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And quit the house on purpose that their punishment
Might have the freer course.

ALBANY
Gloucester, I live
To thank thee for the love thou show’dst the king, [95]
And to revenge thine eyes. Come hither, friend:

Tell me what more thou know’st. (Exeunt.)

Scene III IT

(The French Camp near Dover.)

Enter Kent and a Gentleman.

KENT

Why the King of France is so suddenly gone back know you no reason?

GENTLEMAN
Something he left imperfect in the state, which since his coming forth is
thought of; which imports to the kingdom so much fear and danger that his
personal [5] return was most requir’d and necessary.

KENT
Who hath he left behind him general?

GENTLEMAN
The Marshal of France, Monsieur La Far.

KENT

Did your letters pierce the queen to any demonstration of grief? [10]

GENTLEMAN

Ay, sir; she took them, read them in my presence;
And now and then an ample tear trill’d down
Her delicate cheek; it seem’d she was a queen

Over her passion; who, most rebel-like,