Reading The Tragedie of King Lear — William Shakespeare

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Edg.

I heard my selfe proclaim'd,

And by the happy hollow of a Tree,

Escap'd the hunt. No Port is free, no place

That guard, and most vnusall vigilance

Do's not attend my taking. Whiles I may scape

I will preserue myselfe: and am bethought

To take the basest, and most poorest shape

That euer penury in contempt of man,

Brought neere to beast; my face Ile grime with

filth,

Blanket my loines, else all my haires in knots,

And with presented nakednesse out‐face

The Windes, and persecutions of the skie;

The Country giues me proofe, and president

Of Bedlam beggers, who with roaring voices,

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