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King Lear, Act 5, Scene 2

A field between the two Camps

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  1. Alarum within. Enter with drum and colours, Lear, Cordelia and their Forces, and exeunt.

    A call to arms sounds offstage. Lear, Cordelia and their forces come in with a drum and flags, and then they leave.

  2. Enter Edgar and Gloucester.

    Edgar and Gloucester come in.

  3. Edgar1

    Here, father, take the shadow of this tree For your good host; pray that the right may thrive: If ever I return to you again, I’ll bring you comfort.

    Here, father, take the shade of this tree as your kind host; pray that the just side wins. If I ever come back to you, I'll bring you comfort.

  4. Gloucester5

    Grace go with you, sir!

    May grace go with you, sir!

  5. Exit Edgar.

    Edgar leaves.

  6. Alarum and retreat within. Enter Edgar.

    A call to arms and then a retreat sound offstage. Edgar comes in.

  7. Edgar6

    Away, old man, give me thy hand, away! King Lear hath lost, he and his daughter ta’en: Give me thy hand; come on!

    Come away, old man, give me your hand, come away! King Lear has lost; he and his daughter have been captured. Give me your hand; come on!

  8. Gloucester9

    No further, sir; a man may rot even here.

    No further, sir; a man can rot right here.

  9. Edgar10

    What, in ill thoughts again? Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither; Ripeness is all. Come on.

    What, sunk in dark thoughts again? People must put up with their going out of the world, just as they put up with their coming into it. Being ripe is everything. Come on.

  10. Gloucester13

    And that’s true too.

    And that's true as well.

  11. Exeunt.

    They leave.

Original text: Project Gutenberg edition #1532 (public domain, edited by the PG Shakespeare Team). Modern English rendering by Storgy.