 Fraterretto calls me; and tells me, Nero is an angler in the lake of darknefs. Pray, Innocent, and beware the foul fiend. Fool. Pr'ythee, nuncle, tell me whether a madman be a gentleman or a yeoman ? Fool. No; he's a yeoman, that has a gentleman to his...  Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear - Page 409by William Shakespeare - 1773Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 900 pages
...impatience. The gods reward your kindness! Enter LEAR, EDGAR, and FOOL [Gloucester goes out EDGAR Frateretto calls me, and tells me Nero is an angler in the lake of darkness. Pray, innocent, and beware the foul fiend. FOOL Prithee, nuncle, tell me whether a madman... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - Art - 2005 - 344 pages
...Harsnett, lie behind Shakespeare's words. In the next storm-scene, Edgar declares that 'Frateretto calls me, and tells me Nero is an angler in the lake of darkness'. Nero as an angler comes from 'The Monk's Tale' of Chaucer; 16 but Harsnett, before mentioning... | |
 | B. Ifor Evans - Art - 2005 - 216 pages
...Kent, the Fool they have been given shelter by Gloucester from the raging of the storm: Frateretto calls me; and tells me Nero is an angler in the lake of darkness. (iii.6.7) Early commentators had been troubled to find Nero a fisherman but Budd tracked... | |
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