and his three daughters.
301Nor my playne meaning be mi
scon
strued;
302My toung was neuer v
sde to
flattery.
303Gon. You were not be
st say I
flatter: if you do,
304My deeds
shall
shew, I
flatter not with you.
305I loue my father better then thou can
st.
306Cor. The pray
se were great,
spoke from anothers mouth:
307But it
should
seeme your neighbours dwell far off.
308Rag. Nay, here is one, that will con
firme as much
309As
she hath
sayd, both for my
selfe and her.
310I
say, thou do
st not wi
sh my fathers good.
311Cord. Deare father.-------
312Leir. Peace, ba
stard Impe, no I
ssue of King
Leir,
313I will not heare thee
speake one tittle more.
314Call not me father, if thou loue thy life,
315Nor the
se thy
sisters once pre
sume to name:
316Looke for no helpe henceforth from me nor mine;
317Shift as thou wilt, and tru
st vnto thy
selfe:
318My Kingdome will I equally deuide
319 'Twixt thy two
sisters to their royall dowre,
320And will be
stow them worthy their de
serts:
321This done, becau
se thou
shalt not haue the hope,
322To haue a childs part in the time to come,
323I pre
sently will di
spo
sse
sse my
selfe,
324And
set vp the
se vpon my princely throne.
325Gon. I euer thought that pride would haue a fall.
326Ra. Plaine dealing,
sister: your beauty is
so
sheene,
327You need no dowry, to make you be a Queene.
328Exeunt Leir, Gonorill, Ragan. 329Cord. Now whither, poore for
saken,
shall I goe,
330When mine own
sisters tryumph in my woe?
331But vnto him which doth prote
ct the iu
st,
332In him will poore
Cordella put her tru
st.
333The
se hands
shall labour, for to get my
spending;
334And
so ile liue vntill my dayes haue ending.
335Per. Oh, how I grieue, to
see my Lord thus fond,
336To dote
so much vpon vayne
flattering words.
337Ah, if he but with good aduice had weyghed,
338The hidden tenure of her humble
speech,
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King Leir