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<T Lr><L 1><Y Q1><P B1><C >
 <D {Enter Kent, Gloster, and Bastard.}>
 <S {Kent.}>
*I thought the King had more affected the Duke of {Al}-{bany}
 then {Cornwell.}
*<S {Glost.}> It did allwaies seeme so to vs, but now in the
*diuision of the kingdomes, it appeares not which of
*the Dukes he values most, for equalities are so weighed, that cu-riositie
 in neither, can make choise of eithers moytie.
 <S {Kent.}> Is not this your sonne my Lord?
*<S {Glost.}> His breeding sir hath beene at my charge, I haue so of-ten
 blusht to acknowledge him, that now I am braz'd to it.
 <S {Kent.}> I cannot conceiue you.
*<S {Glost.}> Sir, this young fellowes mother Could, wherupon shee
*grew round wombed, and had indeed Sir a sonne for her cradle,
 ere she had a husband for her bed, doe you smell a fault?
*<S {Kent.}> I cannot wish the fault vndone, the issue of it being so
 proper.
*<S {Glost.}> But I haue sir a sonne by order of Law, some yeare el-der
*then this, who yet is no deerer in my account, tho . . .