READ STUDY GUIDE: Act V, scenes i–ii |
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Act V, Scene ii:
A field between the two Camps.
A field between the two Camps.
| [Alarum within. Enter, with drum and colours, Lear, Cordelia, andtheir Forces, and exeunt.] |
| [Enter Edgar and Gloster.] |
| Edg.: |
| 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. |
| Glou.: |
| Grace go with you, sir! |
| [Exit Edgar] . |
| [Alarum and retreat within. R-enter Edgar.] |
| Edg.: |
| Away, old man,—give me thy hand,—away! |
| King Lear hath lost, he and his daughter ta'en: |
| Give me thy hand; come on! |
| Glou.: |
| No further, sir; a man may rot even here. |
| Edg.: |
| What, in ill thoughts again? Men must endure |
| Their going hence, even as their coming hither; |
| Ripeness is all:—come on. |
| Glou.: |
| And that's true too. |
| [Exeunt.] |
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