Note to King Lear, 4.7.46: "Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears / Do scald like moulten lead."

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Act 4, Scene 7, line 46
Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears / Do scald like moulten lead: Lear seems to feel as if he is in constant torment, so severe, that tears intensify instead of ease the pain.



Wheel of Fire wheel Source: wikipedia.org