The Historie of King Lear.
derly knowne himselfe.
320Gono. The be
st and
sounde
st of his time hath bin but
¶ra
sh,
then mu
st we looke to receiue from his age not a
¶lone the imper-
fection of long ingrafted condition, but
¶therwithal vnruly way-
wardnes, that infirme and
¶cholericke yeares bring with them.
325Rag. Such vncon
stant
starts are we like to haue from
¶him, as
this of Kents banishment.
¶Gono. There is further complement of leaue taking be
¶tweene
France and him, pray lets hit together, if our
¶Father cary autho-
rity with
such di
spo
sitions as he beares,
330this la
st
surrender of his,
will but offend vs,
¶Ragan. We
shall further thinke on't.
¶Gon. We mu
st doe
something, and it'h heate.
Exeunt.
335Bast. Thou Nature art my Godde
sse, to thy law
¶my
seruices
are bound, wherefore
should I
¶stand in the plague of cu
stome,
and permit
¶the curio
sitie of nations to depriue me,
¶for that I am
some twelue or 14. moone
shines
340lag of a brother, why ba
stard?
wherfore ba
se,
¶when my dementions are as well compact,
¶my
mind as generous, and my
shape as true
¶as hone
st madams i
ssue,
why brand they vs
¶with ba
se, ba
se ba
stardie?
345who in the lu
sty
stealth of nature, take more compo
sition and feirce quality,
¶then
doth within a
stale dull lyed bed,
¶goe to the creating of a whole
tribe of fops
¶got tweene a
sleepe and wake; well the
350legitimate
Edgar, I mu
st haue your land,
¶our Fathers loue is to the ba
stard
Edmund,
¶as to the legitimate,
¶well my legitimate, if this letter
speede,
¶and my inuention thriue,
Edmund the ba
se
355shall tooth'le-
gitimate: I grow, I pro
sper,
¶now Gods
stand vp for Ba
stards.
¶Glost. Kent bani
sht thus, and
France in choller parted,
¶and
the King gone to night,
sub
scribd his power,
360confined to exhi-
bition, all this donne
¶vpon the gadde;
Edmund how now
what newes?
¶Bast. So plea
se your Lord
ship, none:
¶Glost. Why
so earne
stly
seeke you to put vp that letter?
¶Bast. I know no newes my Lord.
365Glost. What paper were you reading?
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