With thy fond wishes, which thou wilt too late d: Repent, for know, our nature cannot brook A child so young and so ungentle. Cord. So young, my lord, and true. Lear. Thy truth then be thy dower; For, by the sacred sun and solemn night, I here disclaim all my paternal care, ing And, from this minute, hold thee as a stranger' = Both to my blood and favor. Kent. This is phrensy. Consider, good my liege Lear. Peace, Kent; my wealth! Come not between a dragon and his rage. Kent (kneels) Royal Lear, Whom I have ever honor'd as my king, Loved as my father, as my master follow'd, ? And, as my patron, thought on in my prayers Lear. Away, the bow is hent, make from the shaft. Kent. (rises) No, let it fall, and drench within my heart; Be Kent unmannerly when Lear is mad Thy youngest daughter Lear. On thy life, no more. Kent. What wilt thou do, old man ? Lear. Out of my sight. Kent, See better first. |