The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-07
THE TWO LEARS.


II, AMI made the dry bones live. IN that
great masters hands the tale broaioncd
md docpcncd. 1t became more tIag,cal
shan the original record
This is the outline of Shnkespeare's
story.
King Lear being old. and disposed to
enjoy ease and dignity. without the cares
of state, resolved to divide his kingdom
among his three daughters; their names
were Goueril, Duchess of Albany, Regain,
Duchess of Cornwall, and Cordola, un-
married, but courted by the King Of
France aud the Duke of Burgundy, then
a powerful monarch, though nominally
vassal to the French King.
When IL came to the division, the old
King was weak enough to tell his
daughters he should give the larger share
TO the Que who loved him best, and should
prove her love by words.
This was TO invite cheap protestaticns,
and, accordingly, t.o of the ladies, Goperil
and Regain. We'd in lip-love; Goneril said
sho loved him more than words could
utter; yet she found words to paint flial
love in toerably glowing terms; for she
went so far rs to say that /" she loved him
dcarer than eye sight, space, or liberty.
and no less than honor. beauty, health.
and life itself" with more to the same
tune.
Regain could not soar above this; so sho
had the address to say that her sister had
spoken her very mind, only she. Regain.
went IA little further, and detested all other
joys but that of nliul love.
The royal parent believed all this, and
then turned to his favorite his youngest,
and asked her what she could say to Il aw
from him larger dowry than her sisters
bad just earncd--wth their tongues.
Cordeiiq Nor ing my iofi.
.e,r SS, e,ainsss:
Nothing Will come Of nothing; speas again.
Cordoba was little frightened at her
fathers anger; but she would only say she
loved her father rs n daughter should: She
obeycd him, loved him, honorel HIM, aud
thought ii no merit. hut thing OF course.
She also declined frankly to believe that
her sisters. who were wives had no love
for their husbands. only for their father;
nor could she promise to reserve all her
love for her father, and give none to the
man she might wed.
Tho fact Is, she being woman, her sis
her that it made her rather blunt in her
honesty; and she did not gild the pill.
L-nr-so Young. and o nieuier2
tctt-, 20 young. my lord, aud True.
Loir-Let It BE- 50; tny truth. then. be thy dover.
He then went into violent passion, ana
disowned her rs his daughter, aud ordered
her from his presence. while he settled
with his favored daughters what retinue
he was To have as u retired King and
where he live.
Afterward, he sent for Cordclia, and the
princes her suitor>; he told them to her
face he had disinherited her, and he used
terms of invectve so ambiguous. that Cor
della. who had borne all the rest III silence,
now inierfered, aud appealed 10 his justice
to tell those gentlemen she had lost his
favor. not by any unchaste or dishonOrabe
act, but for want OF IA greedy eye and
natterDg tongue
Lear eVudcd this rcmonstrancc and up
braided her again III general terms but
Cordeim's appeal was not lost upon her
Buitors. Burgundy, indeed, only offered
10 take her With the dowry originally pro-
posed; and on tho KING refusing TIL he
declined her hand. But theroupon this
pitMble scene WIS redeemed 10y n trait of
mobility. France, who had come there for
u rich dowry IL well rs bride, was now
fired with nobler sentiments, and wei
coined II pearl OF WOmanhoOd, without
land ar money:
Mos cho.,e' icf'aata aud mos loved. iv''plei
ny COW eriess uausneyr' hias To~1 :, our cHAhee
Nj ali he buses o! wat.ris Birsiatg
Can Dul this unpf.1'd precious mni Of M.
Even this noble burst did not enlighten
nor soften the impetuous old King whose
vanity had been publicly wounded. lie
nctually took the arm of Burgundy. the
paltiy Duke who had admitted he woocd
the lady only Tor her substance. and he
bado the only daughter who really loved
Inn begone
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pnri with her ana 80 She uisaDuenred for
umc, from me scene.
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