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 \nGlou.His breeding,sir,hath been at my charge.I have sooften  \nblush'd to acknowledge him that now I am braz'd to't.  \nKent.I cannot conceive you.  \nGlou.Sir,this young fellow's mother could;whereupon she grew  \nround-womb'd,and had indeed,sir,a son for her cradle ereshe  \nhad a husband for her bed.Do you smell a fault?  \nKent.I cannot wish the fault undone,the issue of it being so  \nproper.  \nGlou.But I have,sir,a son by order of law,some year elderthan  \nthis,who yet is no dearer in my account.Though this knavecame  \nsomething saucily into the world before he was sent for,yetwas  \nhis mother fair,there was good sport at his making,and the  \nKing Lear  \nwhoreson must be acknowledged.-Do you know this noblegentleman,  \nEdmund?  \nEdm.[comes forward]No,my lord.  \nGlou.My Lord of Kent.Remember him hereafter as my honourablefriend.  \nEdm.My services to your lordship.  \nKent.I must love you,and sue to know you btter.  \nEdm.Sir,I shall study deserving.  \nGlou.He hath been out nine years,and away he shall again.  \nSound a sennet.  \nThe King is coming.  \nEnter one bearing a coronet;then Lear;then the Dukes ofAlbany and Cornwall;next,Goneril,Regan,Cordelia,with  \nFollowers.  \nLear.Attend the lords of France and Burgundy,Gloucester.Glou.I shall,my liege  \nExeunt [Gloucester and Edmund].  \nLear.Meantime we shall express our darker purpose.  \nGive me the map there.Know we have divided  \nIn three our kingdom;and 'tis our fast intent  \nTo shake all cares and business from our age,  \nConferring them on younger strengths while we  \nUnburthen'd crawl toward death.Our son of Cornwall,  \nAnd you,our no less loving son of Albany,  \nWe have this hour a constant will to publish  \nOur daughters'several dowers,that future strife  \nMay be prevented now.The princes,France and Burgundy,  \nGreat rivals in our youngest daughter's love,  \nLong in our court have made their amorous sojourn  \nAnd here are to be answer'd.Tell me,my daughters  \n(Since now we will divest us both of rule,  \nInterest of territory,cares of state)  \nWhich of you shall we say doth love us most?  \nThat we our largest bounty may extend  \nWhere nature doth with merit challenge.Goneril,  \nOur eldest-born,speak first.  \nGon.Sir,I love you more than words can wield the matter;  \nDearer than eyesight,space,and liberty;  \nBeyond what can be valued,rich or rare;  \nNo less than life,with grace,health,beauty,honour;  \nAs much as child e'er lov'd,or father found;  \nA love that makes breath poor,and speech unable  \nBeyond all manner ofso much I love you.  \nCor.[aside]What shallCordelia speak?Love,and be silent  \nLear.Of all these bounds,even from this line to this,  \nWith shadowy forests and with champains rich'd,  \nWith plenteous rivers and wide-skirted meads,  \nWe make thee lady.To thine and Albany's issue  \nBe this perpetual","cbCaip2d5lnjGrxK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaip2d5lnjGrxK","pdf",3758669,76,"English","# King Lear\n## Dramatis Personae\n## Act 1, Scene 1","[{\"question\":\"How does Lear decide to divide his kingdom at the start?\",\"answer\":\"Lear divides the kingdom and asks each daughter to state how much she loves him, intending to publish their dowers so future strife may be prevented.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does Cordelia’s response upset Lear?\",\"answer\":\"Cordelia refuses to offer inflated speech and says she loves according to her bond, which Lear interprets as “Nothing” and then challenges her to speak differently.\"},{\"question\":\"Who is introduced among the main characters in the opening scene?\",\"answer\":\"The opening lists Lear’s key attendants and nobles, including Kent, Gloucester, Edmund, Goneril, Regan, Cordelia, Albany, Cornwall, and others gathered for the king’s decision.\"}]","King Lear - by William Shakespeare - Act 1, Scene 1 | PDF",1791879765,117]