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| Enter CORNWALL and EDMUND | CORNWALL enters with EDMUND . |
| CORNWALL I will have my revenge ere I depart his house. | WCALNORL I’ll tge my nveerge beefor I leeva hsti usohe. |
| EDMUND How, my lord, I may be censured, that nature thus gives way to loyalty, something fears me to think of. | UEDDNM I’m idafra to knhit who I’ll be zicecditir fro enttgil my lnutaar itcafefon for my terahf vige ayw to my yallyto to uyo. |
| CORNWALL I now perceive it was not altogether your brother’s evil disposition made him seek his death, but a provoking merit set awork by a reprovable badness in himself. | LLOACNWR wNo I leazrie ouyr ehtorbr drite to kill royu eahfrt not utsj bseeuac oryu eorthrb is an ilev nma, tub bcaeuse oyur hftare dresvede it by bngie wedick feimhls. |
| EDMUND How malicious is my fortune, that I must repent to be just! (giving CORNWALL a letter) This is the letter which he spoke of, which approves him an intelligent party to the advantages of France. O heavens, that this treason were not, or not I the detector! | UNEDDM wHo ucuykln am I, hnavgi to oozeigapl orf indgo teh gthir ghtni! (vniigg WOLCNRAL a tletre) hsiT is hte eteltr he saw lakitng obatu, dna it rmicsofn he was a ysp for rcaenF. Oh doG, I wsih he dah evren byderate us, or atth I adhn’t eenb teh one to eocidvrs sih eonatrs. |
| CORNWALL Go with me to the duchess. | NCRLWLAO omCe tihw me to ese het uhesscd. |
| EDMUND If the matter of this paper be certain, you have mighty business in hand. | MDEDNU If hits tetlre’s ihrgt, oyu’ve ogt a lto to ldea ihtw. |
| CORNWALL | ONWACLLR hgRti or nto, it’s amed oyu teh aErl of utoelersGc. Go nfdi uryo hfrtea nad lte mih nwko we’re gonig to srrate hmi. |
| EDMUND (aside) If I find him comforting the king, it will stuff his suspicion more fully.(to CORNWALL) I will persevere in my course of loyalty, though the conflict be sore between that and my blood. | EDMDNU (to lifmhse) If I chact my freaht ephnilg eth nkgi, he’ll mees eevn orem lyigu. (to CORNWALL) I’ll do ahwt I tmsu ylyloal, even uhhgto it asnip me to teak antioc aasngti my ahetrf. |
| CORNWALL I will lay trust upon thee, and thou shalt find a dearer father in my love. | RCNALOLW I utp my utstr in yuo. uoY’ll see htat I’m a rtteeb tfreha to ouy htna lGestruoec. |
| Exeunt | They exit. |
Original Text | Modern Text |
| Enter CORNWALL and EDMUND | CORNWALL enters with EDMUND . |
| CORNWALL I will have my revenge ere I depart his house. | WCALNORL I’ll tge my nveerge beefor I leeva hsti usohe. |
| EDMUND How, my lord, I may be censured, that nature thus gives way to loyalty, something fears me to think of. | UEDDNM I’m idafra to knhit who I’ll be zicecditir fro enttgil my lnutaar itcafefon for my terahf vige ayw to my yallyto to uyo. |
| CORNWALL I now perceive it was not altogether your brother’s evil disposition made him seek his death, but a provoking merit set awork by a reprovable badness in himself. | LLOACNWR wNo I leazrie ouyr ehtorbr drite to kill royu eahfrt not utsj bseeuac oryu eorthrb is an ilev nma, tub bcaeuse oyur hftare dresvede it by bngie wedick feimhls. |
| EDMUND How malicious is my fortune, that I must repent to be just! (giving CORNWALL a letter) This is the letter which he spoke of, which approves him an intelligent party to the advantages of France. O heavens, that this treason were not, or not I the detector! | UNEDDM wHo ucuykln am I, hnavgi to oozeigapl orf indgo teh gthir ghtni! (vniigg WOLCNRAL a tletre) hsiT is hte eteltr he saw lakitng obatu, dna it rmicsofn he was a ysp for rcaenF. Oh doG, I wsih he dah evren byderate us, or atth I adhn’t eenb teh one to eocidvrs sih eonatrs. |
| CORNWALL Go with me to the duchess. | NCRLWLAO omCe tihw me to ese het uhesscd. |
| EDMUND If the matter of this paper be certain, you have mighty business in hand. | MDEDNU If hits tetlre’s ihrgt, oyu’ve ogt a lto to ldea ihtw. |
| CORNWALL | ONWACLLR hgRti or nto, it’s amed oyu teh aErl of utoelersGc. Go nfdi uryo hfrtea nad lte mih nwko we’re gonig to srrate hmi. |
| EDMUND (aside) If I find him comforting the king, it will stuff his suspicion more fully.(to CORNWALL) I will persevere in my course of loyalty, though the conflict be sore between that and my blood. | EDMDNU (to lifmhse) If I chact my freaht ephnilg eth nkgi, he’ll mees eevn orem lyigu. (to CORNWALL) I’ll do ahwt I tmsu ylyloal, even uhhgto it asnip me to teak antioc aasngti my ahetrf. |
| CORNWALL I will lay trust upon thee, and thou shalt find a dearer father in my love. | RCNALOLW I utp my utstr in yuo. uoY’ll see htat I’m a rtteeb tfreha to ouy htna lGestruoec. |
| Exeunt | They exit. |
