Glou. There is a cliff whose high and bending head
Looks fearfully in the confined deep:[4054]
Bring me but to the very brim of it, 75
And I'll repair the misery thou dost bear
With something rich about me: from that place[4055]
I shall no leading need.[4055][4056]
Edg. Give me thy arm:[4057]
Poor Tom shall lead thee. [Exeunt.[4057][4058]
Scene II. Before the Duke of Albany's palace.
Enter Goneril and Edmund.[4059]
Gon. Welcome, my lord: I marvel our mild husband
Not met us on the way.
Enter Oswald.[4060]
Now, where's your master?
Osw. Madam, within; but never man so changed.[4061]
I told him of the army that was landed;[4061]
He smiled at it: I told him you were coming;[4061] 5
His answer was, 'The worse:' of Gloucester's treachery[4061]
And of the loyal service of his son[4061]
When I inform'd him, then he call'd me sot[4061]
And told me I had turn'd the wrong side out:[4061]
What most he should dislike seems pleasant to him;[4061][4062] 10
What like, offensive.[4061][4063]
Gon. [To Edm.] Then shall you go no further.
It is the cowish terror of his spirit,[4064]
That dares not undertake: he'll not feel wrongs,
Which tie him to an answer. Our wishes on the way[4065]
May prove effects. Back, Edmund, to my brother;[4065][4066] 15
Hasten his musters and conduct his powers:
I must change arms at home and give the distaff[4067]
Into my husband's hands. This trusty servant
Shall pass between us: ere long you are like to hear,[4068]
If you dare venture in your own behalf,[4069] 20
A mistress's command. Wear this; spare speech;