together the great collection now called the First Folio.\u003cp\u003e[Dramatis Personae\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKING LEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGONERIL,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eREGAN,     Lear's daughters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCORDELLA,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDUKE OF ALBANY, Goneril's husband\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDUKE OF CORNWALL, Regan's husband\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKING OF FRANCE, Cordelia's suitor and husband\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDUKE OF BURGUNDY, suitor to Cordelia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEARL OF KENT, later disguised as Caius\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEARL OF GLOUCESTER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEDGER, Gloucester's son and heir, later disguised as poor Tom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEDMUND, Gloucester's bastard son\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOSWALD, Goneril's steward\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA KNIGHT serving King Lear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLear's fool\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCURAN, in Gloucester's household\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGENTLEMEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree servants\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eold man, a tenant of Gloucester\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree MESSENGERS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA GENTLEMEN attending Cordelia as a Doctor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo captains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHERALD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnights, Gentlemen, Attendants, Servants, Officers, Soldiers, Trumpeters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escene: Britain]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.1. Location: King Lear's palace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 affected favored\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Albany i.e., Scotland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5-7 equalities . . . moiety the shares balance so equally that close scrutiny cannot find advantage in either's portion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 breeding raising, care.   charge expense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 brazed hardened\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 conceive understand. (But Gloucester puns in the sense of \"become pregnant.\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 fault (1) sin (2) loss of scent by the hounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 issue (1) result (2) offspring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 proper (1) excellent (2) handsome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 by order of law legitimate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19-20 some year about a year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20-1 account estimation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 knave young fellow. (Not said disapprovingly, though the word is ironic.).   something somewhat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 whoreson low fellow; suggesting bastardy, but (like knave above) used with affectionate condescension\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[1.1]  A  Enter Kent, Gloucester, and Edmund.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKENT  I thought the King had more affected the Duke of 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbany than Cornwall. 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGLOUCESTER  It did always seem so to us; but now in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe division of the kingdom it appears not which of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe dukes he values most, for equalities are so weighed 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat curiosity in neither can make choice of either's   6\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emoiety. 7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKENT  Is not this your son, my lord?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGLOUCESTER  His breeding, sir, hath been at my charge.   9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have so often blushed to acknowledge him that now\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am brazed to't. 11\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKENT  I cannot conceive you. 12\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGLOUCESTER  Sir, this young fellow's mother could;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhereupon she grew round-wombed and had indeed,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esir, a son for her cradle ere she had a husband\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor her bed. Do you smell a fault? 16\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKENT  I cannot wish the fault undone, the issue of it  17\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeing so proper. 18\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGLOUCESTER  But I have a son, sir, by order of law, some 19\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyear elder than this, who yet is no dearer in my ac-  20\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecount. Though this knave came something saucily to  21\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe world before he was sent for, yet was his mother\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efair, there was good sport at his making, and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhoreson must be acknowledged.--Do you know this 24\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enoble gentleman, Edmund?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEDMUND  No, my lord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGLOUCESTER  My lord of Kent. Remember him hereafter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas my honorable friend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29 services duty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30 sue petition, beg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31 study deserving strive to be worthy (of your esteem).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e32 out i.e., abroad, absent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e33.1 Sennet trumpet signal heralding a procession..   one . . . then (This direction is from the Quarto. The coronet is perhaps intended for Cordelia or her betrothed. A coronet signifies nobility below the rank of king.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e34 Attend wait upon, usher ceremoniously\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e36 we, our (The royal plural; also in lines 37-44, etc.).   darker purpose undeclared intention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e38 fast firm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e43 constant . . . publish firm resolve to proclaim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e44 several individual\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e50 Interest of right or title to, possession of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEDMUND  My services to Your Lordship. 29\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKENT  I must love you, and sue to know you better. 30\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEDMUND  Sir, I shall study deserving. 31\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGLOUCESTER  He hath been out nine years, and away 32\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehe shall again. The King is coming. 33\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSennet. Enter [one bearing a coronet, then] King\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLear, Cornwall, Albany, Goneril, Regan, Cordelia, and attendants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAttend the lords of France and Burgundy, Gloucester. 34\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGLOUCESTER  I shall, my liege. Exit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeantime we shall express our darker purpose. 36\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive me the map there. [He takes a map.] Know that \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  we have divided\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn three our kingdom; and 'tis our fast intent 38\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo shake all cares and business from our age,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConferring them on younger strengths while we\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnburdened crawl toward death. Our son of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Cornwall,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd you, our no less loving son of Albany,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have this hour a constant will to publish 43\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur daughters' several dowers, that future strife 44\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay be prevented now. The princes, France and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Burgundy,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreat rivals in our youngest daughter's love,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong in our court have made their amorous sojourn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd here are to be answered. Tell me, my\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  daughters--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince now we will divest us both of rule,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterest of territory, cares of state-- 50\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich of you shall we say doth love us most,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat we our largest bounty may extend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e53 Where . . . challenge where both natural affection and merit claim our bounty as its due.