...do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more, nor less: And to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect...a man, I think this Lady To be my child Cordelia. CORDELIA. And so I am: I am. LEAR. Be your tears wet? yes 'faith: I pray weep not; If you have poison...

...do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less ; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect...a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. (IV.vii^-yo) The dominant note of the passage is Lear's awareness of his own ignorance and imperfection....

...not mock me; I am a very foolish fond old man, 60 Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect...a man) I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. CORDELIA And so I am: I am! 70 LEAR Be your tears wet? Yes, faith: I pray weep not. If you have poison...

...do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect...as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child... King Lear, Shakespeare EXODUS HE-COON September 26, 1994 On Monday night, his second wife called to...

...not mock me: I am a very foolish, fond old man, Fourscore and upwards; and to deal plainly with you, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should...a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. CORDELIA. And so I am, I am. LEAR. Be your tears wet? Yes, faith. I pray you weep not. If you have...

...tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news. Act v Sc iii Reunion I fear I am not in my perfect mind Methinks I should...a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. Act iv Sc vii Albany has now read Oswald's letter. He arrests Edmund as a traitor, and challenges him...

...his advanced age): I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more or less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect...a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. (4.7.61-71) For the first time he "deals plainly," as Cordelia had dealt with him in the opening scene...

...this man, Yet I am doubtful. For I am mainly29 ignorant 60 What place this is. And all the skill30 I have Remembers not these garments. Nor I know not...a man) I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. Cordelia And so I am. I am. 65 Lear Be your tears wet? Yes, 'faith. I pray, weep not. If you have poison...

...Methinks I should know you and know this man,416 Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly417 ignorant 65 What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers...a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. Cordelia. And so I am, I am. 70 410 Still . . . wide (ie, wide of the mark: Lear's wits still wander...