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<T Lr><L 1><Y Q1><P B1><C > <D {Enter Kent, Gloster, and Bastard.}> <S {Kent.}> *I thought the King had more affected the Duke of {Al}-{bany} then {Cornwell.} *<S {Glost.}> It did allwaies seeme so to vs, but now in the *diuision of the kingdomes, it appeares not which of *the Dukes he values most, for equalities are so weighed, that cu-riositie in neither, can make choise of eithers moytie. <S {Kent.}> Is not this your sonne my Lord? *<S {Glost.}> His breeding sir hath beene at my charge, I haue so of-ten blusht to acknowledge him, that now I am braz'd to it. <S {Kent.}> I cannot conceiue you. *<S {Glost.}> Sir, this young fellowes mother Could, wherupon shee *grew round wombed, and had indeed Sir a sonne for her cradle, ere she had a husband for her bed, doe you smell a fault? *<S {Kent.}> I cannot wish the fault vndone, the issue of it being so proper. *<S {Glost.}> But I haue sir a sonne by order of Law, some yeare el-der *then this, who yet is no deerer in my account, tho . . .