Lear. A plague upon you, murderers, traitors all![4822][4823] 270
I might have saved her; now she's gone for ever![4822]
Cordelia, Cordelia! stay a little. Ha![4822][4824]
What is't thou say'st? Her voice was ever soft,[4822][4825]
Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman.[4822][4826]
I kill'd the slave that was a-hanging thee.[4822] 275
Capt. 'Tis true, my lords, he did.[4827]
Lear. Did I not, fellow?[4828]
I have seen the day, with my good biting falchion[4828][4829]
I would have made them skip: I am old now,[4828][4830]
And these same crosses spoil me. Who are you?[4828]
Mine eyes are not o' the best: I'll tell you straight.[4828][4831] 280
Kent. If fortune brag of two she loved and hated,[4832]
One of them we behold.[4833]
Lear. This is a dull sight. Are you not Kent?[4834]
Kent. The same,[4835]
Your servant Kent. Where is your servant Caius?[4835]
Lear. He's a good fellow, I can tell you that;[4836] 285
He'll strike, and quickly too: he's dead and rotten.[4837]
Kent. No, my good lord; I am the very man—[4838]
Lear. I'll see that straight.
Kent. That from your first of difference and decay[4839]
Have follow'd your sad steps.