Edm. Yet Edmund was beloved:[4798] 240
The one the other poison'd for my sake,[4798][4799]
And after slew herself.[4798][4800]
Alb. Even so. Cover their faces.[4794]
Edm. I pant for life: some good I mean to do,[4801]
Despite of mine own nature. Quickly send,[4801][4802] 245
Be brief in it, to the castle; for my writ[4801][4803]
Is on the life of Lear and on Cordelia:[4801][4804]
Nay, send in time.[4801]
Alb. Run, run, O, run![4794][4805]
Edg. To who, my lord? Who hath the office? send[4806][4807]
Thy token of reprieve.[4806] 250
Edm. Well thought on: take my sword,[4808]
Give it the captain.[4808]
Alb. Haste thee, for thy life. [Exit Edgar.[4794][4809]
Edm. He hath commission from thy wife and me[4810]
To hang Cordelia in the prison, and[4810]
To lay the blame upon her own despair,[4810] 255
That she fordid herself.[4810][4811]
Alb. The gods defend her! Bear him hence awhile.[4794]
[Edmund is borne off.[4812]