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- Royal Lear, Whom I have ever honour'd as my king, Lov'd as my father, as my master follow'd, As my great patron thought on in my prayers.1.1 — Act 1 Scene 1 — A Room of State in King Lear's Palace (45% in)
- —The noble duke my master, My worthy arch and patron, comes to-night: By his authority I will proclaim it, That he which finds him shall deserve our thanks, Bringing the murderous coward to the stake; He that conceals him, death.2.1 — Act 2 Scene 1 — A court within the Castle of the Earl of Gloster (47% in)
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