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Cor. No cause, no cause.

Lear. Am I in France?

Kent. In your own kingdom, sir.

Lear. Do not abuse me.

[Doc.] Be comforted, good madam; the great rage,

You see, is kill'd in him; and yet it is danger

To make him even o'er the time he has lost.

Desire him to go in; trouble him no more

Till further settling.

Cor. Will 't please your highness walk?

Lear. You must bear with me.

Pray you now, forget and forgive: I am old and foolish.

Exeunt [Lear, Cordelia, Doctor, and Attendants.]

[Gent. Holds it true, sir, that the Duke of

Cornwall was so slain?

Kent. Most certain, sir.

Gent. Who is conductor of his people?

Kent. As 'tis said, the bastard son of Gloucester.

Gent. They say Edgar, his banished son, is

with the Earl of Kent in Germany.

Kent. Report is changeable. 'Tis time to

look about; the powers of the kingdom

approach apace.

Gent. The arbitrement is like to be bloody.

Fare you well, sir.

Kent. My point and period will be throughly wrought,

Or well or ill, as this day's battle's fought.]

 80 even o'er, etc.: fill in the chasm in his memory

95 arbitrement: process of decision 