Lear. Return to her, and fifty men dismiss’d?

No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose

To be a comrade with the wolf and owl——

To wage against the enmity o’ the air,

Necessity’s sharp pinch!——Return with her!

Why, the hot-blooded France, that dowerless took

Our youngest born, I could as well be brought

To knee his throne, and squire-like pension beg

To keep base life afoot.——Return with her!

Persuade me rather to be slave and sumpter