King Lear by William Shakespeare

Act 3 - Scene 5

Gloucester’s Castle.

Duke of Cornwall : I will have my revenge ere I depart his house.

Edmund : How, my lord, I may be censured, that nature thus gives way
to [p]loyalty, something fears me to think of.

Duke of Cornwall : I now perceive it was not altogether your brother's
evil [p]disposition made him seek his death; but a provoking merit,
set [p]awork by a reproveable badness in himself.

Edmund : How malicious is my fortune that I must repent to be just! [p]This is
the letter he spoke of, which approves him an [p]intelligent party to
the advantages of France. O heavens! that [p]this treason were not- or
not I the detector!

Duke of Cornwall : Go with me to the Duchess.

Edmund : If the matter of this paper be certain, you have mighty [p]business in
hand.

Duke of Cornwall : True or false, it hath made thee Earl of Gloucester. [p]Seek out where
thy father is, that he may be ready for our [p]apprehension.

Edmund : [aside] If I find him comforting the King, it will stuff
his [p]suspicion more fully.- I will persever in my course of
loyalty, [p]though the conflict be sore between that and my blood.

Duke of Cornwall : I will lay trust upon thee, and thou shalt find a dearer [p]father in
my love.

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