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James Boswell [1821], The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators: comprehending A Life of the Poet, and an enlarged history of the stage, by the late Edmond Malone. With a new glossarial index (J. Deighton and Sons, Cambridge) [word count] [S10201].

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SCENE II. A Field between the two Camps. Alarum within. Enter, with Drum and Colours, Lear, Cordelia, and their Forces; and exeunt. Enter Edgar and Gloster⁹ ^note.

Edg.
Here, father, take the shadow of this tree* ^note
For your good host; pray that the right may thrive:
If ever I return to you again,
I'll bring you comfort.

Glo.
Grace go with you, sir! [Exit Edgar.

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Alarums; afterwards a Retreat. Re-enter Edgar.

Edg.
Away, old man, give me thy hand, away;
King Lear hath lost, he and his daughter ta'en:
Give me thy hand, come on.

Glo.
No further, sir; a man may rot even here

Edg.
What, in ill thoughts again? Men must endure
Their going hence, even as their coming hither:
Ripeness is all¹ ^note

: Come on.

Glo.
And that's true too² ^note. [Exeunt.
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