Act 1 King Lear gathers his daughters TELL ME MY DAUGHTERS WHICH OF YOU SHALL WE SAY DOTH LOVE US MOST KNOW THAT WE HAVE DIVIDED IN THREE OUR KINGDOM TO SHAKE ALL CARES AND BUSINESS FROM OUR AGE CONFERRING THEM ON YOUNGER STRENGTHS WHILE WE LINBURDENED CRAWL TOWARD DEATH SIR I LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORD CAN WIELD THE MATTER IN MY TRUE HEART I FIND SHE NAMES MY VERY DEED OF LOVE ONLY SHE COMES TOO SHORT AND I FIND I AM ALONE FELICITATE IN YOUR DEAR HIGHNESS LOVE NOW OUR JOY WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO DRAW A THIRD MORE OPULENT THAN YOUR SISTERS LET IT BE SO THY TRUTH THEN BY THY DOWER HERE I DISCLAIM ALL MY PATERNAL CARE CORO UNHAPPY THAT I AM I CANNOT HEAVE MY HEART INTO MY MOUTH CORNWALL AND ALBANY WITH MY TWO DAUGHTERS DOWERS DIGEST THIS THIRD Kent protests ROYAL LEAR WHOM I HAVE EVER LOVED AS MY KING THY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER DOES NOT LOVE THEE LEAST I LOVE YOUR MAJESTY ACCORDING TO MY BOND NO MORE NO LESS AVI no 100
King Lear banishes Kent HERE'S FRANCE MY NOBLE LORD FAIREST CORDELIA THAT ART MOST RICH BEING POOR BID THEM FAREWELL THOUGH UNKIND 000 TAKE THY REWARD TURN THY HATED BACK UPON OUR KINGDOM WHY FARE THEE WELL KING FREEDOM LIVES HENCE AND BANISHMENT IS HERE VT THOU HAST HER FRANCE LET HER BE THINE FOR WE HAVE NO SUCH DAUGHTER NOR SHALL EVER SEE THAT FÁCE OF HERS AGAIN After all others exit France Cordelia Goneril and Regan remain COME MY FAIR CORDELIA I KNOW YOU WHAT YOU ARE AND LIKE A SISTER AM MOST LOATH TO CALL YOUR FAULTS AS THEY ARE NAMED LOVE WELL OUR FATHER PRAY YOU LET US HIT TOGETHER IF OUR FATHER CARRY AUTHORITY WITH SUCH DISPOSITION AS HE BEARS THIS LAST SURRENDER OF HIS WILL BUT OFFEND US WE SHALL FURTHER THINK OF IT
At Gloucester's castle Edmund has a letter Edmund's father Gloucester enters WHY SO EARNESTLY SEEK YOU TO PUT UP THAT LETTER IT IS A GIVE LETTER FROM ME THE MY BROTHER THAT LETTER I HAVE NOT ALL SIR O ERREAD HUM CONSPIRACY SLEEP TILL I WAKED HIM YOU SHOULD ENJOY HALF HIS REVENUE MY SON EDGAR HE CANNOT BE SUCH A MONSTER NOR IS NOT SURE WHEREFORE SHOULD STAND IN THE PLAGUE OF CUSTOM TO DEPRIVE ME FOR THAT I AM SOME TWELVE OR FOURTEEN MOONSHINES LAG OF A BROTHER FIND OUT THIS VILLAIN EDMUND IT a SHALL LOSE THEE NOTHING Back at Albany's castle Goneril receives distressing news The banished Kent returns in disguise to serve King Lear however he can DID MY FATHER STRIKE MY GENTLEMAN FOR CHIDING OF HIS FOOL MÁDÁM BY DAY AND NIGHT HE WRONGS ME HIS KNIGHTS GROW RIOTOUS AND HIMSELF UPBRAIDS US ON EVERY TRIFLE I WILL NOT SPEAK WITH HIM
LET ME NOT STAY A JOT FOR DINNER YOU SIRRAH WHERE'S MY DAUGHTER so PLEASE YOU WWW I HAVE PERCEIVED A MOST FAINT NEGLECT OF LATE I WILL LOOK FURTHER INTO Goneril takes away Lear's men against Lear's wishes SADDLE MY HORSES CALL MY TRAIN TOGETHER YET HAVE I LEFT A DAUGHTER HOW NOW DAUGHTER BUT WHERE'S MY FOOL I HAVE NOT SEEN HIM THIS TWO DAYS I BESEECH YOU TO UNDERSTAND MY PURPOSES ARIGHT HERE DO YOU KEEP A HUNDRED KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES BE THEN DESIRED BY HER THAT ELSE WILL TAKE THE THINGS SHE BEGS A LITTLE TO DISUNITY YOUR TRAIN PRAY SIR BE PATIENT After a time O MOST SMALL FALLT HOW UGLY DIDST THOU IN CORDELIA SHOW FROM THE FIXED PLACE DREW FROM MY HEART ALL LOVE I HAVE ANOTHER DAUGHTER WHO I AM SURE IS KIND AND COMFORTABLE M
