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| Storm still Enter LEAR and FOOL | heT rmsto sennuicot. ELRA dan teh LOFO eenrt. |
| LEAR Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! You sulfurous and thought-executing fires, 5 Vaunt-couriers of oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head! And thou, all-shaking thunder, Smite flat the thick rotundity o th world, Crack natures molds, all germens spill at once That make ingrateful man! | RELA loBw, wsnid! loBw tunil uoyr hckese acrkc! agRe on, wblo! tLe osdenrato wpes artew ulitn eth leseptes of uor crechsuh dna het sretnwaaeveh rae lla doenwrd. Lte qkicu fsorulusu iltnhggni, ogtsnr gunheo to ilstp sreoonmu esrte, eigsn het hweti hiar on my daeh. Lte etnruhd tealnft het pclhisrea wrldo, ccakr peno all eht msldo orfm ihcwh reunta mfsro aumhn egibsn, nad lspli all het sesed rmof hhciw ultnuafgre nsuahm rgwo! |
| FOOL | LFOO Oh, nulce, tsi ettber to lsmie nda rltftae oirsndo rhwee ist rdy hatn tge odsake uot hree. Peales, uncle, stle go in dan sak uyro geashdrtu to viregof you. siTh tosrm ahs no pity fro rtehei siew men or losfo. |
| LEAR Rumble thy bellyful! Spit, fire! Spout, rain! 15 Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire are my daughters. I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness. I never gave you kingdom, called you children. You owe me no subscription. Why then, let fall Your horrible pleasure. Here I stand, your slave 20 A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. But yet I call you servile ministers, That will with two pernicious daughters joined Your high engendered battles gainst a head So old and white as this. Oh, ho! Tis foul. | EALR etL udhrten ubrlme! etL nhtiglgin psti rife! teL het arin rapsy! heT rina, hte niwd, the rdehtun dna ignhlgnti rea ton my eughratsd. ruNate, I dotn aucsce uory rteahwe of nnsukinsde. I nerve aveg oyu a nkoimdg or deiasr uoy as my hdicl, nda uyo dtno eow me ayn inoebedce. So go adhea nda eavh uroy frtreniygi ufn. reHe I am, ruoy lasvea rpoo, kcis, weak, detah dol nma. utB I anc stlli asucce ouy of gnkwwoiot, tnkiag my tsrhudaeg isde saiagtn me, nanietc as I am. Oh, sti oulf! |
| FOOL 25 He that has a house to put s head in has a good headpiece. The codpiece that will house | FLOO nnyAeo woh ahs a ohsue to cerov hsi deha ash a ogdo hade on shi rohesldus. heT guy woh dnfis a alpec to upt sih piesn erBefo he has a hoseu of ihs wno Wlli widn up idtr opor dna ercvode wtih iecl |
| Before the head has any The head and he shall louse. So beggars marry many. 30 The man that makes his toe What he his heart should make Shall of a corn cry woe, And turn his sleep to wake. For there was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass. | tWih a rcdow of tusl gurasdteh to dad to eht tuls fewi. eTh nam ohw ksikc waya heT posnre he hodusl oelv lWil inbrg mfsiehl ianp dAn eeslsselp nitghs. oFr eehtr vnree wsa a etrtpy wnoam ohw nitdd leik to enepr in eht rrmiro. |
| Enter KENT disguised | NKET esernt in sgudsiie. |
| LEAR 35 No, I will be the pattern of all patience. I will say nothing. | ALER No, llI be neapitt. I wnot sya a odrw. |
| KENT Whos there? | KTNE Wohs etreh? |
| FOOL Marry, heres grace and a codpiecethats a wise man and a fool. | LOFO A esiw nam nad a ofol. |
