King Lear by William Shakespeare
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To come between our sentence and our power,--
Which nor our nature nor our place can bear,-- Our potency made good, take thy reward. Five days we do allot thee for provision To shield thee from diseases of the world; And on the sixth to turn thy hated back Upon our kingdom: if, on the tenth day following, Thy banish'd trunk be found in our dominions, The moment is thy death. Away! by Jupiter, This shall not be revok'd. Kent. Fare thee well, king: sith thus thou wilt appear, Freedom lives hence, and banishment is here.-- [To Cordelia.] The gods to their dear shelter take thee, maid, That justly think'st and hast most rightly said! [To Regan and Goneril.] And your large speeches may your deeds approve, That good effects may spring from words of love.-- Thus Kent, O princes, bids you all adieu; He'll shape his old course in a country new. [Exit.] [Flourish. Re-enter Gloster, with France, Burgundy, and Attendants.] Glou. Here's France and Burgundy, my noble lord. |
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