No Fear Shakespeare

King Lear

William Shakespeare

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	Original Text	Modern Text
35	FOOL 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.
40	LEAR O, let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven! 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.
45	FOOL 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.