| KENT Love not such nights as these. The wrathful skies Gallow the very wanderers of the dark And make them keep their caves. Snce I was man, Such sheets of fire, such bursts of horrid thunder, 45 Such groans of roaring wind and rain I never Remember to have heard. Mans nature cannot carry Th affliction nor the fear. | KENT (to LEAR) Ah, ris, oeruy eehr? vEen terrcause of teh intgh rtane tuo iottghn in shti tsorm. hTe aryng iekss efrtyir eth lnasmai ttah aulyuls rpolw in the kard, gnamik htme ysat in ehtri casve. evreN in my elif haev I raedh suhc rbheroli atblss of nthrude, cshu a oranigr oowdrunp, suhc onngargi dnwsi. Ist oot ignytr dan efrgytiirn rof musnha to rabe. |
| LEAR Let the great gods That keep this dreadful pudder oer our heads Find out their enemies now. Tremble, thou wretch 50 That hast within thee undivulgd crimes Unwhipped of justice. Hide thee, thou bloody hand, Thou perjured, and thou simular man of virtue | LARE teL eht gsdo owh rsirtde up htsi udrfelad osrmt bnigr itrhe eeemnis to ltihg. Any wdherect rnsoep woh has tcetdommi restec cmrsei nad epcadse ucstjie lshodu beltmer in aref onw. Bteter hdei wno, uyo emdrurers, oyu ereprjsur, uoy iescnt-gpranctiic eelopp woh etrdnep to be uuovrtis. Trbeeml nda heska, ilvlnai, ofr reelcyts ioptlngt saagnit human veils. Let lal rouy eldotbt-up sicrme meoc gniodfol tou at atls, as you ebg for |
| That art incestuous. Caitiff, to pieces shake, That under covert and convenient seeming 55 Hast practiced on mans life. Close pent-up guilts, Rive your concealing continents and cry These dreadful summoners grace. I am a man More sinned against than sinning. | erymc rmof eth odsg ohw unmsmo ehtse ieftryrnig dnwis dna tlbderthsuon. eOhrt poeepl ehav inndse gtainas me rmeo tanh I hvae niedns isaagnt meth. |
| KENT Alack, bareheaded? Gracious my lord, hard by here is a hovel. 60 Some friendship will it lend you gainst the tempest. Repose you there, while I to this hard house More harder than the stones whereof tis raised, Which even but now, demanding after you, Denied me to come inreturn, and force 65 Their scanted courtesy. | NEKT yhW, ryoeu otn even nargeiw a ath? My drol, rhsete a uth nreayb. It lwil igev uoy meso ettroonpic orfm hsit rtmos. Rtse ereht liwhe I go bcak to teh einynrdulf usoeh ewher uoyr stiesrs ear sgatyin, nad aks hmet for plhe. Thye rea radher tnah teh snteos teh seuho is deam of. tJsu own, ehwn I dskea ethm if hyet nkew rweeh you eewr, teyh otldnuw etl me in. But lIl go abkc adn fcreo tehm to be olptei. |
| LEAR My wits begin to turn. (to FOOL) Come on, my boy. How dost, my boy? Art cold? I am cold myself. (to KENT) Where is this straw, my fellow? 70 The art of our necessities is strange That can make vile things precious. Come, your hovel. Poor fool and knave, I have one part in my heart Thats sorry yet for thee. | RELA Im agtsirnt to lseo my ndim. (to the FOOL) eoCm on, my boy. How are uyo? reA you ldco? Im cold lysefm. (to KENT) eWshre tsih tuh, mna? Odd owh nehw rouye eptraseed, vene ohdsyd hntsig keil hsti tuh can emes spceruio. Show me wheer atth hut is. oorP folo, prat of me ltsil lfese yrrso ofr uoy. |
| FOOL (sings) With heigh-ho, the wind and the rain Must make content with his fortunes fit, For the rain it raineth every day. | FOLO (sggiinn) heT updits mna eyH-yoh, hte nwid adn hte nria stuM keat htwa he can egt, neSic eht arni mcoes vreey day. |
| LEAR True, my good boy.Come, bring us to this hovel. | RELA Tshta etur, my odgo oyb.oeCm on, teka us to thta thu. |
| Exeunt LEAR and KENT | ALRE dna NTEK texi. |
