[Exeunt.]
SCENE VI. A Chamber in a Farmhouse adjoining the Castle
Enter Gloucester, Lear, Kent, Fool and Edgar.
GLOUCESTER.
Here is better than the open air; take it thankfully. I will piece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
KENT.
All the power of his wits have given way to his impatience:— the gods reward your kindness!
[Exit Gloucester.]
EDGAR.
Frateretto calls me; and tells me Nero is an angler in the lake of darkness. Pray, innocent, and beware the foul fiend.
FOOL.
Prythee, nuncle, tell me whether a madman be a gentleman or a yeoman.
LEAR.
A king, a king!
FOOL.
No, he’s a yeoman that has a gentleman to his son; for he’s a mad yeoman that sees his son a gentleman before him.