Spaces:
Runtime error
Runtime error
File size: 5,702 Bytes
e3c36ca | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 | <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>SCENE V. Court before the same.
</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<LINK rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen"
href="/shake.css">
</HEAD>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
<table width="100%" bgcolor="#CCF6F6">
<tr><td class="play" align="center">King Lear
<tr><td class="nav" align="center">
<a href="/Shakespeare">Shakespeare homepage</A>
| <A href="/Shakespeare/lear/">King Lear</A>
| Act 1, Scene 5
<br>
<a href="lear.1.4.html">Previous scene</A>
| <a href="lear.2.1.html">Next scene</A>
</table>
<H3>SCENE V. Court before the same.</h3>
<p><blockquote>
<i>Enter KING LEAR, KENT, and Fool</i>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech1><b>KING LEAR</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=1>Go you before to Gloucester with these letters.</A><br>
<A NAME=2>Acquaint my daughter no further with any thing you</A><br>
<A NAME=3>know than comes from her demand out of the letter.</A><br>
<A NAME=4>If your diligence be not speedy, I shall be there afore you.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech2><b>KENT</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=5>I will not sleep, my lord, till I have delivered</A><br>
<A NAME=6>your letter.</A><br>
<p><i>Exit</i></p>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech3><b>Fool</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=7>If a man's brains were in's heels, were't not in</A><br>
<A NAME=8>danger of kibes?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech4><b>KING LEAR</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=9>Ay, boy.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech5><b>Fool</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=10>Then, I prithee, be merry; thy wit shall ne'er go</A><br>
<A NAME=11>slip-shod.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech6><b>KING LEAR</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=12>Ha, ha, ha!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech7><b>Fool</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=13>Shalt see thy other daughter will use thee kindly;</A><br>
<A NAME=14>for though she's as like this as a crab's like an</A><br>
<A NAME=15>apple, yet I can tell what I can tell.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech8><b>KING LEAR</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=16>Why, what canst thou tell, my boy?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech9><b>Fool</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=17>She will taste as like this as a crab does to a</A><br>
<A NAME=18>crab. Thou canst tell why one's nose stands i'</A><br>
<A NAME=19>the middle on's face?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech10><b>KING LEAR</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=20>No.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech11><b>Fool</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=21>Why, to keep one's eyes of either side's nose; that</A><br>
<A NAME=22>what a man cannot smell out, he may spy into.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech12><b>KING LEAR</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=23>I did her wrong--</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech13><b>Fool</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=24>Canst tell how an oyster makes his shell?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech14><b>KING LEAR</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=25>No.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech15><b>Fool</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=26>Nor I neither; but I can tell why a snail has a house.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech16><b>KING LEAR</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=27>Why?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech17><b>Fool</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=28>Why, to put his head in; not to give it away to his</A><br>
<A NAME=29>daughters, and leave his horns without a case.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech18><b>KING LEAR</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=30>I will forget my nature. So kind a father! Be my</A><br>
<A NAME=31>horses ready?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech19><b>Fool</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=32>Thy asses are gone about 'em. The reason why the</A><br>
<A NAME=33>seven stars are no more than seven is a pretty reason.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech20><b>KING LEAR</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=34>Because they are not eight?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech21><b>Fool</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=35>Yes, indeed: thou wouldst make a good fool.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech22><b>KING LEAR</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=36>To take 't again perforce! Monster ingratitude!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech23><b>Fool</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=37>If thou wert my fool, nuncle, I'ld have thee beaten</A><br>
<A NAME=38>for being old before thy time.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech24><b>KING LEAR</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=39>How's that?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech25><b>Fool</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=40>Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst</A><br>
<A NAME=41>been wise.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech26><b>KING LEAR</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=42>O, let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven</A><br>
<A NAME=43>Keep me in temper: I would not be mad!</A><br>
<p><i>Enter Gentleman</i></p>
<A NAME=44>How now! are the horses ready?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech27><b>Gentleman</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=45>Ready, my lord.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech28><b>KING LEAR</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=46>Come, boy.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech29><b>Fool</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=47>She that's a maid now, and laughs at my departure,</A><br>
<A NAME=48>Shall not be a maid long, unless things be cut shorter.</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt</i></p>
<table width="100%" bgcolor="#CCF6F6">
<tr><td class="nav" align="center">
<a href="/Shakespeare">Shakespeare homepage</A>
| <A href="/Shakespeare/lear/">King Lear</A>
| Act 1, Scene 5
<br>
<a href="lear.1.4.html">Previous scene</A>
| <a href="lear.2.1.html">Next scene</A>
</table>
</body>
</html>
|