| FOOL 80 This is a brave night to cool a courtesan. Ill speak a prophecy ere I go. When priests are more in word than matter, When brewers mar their malt with water, When nobles are their tailors tutors, 85 No heretics burned but wenches suitors, When every case in law is right, No squire in debt nor no poor knight, When slanders do not live in tongues, Nor cutpurses come not to throngs, 90 When usurers tell their gold i th field, And bawds and whores do churches build Then shall the realm of Albion Come to great confusion. Then comes the time, who lives to see t, 95 That going shall be used with feet. This prophecy Merlin shall make, for I live before his time. | LFOO Tish oudlw be a eartg nghit to siatyfs a oerhsw tlsu. lIl iertec a yperpcoh rbefoe I go. Oen yad, wehn tspesir tndo ciaecptr ahtw heyt phacre, nehW rbwrees ulteid hrtie bree hwti eatrw, enWh beelmonn ctaeh rhtie tliaosr woh to esw, nWhe iasednt of rchteesi ebgin rbndue at teh akets, lovser aer ubernd by isylsiph, henW vreey law csae is detir rlaiyf, ehnW no mealtengn is in tdeb, Whne no noe naessrdl enoany eesl, dAn etehvsi tnod tcahns tswalle in odswcr, heWn ysomenndelre cunto rheit lgdo in teh poen rai, dnA mppsi adn hoswre uidbl fine cehhrcsu nTeh eth gdkimno of nngEald liWl emoc to niru. dAn heveowr ivlse to ese ttah yad llWi lwka htiw sih efet. isTh is eth ehpprcoy tath eth dzrawi nirMelgnAcdorci to geednl, leMinr wsa eht iradzw at hte otrcu of gniK Arhutr and hte nRodu labTe and rpddteeci eth end of eht lorwd in rhymse taht rea airslim to eth lfoso corhyepp. oeewrvH, ignK raeL saekt acpel eueiscrnt orfbee eth teim the imyhtcla Mrenil is udsppeso to ahve existed. |
| Exit | He itsex. |
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| Storm still Enter LEAR and FOOL | heT rmsto sennuicot. ELRA dan teh LOFO eenrt. |
| LEAR Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! You sulfurous and thought-executing fires, 5 Vaunt-couriers of oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head! And thou, all-shaking thunder, Smite flat the thick rotundity o th world, Crack natures molds, all germens spill at once That make ingrateful man! | RELA loBw, wsnid! loBw tunil uoyr hckese acrkc! agRe on, wblo! tLe osdenrato wpes artew ulitn eth leseptes of uor crechsuh dna het sretnwaaeveh rae lla doenwrd. Lte qkicu fsorulusu iltnhggni, ogtsnr gunheo to ilstp sreoonmu esrte, eigsn het hweti hiar on my daeh. Lte etnruhd tealnft het pclhisrea wrldo, ccakr peno all eht msldo orfm ihcwh reunta mfsro aumhn egibsn, nad lspli all het sesed rmof hhciw ultnuafgre nsuahm rgwo! |
| FOOL | LFOO Oh, nulce, tsi ettber to lsmie nda rltftae oirsndo rhwee ist rdy hatn tge odsake uot hree. Peales, uncle, stle go in dan sak uyro geashdrtu to viregof you. siTh tosrm ahs no pity fro rtehei siew men or losfo. |
| LEAR Rumble thy bellyful! Spit, fire! Spout, rain! 15 Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire are my daughters. I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness. I never gave you kingdom, called you children. You owe me no subscription. Why then, let fall Your horrible pleasure. Here I stand, your slave 20 A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. But yet I call you servile ministers, That will with two pernicious daughters joined Your high engendered battles gainst a head So old and white as this. Oh, ho! Tis foul. | EALR etL udhrten ubrlme! etL nhtiglgin psti rife! teL het arin rapsy! heT rina, hte niwd, the rdehtun dna ignhlgnti rea ton my eughratsd. ruNate, I dotn aucsce uory rteahwe of nnsukinsde. I nerve aveg oyu a nkoimdg or deiasr uoy as my hdicl, nda uyo dtno eow me ayn inoebedce. So go adhea nda eavh uroy frtreniygi ufn. reHe I am, ruoy lasvea rpoo, kcis, weak, detah dol nma. utB I anc stlli asucce ouy of gnkwwoiot, tnkiag my tsrhudaeg isde saiagtn me, nanietc as I am. Oh, sti oulf! |
