...and then the Gentleman speak it for her. When Lear sees his daughter again in Act Four, he exclaims, "For as I am a man, I think this lady / To be my child Cordelia" (4.7.79). Weeping quietly, Cordelia replies, "And so I am; I am" (4.7.80). Then Lear "reads" her tears...

...deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you, and know this man, Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this...a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. (4.7.61-71) For the first time he "deals plainly," as Cordelia had dealt with him in the opening scene...

...this man, Yet I am doubtful. For I am mainly29 ignorant 60 What place this is. And all the skill30 I have Remembers not these garments. Nor I know not...a man) I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. Cordelia And so I am. I am. 65 Lear Be your tears wet? Yes, 'faith. I pray, weep not. If you have poison...

...Methinks I should know you and know this man,416 Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly417 ignorant 65 What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers...a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia. Cordelia. And so I am, I am. 70 410 Still . . . wide (ie, wide of the mark: Lear's wits still wander...

...Not an hour more nor less; and to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. (IV, 5, 50—55) Do not laugh at me, For as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child, Cordelia. Cordelia: And so I am, I am. (IV, 5, 41-43) Goethe sagte 1771 in seinem über diesen unvergleichbaren...