No Fear Shakespeare: King Lear: Act 4, Scene 2, Page 5

No Fear Shakespheare

William Shakespeare

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	Original Text	Modern Text
90	ALBANY Where was his son when they did take his eyes?	ALBANY Where was Gloucester’s son Edmund when they gouged his eyes out?
	FIRST MESSENGER Come with my lady hither.	FIRST MESSENGER He was on his way here with your wife.
	ALBANY He is not here.	ALBANY But he isn’t here now.
	FIRST MESSENGER No, my good lord. I met him back again.	FIRST MESSENGER No, my lord. I met him going back again.
	ALBANY Knows he the wickedness?	ALBANY Does he know about this wicked crime?
95	FIRST MESSENGER Ay, my good lord. 'Twas he informed against him, And quit the house on purpose that their punishment Might have the freer course.	FIRST MESSENGER Yes, my lord. He was the one who denounced his father. He then left the house specifically so that the punishment might be carried out without concern for their father-son bond.
	ALBANY Gloucester, I live To thank thee for the love thou showed’st the king, And to revenge thine eyes.—Come hither, friend. Tell me what more thou know’st.	ALBANY Gloucester, I’ll thank you forever for the love you’ve shown the king. I’ll get revenge for what they did to your eyes.—Come here, my friend. What else you do know?
	Exeunt	They exit.