King Lear
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What, with
a case of eyes?

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O, ho, are you
there with me?

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No eyes in your head
nor no money
in your purse?

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Your eyes are
in a heavy case,
your purse in a light;

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yet you see
how this worid goes.

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I see it feelingly.
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What, art mad?
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A man may see
how the worid goes
with no eyes.

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Look with thine ears.
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Behold yond justice rail
on yond simple thief.
Hark in thine ear:

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Change places
and, handy-dandy,

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which is the justice,
which is the thief? Ey?

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Thou hast seen
the farmer's dog
bark at a beggar?

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Ay, sir.
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Yea, and the creature
run from the cur?

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There thou mightst
behold the great
image of authority:

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A dog's obeyed in office.
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Thou rascal beadle,
hold thy bloody hand.

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Why dost thou
lash that whore?

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Strip thine own back;
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thou hotly lusts
to use her in that kind
for which thou whip'st her.

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The usurer hangs
the cozener.

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Through tatter'd clothes
great vices do appear.

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Robes and furr'd
gowns hide all.

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Plate sin with gold,
and the strong lance
of justice hurtless breaks.

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Arm it in rags,
a pygmy's straw
does pierce it.

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None does offend.
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None.

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