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[Cordelia suggests she's not like those who have eyes, and tongue, always looking for favors]

[The King of France wonders if it's not natural shyness]

[Cordelia wishes peace to be with the Duke of Burgundy yet she refuses being his wife] [The King of France wants her]

[King Lear asks Duke of Burgundy if he'll keep Cordelia; yet he cannot decide] [Lear says if not, abandon her; search for another woman]

[Kent tells Cordelia: may the gods protect you; a lady whose thoughts are pure and words are proper] [Kent to leave to another nation]

[Kent tells King Lear not to haste his decision]

[Kent says he's not afraid of dying; asks to be the mirror of "your truth"; yet King Lear calls him a miserable renegade, a traitor]

[Kent replies saying that Lear's tyranny sends to exile those who love freedom]

[Cordelia questions: why have her sisters husband, if they say they love the father]

[King Lear tells Cordelia she's a strange to his heart]

[Cordelia keeps silent]

[Regan, the second daughter, makes hers, her sister's words and feelings]

[Youngest daughter Cordelia says her love is stronger than her words; she refuses all joys, only her father's love fills her with joy]

[Cordelia says she loves her majesty, according to her duty, no more, no less]

[King Lear warns Cordelia to beware what she says, she may ruin her luck]

[Gloucester thinks the bastard must be recognized]

The king is coming

[King Lear asks to be handed a map of the three parts of the kingdom; says the princes of France have been, for long, courting his daughter]

[King Lear asks his three daughters: which one of you loves me the most?]

[Daughter Gonerill says she loves him more than words can tell, father is more precious than the sun]

NOTES and quotes


[Kent thought the king was fonder of Duke of Albany than of the Duke of Cornwall]

[Gloucester agrees it looks so, yet, now with the division of the kingdom, you cannot tel]

[Kent asks about a "son"]

[Gloucester has been in charge of educating him and asks: "don't you see there a sin?]

[Kent speaks of a so perfect a fruit]

[Gloucester has a son, yet not as dear...]