Alb. If there be more, more woful, hold it in ; For I am almost ready to dissolve, Hearing of this. Edg. This would have seem'd a period To such as love not sorrow; but another, Whilst I was big in clamor, came there a man, Alb. But who was this? Edg. Kent, sir, the banish'd Kent; who in dis guise Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service Enter GENTLEMAN hastily, with a bloody knife. Gen. Help! help! O, help! It came even from the heart of Alb. Who, man? speak. Gen. Your lady, sir, your lady: and her sister By her is poison'd; she hath confess'd it. Edm. I was contracted to them both; all three Now marry in an instant. Alb. Produce their bodies, be they alive or dead! This judgment of the Heavens, that makes tremble, Touches us not with pity. us [Exit Gen. Enter KENT. Edg. Here comes Kent, sir. Alb. O it is he. The time will not allow the compliment, Which very manners urges. Kent. I am come To bid my king and master aye1 good night: Is he not here? Alb. Great thing of us forgot! Speak, Edmund, where's the king, and where 's Cordelia? Seest thou this object, Kent? [the bodies of Goneril and Regan are brought in. Kent. Alack, why thus ? Edm. Yet Edmund was beloved: The one the other poison'd for my sake, 1 For ever. |