M.William Shak-
speare
HISHistorie, of King Lear.
¶Enter Kent, Gloster, and Bastard.
¶I Thought the King had more affected the Duke of
Al-
¶Glost. It did allwaies
seeme
so to vs, but now in the
¶diui
sion of the kingdomes, it appeares not which of
¶the Dukes he values mo
st, for equalities are
so weighed, that cu-
¶rio
sitie in neither, can make choi
se of eithers moytie.
¶Kent. Is not this your
sonne my Lord?
¶Glost. His breeding
sir hath beene at my charge, I haue
so of-
¶ten blu
sht to acknowledge him, that now I am braz'd to it.
15Kent. I cannot conceiue you.
¶Glost. Sir, this young fellowes mother Could, wherupon
shee
¶grew round wombed, and had indeed Sir a
sonne for her cradle,
¶ere
she had a hu
sband for her bed, doe you
smell a fault?
20Kent. I cannot wi
sh the fault vndone, the i
ssue of it being
so
¶Glost. But I haue
sir a
sonne by order of Law,
some yeare el-
¶der then this, who yet is no deerer in my account, though this
¶knaue came
something
sawcely into the world before hee was
25sent for, yet was his mother faire, there was good
sport at his
¶makeing, & the whore
son mu
st be acknowledged, do you know
¶this noble gentleman
Edmund?
B
