927794Enter Bastard, and Curan meetes him. 929796Curan. And you
sir, I haue beene with your father, and giuen
930797him notice, that the Duke of
Cornwall and his Dutche
sse will be
934800Curan. Nay I know not, you haue heard of the newes abroad,
935801I meane the whi
sperd ones, for there are yet but eare-bu
ssing ar
- 937803Bast. Not, I pray you what are they?
941804Curan. You may then in time, fare you well
sir.
943806Bast. The Duke be here to night! the better be
st, this weaues
944807it
selfe perforce into my bu
sine
sse, my father hath
set guard to
945808take my brother, & I haue one thing of a que
sie que
stion, which
947810mu
st aske breefene
sse and fortune helpe; brother a word, di
s- 949811cend brorher I
say, my father watches, O
flie this place, inte[l]li
- 951812gence is giuen where you are hid, you haue now the good ad
- 952813uantage of the night, haue you not
spoken again
st the Duke of
953814Cornwall ought, hee's coming hether now in the night , it'h ha
ste,
955815and
Regan with him, haue you nothing
saide vpon his party a
- 956816gain
st the Duke of
Albaney, aduise your --------
958817Edg. I am
sure on't not a word.
959818Bastard. I heare my father comming, pardon me in crauing, I
960819mu
st draw my
sword vpon you,
seeme to defend your
selfe, now
962820quit you well, yeeld, come before my father, light heere heere,
964821flie brother
flie, torches, torches,
so farwell;
some bloud drawne
966822on me would beget opinion of my more
fierce endeuor, I haue
967823seene drunkards do more then this in
sport; father, father,
stop,
971826Glost. Now
Edmund, where's the villaine?
972827Bast. Heere
stood he in the darke, his
sharpe
sword out, warb
- 973828ling of wicked charmes, coniuring the Moone to
stand his au
spi
- 976831Bast. Looke
sir, I bleed.
977832Glost. Where is the villaine,
Edmund? 978833Bast. Fled this way
sir, when by no meanes he could -------
979834Glost. Pur
sue him, go after, by no meanes, what?
980835Bast. Per
swade me to the murder of your Lord
ship, but that
981836I tolde him the reuengiue Gods, gain
st Paracides did all their
982837thunders bend,
spoke with how many fould and
strong a bond
984838the child was bound to the father;
sir, in a
fine,
seeing how loth
- 985839ly oppo
site I
stood to his vnnaturall purpo
se, with fell motion
987840with his prepared
sword, he charges home my vnprouided bo
- 988841dy, launcht mine arme; but when he
saw my be
st alarumd
spirits
990842bold in the quarrels right, rouzd to the encounter, or whether
991843ga
sted by the noi
se I made, but
sodainly he
fled.
993844Glost. Let him
flie farre, not in this Land
shall he remaine vn
- 994845caught and found; di
spatch, the Noble Duke my ma
ster, my
996846worthy Arch and Patron comes to night, by his authority I will
997847proclaime it, that he which
findes him
shall de
serue our thankes,
999848bringing the murderous cayti
ffe to the
stake, he that conceales
1001850Bast. When I di
sswaded him from his intent, and found him
1002851pight to do it, with cur
st speech I threatned to di
scouer him; he
1003852replied, Thou vnpo
sse
ssing ba
stard, do
st thou thinke, if I would
1005853stand again
st thee, could the repo
sure of any tru
st, vertue, or
1006854worth in thee make thy words faith'd? no
: what I
should deny,
1008855as this I would, I, thogh thou did
st produce my very chara
cter,
1009856ide turne it all to thy
sugge
stion, plot, and damned pretence, and
1011857thou mu
st make a dullard of the world, if they not thought the
1012858pro
fits of my death were very pregnant and potentiall
spurres to
1015860Glost. Strong and fa
stened villaine, would he deny his letter?
1017861I neuer got him: harke, the Dukes trumpets, I know not why he
862comes; all Ports ile barre, the villaine
shall not
scape, the Duke
1019863mu
st grant me that: be
sides, his pi
cture I wil
send far and neere,
1020864that all the kingdome may haue note of him, and of my land,
1022865(loyall and naturall boy) ile worke the meanes to make thee ca
- 1025868Corn. How now my noble friend,
since I came hether, which
1026869I can call but now, I haue heard
strange newes.
1027870Reg. If it be true, all vengeance comes too
short which can
1028871pur
sue the o
ffender; how do
st my Lord?
1029872Glost. Madam, my old heart is crakt, is crakt.
1030873Reg. What, did my fathers god
son
seeke your life? he whom
1032875Glost. I Lady, Lady,
shame would haue it hid.
1033876Reg. Was he not companion with the ryotous Knights that
1035878Glost. I know not Madam, tis too bad, too bad.
1037880Reg. No maruaile then though he were ill a
ffe
cted,
1038881Tis they haue put him on the old mans death,
1039882To haue the
se ------- and wa
ste of this his reuenues:
1040883I haue this pre
sent euening from my
sister
1041884Beene well inform'd of them, and with
such cautions,
1042885That if they come to
soiourne at my hou
se, ile not be there.
1044886Duke. Nor I, a
ssure thee
Regan;
Edmund, I heard that you haue
1045887shewne your father a child-like o
ffice.
1048889Glost. He did betray his pra
cti
se, and receiued
1049890This hurt you
see,
striuing to apprehend him.
1052893Duke. If he be taken, he
shall neuer more be feard of doing
1053894harme, make your owne purpo
se how in my
strength you plea
se;
1054895for you
Edmund, who
se vertue and obedience doth this in
stant
1056896so much commend it
selfe, you
shall be ours, natures of
such deep
1057897tru
st, we
shall much need, you we
fir
st seize on.
1059898Bast. I
shall
serue you truely, how euer el
se.
1060899Glost. For him I thanke your Grace.
1061900Duke. You know not why we came to vi
site you?
1062901Regan. Thus out of
sea
son, threatning darke eide night,
1063902Occa
sions noble
Glocester of
some prize,
1064903Wherein we mu
st haue v
se of your aduice,
1065904Our father he hath writ,
so hath our
sister,
1066905Of defences, which I be
st thought it
fit,
1067906To an
swer from our hand, the
seuerall me
ssengers
1068907From hence attend di
spatch, our good old friend,
1069908Lay comforts to your bo
some, & be
stow your needfull coun
sell
1070909To our bu
sine
sse, which craues the in
stant v
se.
1072911Glo. I
serue you Madam, your Graces are right welcome.