King Lear
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:14:03
I do profess to be
no less than I seem.

:14:08
To serve him truly
that will put me in trust.

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To love him
that is honest.

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To converse with him
that is wise and says little.

:14:23
To fear judgement.
:14:27
To fight
when I cannot choose.

:14:32
And to eat no fish.
:14:51
'Tis politic and safe
to let him keep at point
a hundred knights;

:14:57
yes, that on
every dream,
each buzz,

:15:00
each fancy,
each complaint,

:15:03
dislike,
:15:05
he may enguard
his dotage
with their pow'rs,

:15:07
and hold our lives
in mercy.

:15:09
You might
fear too far.

:15:11
Safer than
trust too far.

:15:16
No, no, my lord.
:15:18
This milky gentleness
of yours shows
want of wisdom.

:15:23
Striving to better,
oft we mar what's well.

:15:28
Nay, then.
:15:29
Well, well.
:15:32
The event.
:15:52
Did my father strike
my gentleman
for chiding of his fool?

:15:55
Ay, madam.
:15:59
By day and night
he wrongs me;


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