King Lear
contributor: Eric Lease Morgan (Infomotions, Inc.)
creator: Shakespeare, William
date: 0000-00-00
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language: en
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subject: king
subject: lear
subject: gloucester
subject: kent
subject: equalities
subject: weighed
subject: son
subject: shakespeare
subject: william
subject: english
subject: literature
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full text: KING LEAR DRAMATIS PERSONAE LEAR king of Britain (KING LEAR:) KING OF FRANCE: DUKE OF BURGUNDY (BURGUNDY:) DUKE OF CORNWALL (CORNWALL:) DUKE OF ALBANY (ALBANY:) EARL OF KENT (KENT:) EARL OF GLOUCESTER (GLOUCESTER:) EDGAR son to Gloucester. EDMUND bastard son to Gloucester. CURAN a courtier. Old Man tenant to Gloucester. Doctor: Fool: OSWALD steward to Goneril. A Captain employed by Edmund. (Captain:) Gentleman attendant on Cordelia. (Gentleman:) A Herald. Servants to Cornwall. (First Servant:) (Second Servant:) (Third Servant:) GONERIL | | REGAN | daughters to Lear. | CORDELIA | Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants (Knight:) (Captain:) (Messenger:) SCENE Britain. KING LEAR ACT I SCENE I King Lear's palace. [Enter KENT, GLOUCESTER, and EDMUND] KENT I thought the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall. GLOUCESTER It did always seem so to us: but now, in the division of the kingdom, it appears not which of the dukes he values most; for equalities are so weighed, that curiosity in neither can make choice of either's moiety. KENT Is not this your son, my lord? GLOUCESTER His breeding, sir, hath been at my charge: I have so often blushed to acknowledge him, that now I am brazed to it. KENT I cannot conceive you. GLOUCESTER Sir, this young fellow's mother could: whereupon she grew round-wombed, and had, indeed, sir, a son for her cradle ere she had a husband for her bed. Do you smell a fault? KENT I cannot wish the fault undone, the issue of it being so proper. GLOUCESTER But I have, sir, a son by order of law, some year elder than this, who yet is no dearer in my account: though this knave came something saucily into the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair; there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged. Do you know this noble gentleman, Edmund? EDMUND No, my lord. GLOUCESTER My lord of Kent: remember him hereafter as my honourable friend. EDMUND My services to your lordship. …