Forty-Eight Years Old - Earl of Kent

King Lear x

LEAR

And my poor fool is hanged. No, no, no life?

Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life,

And thou no breath at all? Thou ’lt come no more,

Never, never, never, never, never.—

Pray you undo this button. Thank you, sir.

Do you see this? Look on her, look, her lips,

Look there, look there!       He dies

EDGAR

He faints. My lord, my lord!

KENT

Break, heart, I prithee, break!

EDGAR

Look up, my lord.

KENT

Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass. He hates him

That would upon the rack of this tough world

Stretch him out longer.

EDGAR

He is gone indeed.

KENT

The wonder is he hath endured so long.