I will not swear, these are my hands :-let's see;
I feel this pin prick. Would I were assured
Of my condition!

Cor.

O, look upon me, sir,

And hold your hands in benediction o'er me :-
No, sir, you must not kneel.

Lear.

Pray, do not mock me:

I am a very foolish fond old man,

Fourscore and upward; and, to deal plainly,

I fear I am not in my perfect mind.

Methinks, I should know you, and know this man ;
Yet I am doubtful: for I am mainly ignorant
What place this is; and all the skill I have
Remembers not these garments; nor I know not
Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me;
For, as I am a man, I think this lady

To be my child Cordelia.

If

Cor.

And so I am, I am.

Lear. Be your tears wet? Yes, faith. I pray,

weep not:

you have poison for me, I will drink it.

I know, you do not love me; for your sisters
Have, as I do remember, done me wrong:

You have some cause, they have not.

Cor.

Lear. Am I in France?
Kent.

Lear. Do not abuse me.

No cause, no cause.

In your own kingdom, sir.

Phy. Be comforted, good madam: the great

rage,

You see, is cured in him; and yet it is danger