Act V
Scene II
A field between the two camps.
Alarum within. Enter, with drum and colours, King Lear, Cordelia, and Soldiers, over the stage; and exeunt.
Enter Edgar and Gloucester.
Edgar
Here, father, take the shadow of this treeFor your good host; pray that the right may thrive:If ever I return to you again,I’ll bring you comfort.
Gloucester
Grace go with you, sir!
Exit Edgar.
Alarum and retreat within. Reenter Edgar.
Edgar
Away, old man; give me thy hand; away!King Lear hath lost, he and his daughter ta’en:Give me thy hand; come on.
Gloucester
No farther, sir; a man may rot even here.
Edgar
What, in ill thoughts again? Men must endureTheir going hence, even as their coming hither;Ripeness is all: come on.
Gloucester
And that’s true too.
Exeunt.