A cikin aljihun Oswald, Edgar ya sami wasiƙar Goneril, inda ta ƙarfafa Edmund ya kashe mijinta kuma ya ɗauke ta a matsayin matarsa. Kent da Cordelia sun ɗauki nauyin Lear, wanda hauka ya wuce da sauri. Regan, Goneril, Albany, da Edmund sun haɗu da sojojin su. Albany ya nace cewa su yi yaƙi da mamaye Faransawa amma ba cutar da Lear ko Cordelia ba. 'Yan uwan biyu suna sha'awar Edmund, wanda ya yi alkawura ga duka biyun. Ya yi la'akari da matsala da makircin mutuwar Albany, Lear, da Edgar Cordelia. Goneril ya ba da wasiƙar Faransanci don saduwa da sojojin Albany.
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