Edm. In wisdom I should ask thy name,[4706]
But since thy outside looks so fair and warlike
And that thy tongue some say of breeding breathes,[4707]
What safe and nicely I might well delay[4708] 145
By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn:[4709]
Back do I toss these treasons to thy head;[4710]
With the hell-hated lie o'erwhelm thy heart;[4711]
Which for they yet glance by and scarcely bruise,[4712]
This sword of mine shall give them instant way, 150
Where they shall rest for ever. Trumpets, speak!
[Alarums. They fight. Edmund falls.[4713]
Alb. Save him, save him![4714]
Gon. This is practice, Gloucester:[4715][4716]
By the law of arms thou wast not bound to answer[4715][4717]
An unknown opposite; thou art not vanquish'd,[4715]
But cozen'd and beguiled.[4715]
Alb. Shut your mouth, dame,[4718][4719] 155
Or with this paper shall I stop it. Hold, sir;[4718][4720]
Thou worse than any name, read thine own evil.[4718][4721]
No tearing, lady; I perceive you know it.[4718][4722]
Gon. Say, if I do, the laws are mine, not thine:[4723]
Who can arraign me for't?[4723][4724]
Alb. Most monstrous![4725] 160
Know'st thou this paper?[4725]
Gon. Ask me not what I know. [Exit.[4726]
Alb. Go after her: she's desperate; govern her.[4727]
Edm. What you have charged me with, that have I done;[4728]
And more, much more; the time will bring it out:
'Tis past, and so am I. But what art thou[4729] 165
That hast this fortune on me? If thou'rt noble,[4729][4730]
I do forgive thee.[4729]