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 CORNWALL
  Get horses for your mistress.
CORNWALL
Prepare the horses for your lady.
Exit OSWALD
OSWALD exits.
 GONERIL
20 Farewell, sweet lord, and sister.
GONERIL
Goodbye, my sweet lord.—Goodbye, my sister.
 CORNWALL
  Edmund, farewell.
CORNWALL
Goodbye, Edmund.
Exeunt GONERIL and EDMUND the bastard
GONERIL and EDMUND exit.
                          Go seek the traitor Gloucester.
  Pinion him like a thief, bring him before us.
Go find the traitor Gloucester. Tie him up like a thief and bring him here to me.
Exeunt some servants
Some servants exit.
  Though well we may not pass upon his life
  Without the form of justice, yet our power
25 Shall do a courtesy to our wrath, which men
  May blame, but not control.—Who's there? The traitor?
I can't condemn him to death without a formal trial, but I'm powerful enough that I can still do something to express my anger. Some men may blame me for doing this, but they won't be able to do anything about it.—Who's there? Is that the traitor?
Enter GLOUCESTER, brought in by two or three servants
Two or three servants bring in GLOUCESTER.
 REGAN
  Ingrateful fox, 'tis he.
REGAN
Ungrateful traitor! That's him.
 CORNWALL
                          Bind fast his corky arms.
CORNWALL
Tie up his withered old arms.
 GLOUCESTER
  What mean your graces? Good my friends, consider
  You are my guests. Do me no foul play, friends.
GLOUCESTER
What are you doing? My friends, remember that you're my guests here. Don't play any nasty tricks on me.
 CORNWALL
30 Bind him, I say.
CORNWALL
Tie him up, I tell you.
Servants bind GLOUCESTER
Servants tie up GLOUCESTER.

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