Act IV, Scene IV

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• Cordelia now appears dressed as Queen of France, and is alarmed at the state that Lear has been reported to be in. She consults a doctor about what can be done for her father's madness.

• Cordelia prays for the quick and safe return of Lear.

• Cordelia is warned that the British troops are getting close to hers. She says that she is already aware of their movements. "'Tis known before" she says. (Just as what Kent had sent in his letter had been known before!)

• She is concerned that when her father eventually sees her, that he will be concerned that French forces are there to take over Britain, and she wants him to understand that it is his business that she is about. (Compare Sophocles, "Oedipus at Colonus" line 340 where a daughter is leading her blind father.)

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