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KENT in the stocks Enter LEAR, FOOL, and GENTLEMAN
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KENT is in the stocks. LEAR enters with the FOOL and the GENTLEMAN. |
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'Tis strange that they should so depart from home, |
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And not send back my messenger. |
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It's strange that Regan and her husband left their house without sending back my messenger. |
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As I learned, |
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The night before there was no purpose in them |
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Of this remove. |
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According to what I heard, they had no travel plans as of last night. |
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(to LEAR) Hail to thee, noble master! |
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(to LEAR) Hail, noble master! |
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Ha! Makest thou this shame thy pastime? |
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What's this? Are you sitting around in this humiliation to amuse yourself? |
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Ha, ha! Look, he wears cruel garters. Horses are tied by the |
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heads, dogs and bears by the neck, monkeys by the loins, |
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and men by the legs. When a man's overlusty at legs, then |
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he wears wooden nether-stocks. |
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Ha, ha! That's a nasty garter belt. You tie up horses by their heads, dogs and bears by their necks, monkeys by their waists, and humans by their legs. When a person's prone to wanderlust, he has to wear wooden socks, like a chastity belt around his ankles. |
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(to KENT) What's he that hath so much thy place mistook |
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To set thee here? |
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(to KENT) Who could have misunderstood your assigment so completely as to lock you up like this? |
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It is both he and she: |
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Your son and daughter. |
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Your daughter and son-in-law. |
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I'm telling you “No.” |
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And I'm telling you “Yes.” |
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