re Cordelia leaves for France. He tells her, "Better thou Hadst not been born than not t' have pleased me better," as he tells her suitors there is no dowry. Lear even tells Cordelia that he has no such daughter: "Thou hast her, France. Let her be thine, for we Have no such daughter, nor shall we ever see That face of hers again. [To Cordelia] Therefore begone. Without our grace, our love, our benison." King Lear's suffering continue once he decides to divide his kingdom and
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