King Lear, Act 3, Scene 5

I will have my revenge ere I depart his house.

I will have my revenge before I leave his house.

How, my lord, I may be censured, that nature thus gives way to loyalty, something fears me to think of.

It frightens me a little to think how I may be blamed, my lord, for letting loyalty override natural feeling like this.

I now perceive it was not altogether your brother’s evil disposition made him seek his death; but a provoking merit, set a-work by a reproveable badness in himself.

I see now that it wasn't entirely your brother's wicked nature that made him try to kill him; it was a provoking worthiness in your father, stirred up by a blameworthy badness in himself.

How malicious is my fortune, that I must repent to be just! This is the letter he spoke of, which approves him an intelligent party to the advantages of France. O heavens! that this treason were not; or not I the detector!

How spiteful my luck is, that I have to be sorry for doing right! This is the letter he mentioned, which proves he is a knowing accomplice in France's interests. Oh heavens! I wish this treason did not exist — or that I were not the one who uncovered it!

Go with me to the Duchess.

Come with me to the Duchess.

If the matter of this paper be certain, you have mighty business in hand.

If what this paper says is true, you have a serious matter to deal with.

True or false, it hath made thee Earl of Gloucester. Seek out where thy father is, that he may be ready for our apprehension.

True or false, it has made you Earl of Gloucester. Find out where your father is, so that he can be ready for us to arrest him.

[Aside.] If I find him comforting the King, it will stuff his suspicion more fully. I will persever in my course of loyalty, though the conflict be sore between that and my blood.

[Aside.] If I find him helping the King, that will feed his suspicion even more. I will keep on with my course of loyalty, though the struggle between that and my own blood is painful.

I will lay trust upon thee; and thou shalt find a dearer father in my love.

I will place my trust in you; and you will find a more loving father in my affection.