King Lear by William Shakespeare
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Must be content to think you old, and so--
But she knows what she does. Lear. Is this well spoken? Reg. I dare avouch it, sir: what, fifty followers? Is it not well? What should you need of more? Yea, or so many, sith that both charge and danger Speak 'gainst so great a number? How in one house Should many people, under two commands, Hold amity? 'Tis hard; almost impossible. Gon. Why might not you, my lord, receive attendance From those that she calls servants, or from mine? Reg. Why not, my lord? If then they chanc'd to slack you, We could control them. If you will come to me,-- For now I spy a danger,--I entreat you To bring but five-and-twenty: to no more Will I give place or notice. Lear. I gave you all,-- Reg. And in good time you gave it. |
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