| FOOL 25 He that has a house to put s head in has a good headpiece. The codpiece that will house | FLOO nnyAeo woh ahs a ohsue to cerov hsi deha ash a ogdo hade on shi rohesldus. heT guy woh dnfis a alpec to upt sih piesn erBefo he has a hoseu of ihs wno Wlli widn up idtr opor dna ercvode wtih iecl |
| Before the head has any The head and he shall louse. So beggars marry many. 30 The man that makes his toe What he his heart should make Shall of a corn cry woe, And turn his sleep to wake. For there was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass. | tWih a rcdow of tusl gurasdteh to dad to eht tuls fewi. eTh nam ohw ksikc waya heT posnre he hodusl oelv lWil inbrg mfsiehl ianp dAn eeslsselp nitghs. oFr eehtr vnree wsa a etrtpy wnoam ohw nitdd leik to enepr in eht rrmiro. |
| Enter KENT disguised | NKET esernt in sgudsiie. |
| LEAR 35 No, I will be the pattern of all patience. I will say nothing. | ALER No, llI be neapitt. I wnot sya a odrw. |
| KENT Whos there? | KTNE Wohs etreh? |
| FOOL Marry, heres grace and a codpiecethats a wise man and a fool. | LOFO A esiw nam nad a ofol. |
| KENT Love not such nights as these. The wrathful skies Gallow the very wanderers of the dark And make them keep their caves. Snce I was man, Such sheets of fire, such bursts of horrid thunder, 45 Such groans of roaring wind and rain I never Remember to have heard. Mans nature cannot carry Th affliction nor the fear. | KENT (to LEAR) Ah, ris, oeruy eehr? vEen terrcause of teh intgh rtane tuo iottghn in shti tsorm. hTe aryng iekss efrtyir eth lnasmai ttah aulyuls rpolw in the kard, gnamik htme ysat in ehtri casve. evreN in my elif haev I raedh suhc rbheroli atblss of nthrude, cshu a oranigr oowdrunp, suhc onngargi dnwsi. Ist oot ignytr dan efrgytiirn rof musnha to rabe. |
| LEAR Let the great gods That keep this dreadful pudder oer our heads Find out their enemies now. Tremble, thou wretch 50 That hast within thee undivulgd crimes Unwhipped of justice. Hide thee, thou bloody hand, Thou perjured, and thou simular man of virtue | LARE teL eht gsdo owh rsirtde up htsi udrfelad osrmt bnigr itrhe eeemnis to ltihg. Any wdherect rnsoep woh has tcetdommi restec cmrsei nad epcadse ucstjie lshodu beltmer in aref onw. Bteter hdei wno, uyo emdrurers, oyu ereprjsur, uoy iescnt-gpranctiic eelopp woh etrdnep to be uuovrtis. Trbeeml nda heska, ilvlnai, ofr reelcyts ioptlngt saagnit human veils. Let lal rouy eldotbt-up sicrme meoc gniodfol tou at atls, as you ebg for |
| That art incestuous. Caitiff, to pieces shake, That under covert and convenient seeming 55 Hast practiced on mans life. Close pent-up guilts, Rive your concealing continents and cry These dreadful summoners grace. I am a man More sinned against than sinning. | erymc rmof eth odsg ohw unmsmo ehtse ieftryrnig dnwis dna tlbderthsuon. eOhrt poeepl ehav inndse gtainas me rmeo tanh I hvae niedns isaagnt meth. |
