Page 1861 - Shakespeare - Vol. 3
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His word was still: Fie, foh, and fum,
I smell the blood of a British man. [175]
(Exeunt.)
Scene V IT
(A Room in Gloucester’s Castle.)
Enter Cornwall and Edmund.
CORNWALL
I will have my revenge ere I depart his house.
EDMUND
How, my lord, I may be censured, that nature thus gives way to loyalty,
something fears me to think of.
CORNWALL
I now perceive it was not altogether your brother’s evil disposition made him
seek his death; but a [5] provoking merit, set a-work by a reproveable
badness in himself.
EDMUND
How malicious is my fortune, that I must repent to be just! This is the letter
he spoke of, which approves him an intelligent party to the advantages of
France. O [10] Heavens! that this treason were not, or not I the detector!
CORNWALL
Go with me to the Duchess.
EDMUND
If the matter of this paper be certain, you have mighty business in hand.
CORNWALL
True or false, it hath made thee Earl of [15] Gloucester. Seek out where thy
father is, that he may be ready for our apprehension.
