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- 6.
KING LEAR.
Be this perpetual. What says our second daughter,
Regan, wife to Cornwall?
Reg. My sister, sir, in part, exprest my love;
For such as her's, is mine, though more extended;
Sense has no other joy that I can relish;
I have my all in my dear lieges love.
Lear. Therefore, to thee and thine hereditary,
Remain this ample third of our fair kingdom.
(Whilst Cordelia is speaking, Lear, assisted by Kent, L.H., and Gloster, R.H., descends from the throne and comes forward into the centre; Kent goes be low Burgundy, L.H., and Gloster remains at Lear's R.H., a little behind him.
Cord. Now comes my trial.—How am I distrest,
That must with cold speech tempt the chol'ric king,
Rather to leave me dowerless, than to condemn me
To Burgundy's embraces. (Aside.)
Lear. Speak now, our last, not least in our dear love,—
So ends my task of state,—Cordelia, speak:
What canst thou say to win a richer third,
Than what thy sisters gained?
Cord. Now must my love, in words, fall short of their's,
As much as it exceeds in truth—(Aside.)—Nothing, my lord,
Lear. Nothing?
Cord. Nothing.
Lear. Nothing can come of nothing; speak again.
Cord. Unhappy am I that I can't dissemble:
Sir, as I ought, I love your majesty,
No more, nor less.
Lear. Take heed, Cordelia;
Thy fortunes are at stake; think better on't,
And mend thy speech a little.
Cord. O my liege!
You gave me being, bred me, dearly loved me,
And I return my duty as I ought,
Obey you, love you, and most honor you.
Why have my sisters husbands, if they love you all?
Haply when I shall wed, the lord, whose hand
Shall take my plight, will carry half my love;
For I shall never marry like my sisters,
To love my father all.
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