625557Foole. Let me hire him too, heer's my coxcombe.

626558Lear. How now my prety knaue, how do'st thou?

627559Foole. Sirra, you were best take my coxcombe.

628560Kent. Why Foole?

629561Foole. Why for taking on's part, that's out of fauour, 630nay and

562thou can'st not smile as the wind sits, thou't catch 631cold shortly,

563there take my coxcombe; why this fellow 632hath banisht two

564on's daughters, and done the third a 633blessing against his will, if

565thou follow him, thou must 634needs weare my coxcombe, how

566now nuncle, would 635I had two coxcombes, and two daughters.

636567Lear. Why my boy?

637568Foole. If I gaue them any liuing, id'e keepe my cox638combs

569my selfe, ther's mine, beg another of thy 639daughters.

640570Lear. Take heede sirra, the whip.

641571Foole. Truth is a dog that must to kenell, hee must bee 642whipt

572out, when Ladie oth'e brach may stand by the fire 643and stincke.

644573Lear. A pestilent gull to mee.

645574Foole. Sirra ile teach thee a speech.646 Lear. Doe.

647575Foole. Marke it vncle, 648haue more then thou shewest, 649speake

576lesse then thou knowest, 650lend lesse then thou owest, 651ride more

577then thou goest, 652learne more then thou trowest, 653set lesse then

578thou throwest, 654leaue thy drinke and thy whore, 655and keepe in a

579doore, 656and thou shalt haue more, 657then two tens to a score.

658580Lear. This is nothing foole.

659581Foole. Then like the breath of an vnfeed Lawyer, 660you gaue

582me nothing for't, can you make no vse of no661thing vncle?

662583Lear. Why no boy, 663nothing can be made out of nothing.

664584Foole. Preethe tell him so much the rent of his land 665comes to,

585he will not beleeue a foole.

666586Lear. A bitter foole.

667587Foole. Doo'st know the difference my boy, be668tweene a bitter

588foole, and a sweete foole.

669589Lear. No lad, teach mee.

670590Foole. 670.01That Lord that counsail'd thee to giue away thy land,

670.02591Come place him heere by mee, doe thou for him stand,

670.03592The sweet and bitter foole will presently appeare,

670.04593The one in motley here, the other found out there.

670.05594Lear. Do'st thou call mee foole boy?