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ALBANY . How far your eyes may pierce I cannot tell : Striving to better , oft we mar what’s well . GONERIL . Nay then , — ALBANY . Well , well ; the event . [ Exeunt . ] SCENE V . Court before the Duke of Albany’s Palace Enter Lear , Kent and Fool . LEAR . Go you before to Gloucester with these letters : acquaint my daughter no further with anything you know than comes from her demand out of the letter . If your diligence be not speedy , I shall be there afore you . KENT . I will not sleep , my lord , till I have delivered your letter . [ Exit . ] FOOL . If a man’s brains were in’s heels , were’t not in danger of kibes ? LEAR . Ay , boy . FOOL . Then I prythee be merry ; thy wit shall not go slipshod . LEAR . Ha , ha , ha ! FOOL . Shalt see thy other daughter will use thee kindly , for though she’s as like this as a crab’s like an apple , yet I can tell what I can tell . LEAR . What canst tell , boy ? FOOL . She’ll taste as like this as a crab does to a crab . Thou canst tell why one’s nose stands i’the middle on’s face ? LEAR . No . FOOL . Why , to keep one’s eyes of either side’s nose , that what a man cannot smell out , he may spy into . LEAR . I did her wrong . FOOL . Canst tell how an oyster makes his shell ? LEAR . No . FOOL . Nor I neither ; but I can tell why a snail has a house . LEAR . Why ? FOOL . Why , to put’s head in ; not to give it away to his daughters , and leave his horns without a case . LEAR . I will forget my nature . So kind a father ! Be my horses ready ? FOOL . Thy asses are gone about ’ em . The reason why the seven stars are no more than seven is a pretty reason . LEAR . Because they are not eight ? FOOL . Yes indeed : thou wouldst make a good fool . LEAR . To tak’t again perforce ! — Monster ingratitude ! FOOL . If thou wert my fool , nuncle , I’d have thee beaten for being old before thy time . LEAR . How’s that ? FOOL . Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise . LEAR . O , let me not be mad , not mad , sweet heaven ! Keep me in temper ; I would not be mad ! Enter Gentleman . How now ? are the horses ready ? GENTLEMAN . Ready , my lord . LEAR . Come , boy . FOOL . She that’s a maid now , and laughs at my departure , Shall not be a maid long , unless things be cut shorter . [ Exeunt . ] ACT II SCENE I . A court within the Castle of the Earl of Gloucester Enter Edmund and Curan , meeting . EDMUND . Save thee , Curan . CURAN . And you , sir . I have been with your father , and given him notice that the Duke of Cornwall and Regan his Duchess will be here with him this night . EDMUND . How comes that ?
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