No Fear Shakespeare
King Lear
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 3, Scene 7, Page 3
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REGAN
Hard, hard.—O filthy traitor!
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REGAN
Tie him up harder.—You filthy traitor!
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GLOUCESTER
Unmerciful lady as you are, I’m none.
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GLOUCESTER
I’m not a traitor, unfair lady.
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CORNWALL
To this chair bind him.—Villain, thou shalt find—
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CORNWALL
Tie him to this chair.—You’ll see, criminal—
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REGAN plucks GLOUCESTER’s beard |
REGAN pulls GLOUCESTER’s beard. |
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GLOUCESTER
By the kind gods, ’tis most ignobly done
To pluck me by the beard.
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GLOUCESTER
By the gods, it’s disgraceful for you to pull my beard.
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REGAN
So white, and such a traitor?
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REGAN
As old and white-haired as you are, and you’re such a traitor?
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GLOUCESTER
Naughty lady,
These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin
Will quicken and accuse thee. I am your host.
With robbers' hands my hospitable favors
You should not ruffle thus. What will you do?
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GLOUCESTER
Wicked woman, these white hairs you’re pulling off my chin will come to life and accuse you of wrong-doing. You are my guests. This is no way to treat a host who has welcomed you into his house. What do you think you’re doing?
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CORNWALL
Come, sir, what letters had you late from France?
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CORNWALL
Tell us about the letters that you got from France.
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REGAN
Be simple-answered, for we know the truth.
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REGAN
Get to the point, since we already know the truth.
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CORNWALL
And what confederacy have you with the traitors
Late footed in the kingdom?
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CORNWALL
And what’s your connection with the traitors who landed in our kingdom recently?
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REGAN
To whose hands
You have sent the lunatic king. Speak.
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REGAN
The ones you’ve sent our lunatic king to. Tell us.
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GLOUCESTER
I have a letter guessingly set down,
Which came from one that’s of a neutral heart,
And not from one opposed.
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GLOUCESTER
I got a letter that made some guesses about what was going on, without any proof. It came from a neutral party, not from someone opposed to you.
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CORNWALL
Cunning.
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CORNWALL
How clever of you.
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