The Tragedie of King Lear

Section 1087

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Section 1087

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2By nursing them my Lord. List a breefe tale,
3And when 'tis told, O that my heart would burst.
4The bloody proclamation to escape
5That follow'd me so neere, (O our liues sweetnesse,
6That we the paine of death would hourely dye,
7Rather then die at once) taught me to shift
8Into a mad‐mans rags, t'assume a semblance