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King Lear by William Shakespeare
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To give away thy land,
Come place him here by me,--
Do thou for him stand:
The sweet and bitter fool
Will presently appear;
The one in motley here,
The other found out there.

Lear.
Dost thou call me fool, boy?

Fool.
All thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born
with.

Kent.
This is not altogether fool, my lord.

Fool.
No, faith; lords and great men will not let me: if I had a
monopoly out, they would have part on't and loads too: they
will not let me have all the fool to myself; they'll be
snatching.--Nuncle, give me an egg, and I'll give thee two
crowns.

Lear.
What two crowns shall they be?

Fool.
Why, after I have cut the egg i' the middle and eat up the
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