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Set less than thou throwest;

Leave thy drink and thy whore,

And keep in-a-door,

And thou shalt have more

Than two tens to a score.

Kent. This is nothing, fool.

Fool. Then 'tis like the breath of an unfee'd

lawyer, you gave me nothing for 't. Can you

make no use of nothing, nuncle?

Lear. Why, no, boy; nothing can be made

out of nothing.

Fool. [To Kent.] Prithee, tell him, so much

the rent of his land comes to: he will not be-

lieve a fool.

Lear. A bitter fool!

Fool. Dost thou know the difference, my boy,

between a bitter fool and a sweet fool?

Lear. No, lad; teach me.

Fool. [That lord that counsell'd thee

To give away thy land,

Come place him here by me,

Do thou for him stand:

The sweet and bitter fool

Will presently appear;

The one in motley here,

The other found out there.

Lear. Dost thou call me fool, boy?

Fool. All thy other titles thou hast given

away; that thou wast born with.

Kent. This is not altogether fool, my lord.

Fool. No, faith, lords and great men will not

let me; if I had a monopoly out, they would

 137 Set throwest: stake less than you throw to win

168 monopoly out; cf. n.