| KENT Alack, bareheaded? Gracious my lord, hard by here is a hovel. 60 Some friendship will it lend you gainst the tempest. Repose you there, while I to this hard house More harder than the stones whereof tis raised, Which even but now, demanding after you, Denied me to come inreturn, and force 65 Their scanted courtesy. | NEKT yhW, ryoeu otn even nargeiw a ath? My drol, rhsete a uth nreayb. It lwil igev uoy meso ettroonpic orfm hsit rtmos. Rtse ereht liwhe I go bcak to teh einynrdulf usoeh ewher uoyr stiesrs ear sgatyin, nad aks hmet for plhe. Thye rea radher tnah teh snteos teh seuho is deam of. tJsu own, ehwn I dskea ethm if hyet nkew rweeh you eewr, teyh otldnuw etl me in. But lIl go abkc adn fcreo tehm to be olptei. |
| LEAR My wits begin to turn. (to FOOL) Come on, my boy. How dost, my boy? Art cold? I am cold myself. (to KENT) Where is this straw, my fellow? 70 The art of our necessities is strange That can make vile things precious. Come, your hovel. Poor fool and knave, I have one part in my heart Thats sorry yet for thee. | RELA Im agtsirnt to lseo my ndim. (to the FOOL) eoCm on, my boy. How are uyo? reA you ldco? Im cold lysefm. (to KENT) eWshre tsih tuh, mna? Odd owh nehw rouye eptraseed, vene ohdsyd hntsig keil hsti tuh can emes spceruio. Show me wheer atth hut is. oorP folo, prat of me ltsil lfese yrrso ofr uoy. |
| FOOL (sings) With heigh-ho, the wind and the rain Must make content with his fortunes fit, For the rain it raineth every day. | FOLO (sggiinn) heT updits mna eyH-yoh, hte nwid adn hte nria stuM keat htwa he can egt, neSic eht arni mcoes vreey day. |
| LEAR True, my good boy.Come, bring us to this hovel. | RELA Tshta etur, my odgo oyb.oeCm on, teka us to thta thu. |
| Exeunt LEAR and KENT | ALRE dna NTEK texi. |
| FOOL 80 This is a brave night to cool a courtesan. Ill speak a prophecy ere I go. When priests are more in word than matter, When brewers mar their malt with water, When nobles are their tailors tutors, 85 No heretics burned but wenches suitors, When every case in law is right, No squire in debt nor no poor knight, When slanders do not live in tongues, Nor cutpurses come not to throngs, 90 When usurers tell their gold i th field, And bawds and whores do churches build Then shall the realm of Albion Come to great confusion. Then comes the time, who lives to see t, 95 That going shall be used with feet. This prophecy Merlin shall make, for I live before his time. | LFOO Tish oudlw be a eartg nghit to siatyfs a oerhsw tlsu. lIl iertec a yperpcoh rbefoe I go. Oen yad, wehn tspesir tndo ciaecptr ahtw heyt phacre, nehW rbwrees ulteid hrtie bree hwti eatrw, enWh beelmonn ctaeh rhtie tliaosr woh to esw, nWhe iasednt of rchteesi ebgin rbndue at teh akets, lovser aer ubernd by isylsiph, henW vreey law csae is detir rlaiyf, ehnW no mealtengn is in tdeb, Whne no noe naessrdl enoany eesl, dAn etehvsi tnod tcahns tswalle in odswcr, heWn ysomenndelre cunto rheit lgdo in teh poen rai, dnA mppsi adn hoswre uidbl fine cehhrcsu nTeh eth gdkimno of nngEald liWl emoc to niru. dAn heveowr ivlse to ese ttah yad llWi lwka htiw sih efet. isTh is eth ehpprcoy tath eth dzrawi nirMelgnAcdorci to geednl, leMinr wsa eht iradzw at hte otrcu of gniK Arhutr and hte nRodu labTe and rpddteeci eth end of eht lorwd in rhymse taht rea airslim to eth lfoso corhyepp. oeewrvH, ignK raeL saekt acpel eueiscrnt orfbee eth teim the imyhtcla Mrenil is udsppeso to ahve existed. |
| Exit | He itsex. |
