| 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 tree | |
| | For your good host; pray that the right may thrive: | |
| | If ever I return to you again, | |
| | I'll bring you comfort. | 5 |
| GLOUCESTER | Grace go with you, sir! | |
| | Exit EDGAR | |
| | Alarum and retreat within. Re-enter 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. | 10 |
| EDGAR | What, in ill thoughts again? Men must endure | |
| | Their going hence, even as their coming hither; | |
| | Ripeness is all: come on. | |
| GLOUCESTER | And that's true too. | |
| | Exeunt | |
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