Kent, Gloucester and Gloucester's illegitimate son Edmund are in King Lear's palace. Kent and Gloucester discuss Lear's affection toward his sons-in-law, the Duke of Albany and the Duke of Cornwall. Lear is retiring and dividing up his kingdom, and based on his planned division, Kent and Gloucester cannot tell which son-in-law Lear loves best.
Kent asks if Edmund is Gloucester's son, and Gloucester explains that the boy is in his charge. Edmund's mother birthed him out of wedlock, but the boy is so appealing that Gloucester cannot hold Edmund's birth against him. Edmund has been out of the country for nine years and is leaving again.
Gloucester and Edmund leave when King Lear enters along with the Dukes of Cornwall and Albany and his daughters Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. An attendant is carrying.....
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