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e56 space, and liberty possession of land, and freedom of action\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e59 found i.e., found himself to be loved\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e60 breath . . . unable utterance impoverished and speech inadequate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e64 shadowy shady..   champains riched fertile plains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e65 plenteous . . . meads abundant rivers bordered with wide meadows\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e69 that self mettle that same spirited temperament\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e70 prize . . . worth value myself as her equal (in love for you). (Prize suggests \"price.\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e71 names . . . love describes my love in action\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e72 that in that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e74 Which . . . possesses which the most delicately sensitive part of my nature can enjoy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e75 felicitate made happy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e78 ponderous weighty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e81 validity value..   pleasure pleasing features\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere nature doth with merit challenge? Goneril, 53\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur eldest born, speak first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGONERIL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSir, I love you more than words can wield the matter,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDearer than eyesight, space, and liberty, 56\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond what can be valued, rich or rare,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo less than life, with grace, health, beauty, honor;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs much as child e'er loved, or father found; 59\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA love that makes breath poor and speech unable. 60\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond all manner of so much I love you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCORDELIA [aside]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat shall Cordelia speak? Love and be silent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR [indicating on map]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf all these bounds, even from this line to this,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith shadowy forests and with champains riched, 64\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith plenteous rivers and wide-skirted meads, 65\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe make thee lady. To thine and Albany's issue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe this perpetual.--What says our second daughter,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur dearest Regan, wife of Cornwall? Speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eREGAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am made of that self mettle as my sister, 69\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd prize me at her worth. In my true heart 70\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI find she names my very deed of love; 71\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly she comes too short, that I profess 72\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMyself an enemy to all other joys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich the most precious square of sense possesses, 74\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd find I am alone felicitate 75\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn your dear Highness' love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCORDELIA  [aside] Then poor Cordelia!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd yet not so, since I am sure my love's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore ponderous than my tongue. 78\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo thee and thine hereditary ever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemain this ample third of our fair kingdom,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo less in space, validity, and pleasure 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e83 least youngest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e84 vines vineyards.   milk pastures (?)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e85 be interessed be affiliated, establish a claim, be admitted as to a privilege. draw win\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e93 bond filial obligation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e97 right fit proper and fitting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e100 all exclusively, and with all of themselves..   Haply Perhaps, with luck\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e101 plight pledge in marriage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThan that conferred on Goneril.--Now, our joy,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough our last and least, to whose young love 83\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vines of France and milk of Burgundy 84\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrive to be interessed, what can you say to draw 85\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA third more opulent than your sisters'? Speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCORDELIA  Nothing, my lord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR  Nothing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCORDELLA  Nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing will come of nothing. Speak again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCORDELIA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnhappy that I am, I cannot heave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy heart into my mouth. I love Your Majesty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to my bond, no more nor less. 93\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow, how, Cordelia? Mend your speech a little,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLest you may mar your fortunes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCORDELIA Good my lord,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou have begot me, bred me, loved me. I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReturn those duties back as are right fit, 97\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObey you, love you, and most honor you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy have my sisters husbands if they say\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey love you all? Haply, when I shall wed, 100\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry 101\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHalf my love with him, half my care and duty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSure I shall never marry like my sisters,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo love my father all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut goes thy heart with this?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCORDELIA Ay, my good lord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR  So young, and so untender?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCORDELIA  So young, my lord, and true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet it be so! Thy truth then be thy dower!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e110 mysteries secret rites..   Hecate goddess of witchcraft and the moon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e111 operation influence..   orbs planets and stars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e112 From whom under whose influence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e114 Propinquity . . . blood close kinship, and rights and duties entailed in blood ties\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e116 his this time forth..   Scythian (Scythians were famous in antiquity for savagery.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e117 makes . . . messes makes meals of his children or parents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e119 neighbored helped in a neighborly way\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e120 sometime former\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e123 set my rest rely wholly. (A phrase from a game of cards, meaning \"to stake all.\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e124 nursery nursing, care. avoid get out of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e125 So . . . peace, as As I hope to rest peacefully in my grave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e126 Who stirs? i.e., Jump to it; don't just stand there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e128 digest assimilate, incorporate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e129 Let . . . her Let pride, which she calls plain speaking, be her dowry and get her a husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e131 effects outward shows\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e132 troop with accompany, serve..   Ourself (The royal \"we.