564506tale in telling it, and deliuer a plaine me
ssage bluntly, that which
565507ordinary men are
fit for, I am quali
fied, and the be
st of me, is
568510Kent. Not
so young to loue a woman for
singing, nor
so old to
569511dote on her for any thing, I haue yeares on my backe forty eight.
571512Lear. Follow me, thou
shalt
serue me, if I like thee no wor
se
572513after dinner, I will not part from thee yet; dinner ho, dinner,
573514where's my knaue my foole, goe you and call my foole hether,
574515you
sirra, where's my daughter?
576517Steward. So plea
se you -----
577518Lear. What
saies the fellow there? call the clat-pole backe,
578519where's my foole? ho, I thinke the world's a
sleepe, how now,
580521Kent. He
saies my Lord, your daughter is not well.
581522Lear. Why came not the
slaue backe to me when I call'd him?
583523Seruant. Sir, he an
swered me in the rounde
st mannner, hee
586526Seruant. My Lord, I know not what the matter is, but to my
587527iudgement, your Highne
sse is not entertain'd with that ceremo
- 588528nious a
ffe
ction as you were wont, there's a great abatement ap
- 589529peares as well in the generall dependants, as in the Duke him
selfe
590530al
so, and your daughter.
592531Lear. Ha,
sai
st thou
so?
593532Seruant. I be
seech you pardon me my Lord, if I be mi
staken,
594533for my duty cannot be
silent, when I thinke your Highne
sse is
596535Lear. Thou but remembre
st me of mine owne conception, I
597536haue perceiued a mo
st faint negle
ct of late, which I haue rather
598537blamed as mine owne iealous curio
sity, then as a very pretence
599538and purport of vnkindnes; I will look further into it, but wher's
600539this foole? I haue not
seene him this two daies.
602540Seruant. Since my young Ladies going into
France sir, the
603541foole hath much pined away.
604542Lear. No more of that, I haue noted it, goe you and tell my
daughter
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