The Tragedy of King Lear

Scene.I. A Room of State in King Lear’s Palace.
Enter Kent, Gloucester and Edmund.
Kent.
I thought the King had more affected the Duke of Albany
Than Cornwall.
Gloucester.
It did always seem so to us; but now, in the division of
The kingdom, it appears not which of the Dukes he values
Most, for qualities are so weighed that curiosity in neit­her can make choice of either’s moiety.