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King Lear, IV. vi

Think that the clearest gods, who make them honours

Of men's impossibilities, have preserv'd thee.

Glo. I do remember now; henceforth I'll bear

Affliction till it do cry out itself

'Enough, enough,' and die. That thing you speak of

I took it for a man; often 'twould say

'The fiend, the fiend:' he led me to that place.

Edg. Bear free and patient thoughts. But who comes here?

The safer sense will ne'er accommodate

His master thus.

Lear. No, they cannot touch me for coining;

I am the king himself.

Edg. O thou side-piercing sight!

Lear. Nature's above art in that respect.

There's your press-money. That fellow handles

his bow like a crow-keeper: draw me a clothier's

yard. Look, look! a mouse. Peace, peace!

this piece of toasted cheese will do 't. There 's

my gauntlet; I'll prove it on a giant. Bring

up the brown bills. O! well flown, bird; i' the

clout, i' the clout: hewgh! Give the word.

Edg. Sweet marjoram.

Lear. Pass.

Glo. I know that voice.

Lear. Ha! Goneril, with a white beard!

They flatter'd me like a dog, and told me I had

 74 clearest gods; cf. n.

82 safer: saner

accommodate: equip

88 press-money: money given to soldiers when pressed into service

89 crow-keeper: scare-crow (?)

clothier's yard: cloth-yard shaft, used with long bow; cf. n.

93 brown bills: halberds, or, men carrying them

94 clout: bull's-eye, bit of white cloth used for mark in archery

