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Gon. 'Tis his own blame; hath put himself from rest,

And must needs taste his folly.

Reg. For his particular, I'll receive him gladly,

But not one follower.

Gon. So am I purposed. Where is my Lord of Gloucester?

Corn. Follow'd the old man forth. He is return'd.

Re-enter GLOUCESTER.

Glou. The king is in high

rage.

Corn.

going?

Whither is he

Glou. He calls to horse; but will I know not

whither.

Corn. 'Tis best to give him way; he leads himself. Gon. My lord, entreat him by no means to stay. Glou. Alack! the night comes on, and the high winds

Do sorely ruffle; for many miles about

There's scarce a bush.

Reg.

O! sir, to wilful

men,

her is he

horse;

ow not

ive him mself.

eat him

stay,

night

e high

many

wilful

The injuries that they them-
selves procure

Must be their schoolmasters.
Shut up your doors;

He is attended with a desper-
ate train,

And what they may incense him to, being apt

To have his ear abused, wisdom bids fear."

Corn. Shut up your doors, my lord; 'tis a wild night:

My

Regan counsels well: come out o' the storm.

[Exeunt.

ACT III.

SCENE I. A Heath.

A storm, with thunder and

lightning.

Enter KENT

and a Gentleman, meeting.

Kent. Who's there, beside foul weather?

Gent. One minded like the weather, most unquietly. Kent. I know you. Where's the king?

Gent. Contending with the

fretful elements;

Bids the wind blow the earth

into the sea,

Or swell the curled waters 'bove the main,

That things might change or cease; tears his white hair,

Which the impetuous blasts, with eyeless rage,

Catch in their fury, and make nothing of;

Strives in his little world of

man to out-scorn

The to-and-fro conflicting wind and rain.

This night, wherein the cubdrawn bear would couch, The lion and the belly-pinched wolf

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