PLATE
                      XCIV.
                      Lear
                                 Act III. Scene IV
                    THE HEATH.        BEFORE A HOVEL.
     KING LEAR, KENT, FOOL, LDGAR (disguised as a Madman), and
                       GL 0 UCESTER, with a torch.
  Lear.-Why, thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered
body this extremity of the skies.  Is man no more than this? Consider him
well.
Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat
no
perfume.  Ha! here's three on's are sophisticated!  Thou art the thing itself:
Un-
accommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou
art.
Off, off, you lendings! come, unbutton here.            [Tearing off his
clothes.
  FooL-I~rithee, nuncle, be contented; 'tis a naughty night to swim in. 
Now a little
fire in a wild field were like an old lecher's heart; a small spark, all
the rest on's
body cold.  Look, here comes a walking fire.
                      Enter GLOUCESTER, with a torch.
  Edgar.-This is the foul fiend Flibbertigibbet: he begins at curfew, and
walks till
the first cock; he gives the web and the pin, squints the eye, and makes
the hare-lip;
mildews the white wheat, and hurts the poor creature of earth.
                     ai~~ted by BENYAMIN WEST, R. A.