Enter Gloucester, Lear, Kent, Fool, and Edgar.[3817]
Glou. 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[3818]
impatience: the gods reward your kindness! 5
[Exit Gloucester.[3819]
Edg. Frateretto calls me, and tells me Nero is an[3820]
angler in the lake of darkness. Pray, innocent, and beware[3821]
the foul fiend.
Fool. Prithee, nuncle, tell me whether a madman be a[3822]
gentleman or a yeoman.[3823] 10
Lear. A king, a king!
Fool. No, he's a yeoman that has a gentleman to his[3824]
son, for he's a mad yeoman that sees his son a gentleman[3824][3825]
before him.[3824]
Lear. To have a thousand with red burning spits[3824][3826] 15
Come hissing in upon 'em,—[3826][3827]
Edg. The foul fiend bites my back.[3828]