\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e133 With reservation of reserving to myself the right to be attended by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e136 th'addition the honors and prerogatives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e137 sway sovereign authority\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e139 coronet (Perhaps Lear gestures toward this coronet that was to have symbolized Cordelia's dowry and marriage, or hands it to his sons-in-law, or actually attempts to divide it.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor, by the sacred radiance of the sun,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mysteries of Hecate and the night, 110\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy all the operation of the orbs 111\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom whom we do exist and cease to be, 112\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere I disclaim all my paternal care,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePropinquity, and property of blood, 114\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd as a stranger to my heart and me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHold thee from this forever. The barbarous Scythian, 116\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr he that makes his generation messes 117\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo gorge his appetite, shall to my bosom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe as well neighbored, pitied, and relieved 119\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs thou my sometime daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKENT Good my liege-- 120\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR  Peace, Kent!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCome not between the dragon and his wrath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI loved her most, and thought to set my rest 123\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn her kind nursery. [To Cordelia] Hence, and avoid\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  my sight!-- 124\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo be my grave my peace, as here I give 125\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer father's heart from her. Call France. Who stirs? 126\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCall Burgundy. [Exit one.]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCornwall and Albany,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith my two daughters' dowers digest the third. 128\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet pride, which she calls plainness, marry her. 129\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI do invest you jointly with my power,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreeminence, and all the large effects 131\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat troop with majesty. Ourself by monthly course, 132\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith reservation of an hundred knights 133\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy you to be sustained, shall our abode\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMake with you by due turns. Only we shall retain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name and all th'addition to a king. 136\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sway, revenue, execution of the rest, 137\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeloved sons, be yours, which to confirm,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis coronet part between you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKENT Royal Lear, 139\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhom I have ever honored as my king,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e143 Make from Get out of the way of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e144 fall strike..   fork barbed head of an arrow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e149 To . . . bound Loyalty demands frankness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e150 Reserve thy state Retain your royal authority\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e151 And . . . check and with wise deliberation restrain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e152 Answer . . . judgment I wager my life on my judgment that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e155 Reverb no hollowness do not reverberate like a hollow drum, insincerely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e156-7 My . . . wage I never regarded my life other than as a pledge to hazard in warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e158 motive that which prompts me to act.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e160 The true . . . eye i.e., the means to enable you to see better. (Blank means \"the white center of the target,\" or, \"the true direct aim,\" as in \"point-blank,\" traveling in a straight line.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e164 vassal i.e., wretch..   Miscreant (Literally, infidel, heretic; hence, villain, rascal.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoved as my father, as my master followed,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs my great patron thought on in my prayers--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bow is bent and drawn. Make from the shaft. 143\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet it fall rather, though the fork invade 144\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe region of my heart. Be Kent unmannerly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Lear is mad. What wouldst thou do, old man?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThink'st thou that duty shall have dread to speak\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen power to flattery bows?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo plainness honor's bound 149\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen majesty falls to folly. Reserve thy state, 150\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in thy best consideration check 151\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis hideous rashness. Answer my life my judgment, 152\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThy youngest daughter does not love thee least,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNor are those emptyhearted whose low sounds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReverb no hollowness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR   Kent, on thy life, no more. 155\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy life I never held but as a pawn 156\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo wage against thine enemies, nor fear to lose it, 157\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThy safety being motive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR   Out of my sight! 158\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee better, Lear, and let me still remain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe true blank of thine eye. 160\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR  Now, by Apollo--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKENT  Now, by Apollo, King,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThou swear'st thy gods in vain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR  Oh, vassal! Miscreant! 164\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Laying his hand on his sword.]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALBANY, CORNWALL  Dear sir, forbear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKill thy physician, and the fee bestow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e170 recreant traitor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e171 That In that, since\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e172 strained excessive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e173 To . . . power i.e., to block my power to command and judge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e174 Which . . . place which neither my temperament nor my office as king\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e175 Our . . . good my power enacted, demonstrated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e180 trunk body\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e183 Sith Since\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e187 your . . . approve may your deeds confirm your speeches with their vast claims\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e190 shape . . . course follow his traditional plainspoken ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e190.1 Flourish Trumpet fanfare used for the entrance or exit of important persons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e193 address address myself\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon the foul disease. Revoke thy gift,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr whilst I can vent clamor from my throat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'll tell thee thou dost evil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHear me, recreant, on thine allegiance hear me! 170\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat thou hast sought to make us break our vows, 171\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich we durst never yet, and with strained pride 172\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo come betwixt our sentence and our power, 173\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich nor our nature nor our place can bear, 174\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur potency made good, take thy reward. 175\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive days we do allot thee for provision\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo shield thee from disasters of the world,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd on the sixth to turn thy hated back\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon our kingdom. 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