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King Lear, I. iv

Gon. And let his knights have colder looks among you;

What grows of it, no matter; advise your fellows so:

I would breed from hence occasions, and I shall,

That I may speak: I'll write straight to my sister

To hold my very course. Prepare for dinner.

[Exeunt.]

Kent. If but as well I other accents borrow,

That can my speech diffuse, my good intent

May carry through itself to that full issue

For which I raz'd my likeness. Now, banish'd Kent,

If thou canst serve where thou dost stand condemn'd,

So may it come, thy master, whom thou lov'st,

Shall find thee full of labours.

Lear. Let me not stay a jot for dinner: go,

get it ready. [Exit an Attendant.] How now!

what art thou?

Kent. A man, sir.

Lear. What dost thou profess? What wouldst

thou with us?

Kent. I do profess to be no less than I seem;

to serve him truly that will put me in trust; to

 2 diffuse: disguise

3 carry through: accomplish

issue: conclusion

4 raz'd: erased

12 dost profess: is thy profession

