The History of King Lear.
605daughter, I would
speake with her, go you call hither my foole;
¶O you
sir, you
sir, come you hither, who am I
sir?
610Lear. My Ladies Father, my Lords knaue, you whore
son dog,
¶Stew. I am none of this my Lord, I be
seech you pardon me.
¶Lear. Do you bandy lookes with me you ra
scall?
615Stew. Ile not be
strucke my Lord.
¶Kent. Nor tript neither, you ba
se football plaier.
¶Lear. I thanke thee fellow, thou
seru'
st me, and ile loue thee.
¶Kent. Come
sir, ile teach you differences, away, away, if you
620will mea
sure your lubbers length againe, tarry, but away, you
¶Lear. Now friendly knaue I thanke thee, there's earne
st of
625Foole. Let me hire him too, here's my coxcombe.
¶Lear. How now my pretty knaue, how do
st thou?
¶Foole. Sirra, you were be
st take my coxcombe.
¶Foole. Why for taking ones part that's out of fauour, nay and
630thou can
st not
smile as the winde
sits, thou't catch colde
shortly,
¶there take my coxcombe; why this fellow hath bani
sht two of
¶his daughters, and done the third a ble
ssing again
st his will, if
¶thou follow him, thou mu
st needs weare my coxcombe, how
¶now nunckle, would I had two coxcombes, and two daughters.
¶Foole. If I gaue them any liuing, ide keepe my coxcombe my
¶selfe, theres mine, beg another of thy daughters.
640Lear. Take heed
sirra, the whip.
¶Foole. Truth is, a dog that mu
st to kennell, he mu
st bee whipt
¶out, when Lady oth'e brach may
stand by the fire and
stinke.
¶Lear. A pe
stilent g[u]ll to me.
645Foole. Sirra, ile teach thee a
speech.
Lear. Do.
¶Foole. Marke it Vnckle; haue more then thou
shewe
st,
speake
¶le
sse then thou knowe
st, lend le
sse then thou owe
st, ride more
