Of my more fierce endeavour: Stop, stop! No help? Enter GLOUCESTER, and Glou. Now, Edmund, where's the villain? Edm. Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out, Mumbling of wicked charms, conjuring the moon To stand auspicious mistress. Glou. But where is he? Edm. Look, sir, I bleed. Glou. Where is the villain, Edmund ? Edm. Fled this way, sir. could Glou. Pursue him, ho! Go after. [Exit Servant. By no means what? Edm. Persuade me to the murder of your lordship; But that I hold him, the revenging gods 'Gainst parricides did all the thunder bend; Spoke with how manifold and strong a bond The child was bound to the father; sir, in fine, ? Seeing how loathly opposite I stood To his unnatural purpose, in fell motion, With his prepared sword he charges home My unprovided body, lanced mine arm: But when he saw my best alarum'd spirits Bold in the quarrel's right, roused to the encounter, Or whether gasted by the noise I made, Full suddenly he fled. Glou. Let him fly far: Not in this land shall he re main uncaught; And found dispatch. The noble duke my master, My worthy arch and patron, comes to-night: By his authority I will proclaim it, That he which finds him shall deserve our thanks, Bringing the murderous coward to the stake; He that conceals him, death. Edm. When I dissuaded him from his intent, And found him pight to do it, with curst speech I threaten'd to discover him: he replied, 1 'Thou unpossessing bastard! dost thou think, If I would stand against thee, would the reposal Of any trust, virtue, or worth Make thy words faith'd? My very character, I'd turn To thy suggestion, plot, and And thou must make a dullard If they not thought the pro- |