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. + 

Gloucester + 

Grace go with you, sir! Exit Edgar. + 

Alarum and retreat within. Reenter 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. + 

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. + 