No Fear Shakespeare: King Lear: Act 1, scene v

	FOOL
35	If thou wert my fool, nuncle, I'd have thee beaten for being
	old before thy time.

FOOL

If you were my fool, uncle, I'd have you beaten for getting old before your time.

	LEAR
	How's that?

LEAR

How's that?

	FOOL
	Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.

FOOL

You're not supposed to get old until you're wise.

	LEAR
	O, let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven!
40	I would not be mad.
	Keep me in temper. I would not be mad.

LEAR

Oh, dear God, don't let me go mad! Keep me balanced and sane. I don't want to go mad.

Enter a GENTLEMAN

A GENTLEMAN enters.

How now? Are the horses ready?

So, are the horses ready?

	GENTLEMAN
	Ready, my lord.

GENTLEMAN

They're ready, my lord.

	LEAR
	Come, boy.

LEAR

Come on, boy.

Exeunt LEAR and GENTLEMAN

LEAR and the GENTLEMAN exit.

	FOOL
45	She that's a maid now and laughs at my departure,
	Shall not be a maid long unless things be cut shorter.

FOOL

(speaking to the audience) Any girl who laughs because I'm going with the king is too foolish to remain a virgin very long.

Exit

He exits.