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Kent. I thought the king had more affected

the Duke of Albany than Cornwall.

Glo. It did always seem so to us; but now, in

the division of the kingdom, it appears not

which of the dukes he values most; for equali-

ties are so weighed that curiosity in neither can

make choice of either's moiety.

Kent. Is not this your son, my lord?

Glo. His breeding, sir, hath been at my

charge: I have so often blushed to acknowledge

him, that now I am so brazed to it.

Kent. I cannot conceive you.

Glo. Sir, this young fellow's mother could;

whereupon she grew round-wombed, and had,

indeed, sir, a son for her cradle ere she had a

husband for her bed. Do you smell a fault?

Kent. I cannot wish the fault undone, the

issue of it being so proper.

Glo. But I have a son, sir, by order of law,

some year elder than this, who yet is no dearer

 1 affected: loved

6 curiosity: scrupulous examination

7 moiety: share

11 brazed: hardened

18 proper: handsome

20 some year: about a year

