No Fear Shakespeare
King Lear
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 3, Scene 7, Page 2
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CORNWALL
Get horses for your mistress.
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CORNWALL
Prepare the horses for your lady.
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Exit OSWALD
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OSWALD exits. |
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GONERIL
Farewell, sweet lord, and sister.
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GONERIL
Goodbye, my sweet lord.—Goodbye, my sister.
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CORNWALL
Edmund, farewell.
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CORNWALL
Goodbye, Edmund.
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Exeunt GONERIL and EDMUND the bastard |
GONERIL and EDMUND exit. |
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Go seek the traitor Gloucester.
Pinion him like a thief, bring him before us.
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Go find the traitor Gloucester. Tie him up like a thief and bring him here to me.
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Exeunt some servants |
Some servants exit. |
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Though well we may not pass upon his life
Without the form of justice, yet our power
Shall do a courtesy to our wrath, which men
May blame, but not control.—Who’s there? The traitor?
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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?
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Enter GLOUCESTER, brought in by two or three servants |
Two or three servants bring in GLOUCESTER. |
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REGAN
Ingrateful fox, ’tis he.
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REGAN
Ungrateful traitor! That’s him.
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CORNWALL
Bind fast his corky arms.
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CORNWALL
Tie up his withered old arms.
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GLOUCESTER
What mean your graces? Good my friends, consider
You are my guests. Do me no foul play, friends.
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GLOUCESTER
What are you doing? My friends, remember that you’re my guests here. Don’t play any nasty tricks on me.
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CORNWALL
Bind him, I say.
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CORNWALL
Tie him up, I tell you.
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Servants bind GLOUCESTER
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Servants tie up GLOUCESTER. |
