SCENE II. ［A field between the two camps］
Alarum within. Enter with drum and colours, LEAR, CORDELIA,
and Soldiers, over the stage; and exeunt
Enter EDGAR and GLOUCESTER
EDG. 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.
GLOU. Grace go with you, sir!
Exit ［EDGAR］.
Alarum and retreat within. Re-enter EDGAR
EDG. Away, old man; give me thy hand; away!
King Lear hath lost, he and his daughter ta’en.
Give me thy hand; come on.
GLOU. No further, sir; a man may rot even here.
EDG. What, in ill thoughts again? Men must endure
Their going hence, even as their coming hither;
Ripeness is all. Come on.
GLOU. And that’s true too. Exeunt.