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LEAR. Greetings to the eighth regiment! (Still saluting. To WARRINGTON.) You will command my right flank and circle them on the right. Then I attack the centre. That’s how I crushed the fathers. (Still saluting.) I salute my loyal comrades!
WARRINGTON. We could refuse this war. We’re old, sir. We could retire and let these young men choose what to do with their own lives. Ask your daughters to let you live quietly in the country.
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BISHOP. Our prayers go with you into war, sir. God blesses the righteous. He has nothing to do with women who make war.
COUNCILLOR. I feel confidence in my bones. That’s never failed me. If only I were a young man!
LEAR. The trumpet! I smell victory!
For full scene, please see: Bond, Edward. Lear. Methuen Drama. 1983.
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