All thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with. [Act I, Scene IV 153-154] Why, after I have cut the egg i' th' middle and eat up the meat, the two crowns of the egg. When thou clovest thy crown i'... [Act I, Scene IV 162-163] Too bad the former Pope didn't have a fool. The fool would have made great sport of him.
How do you know he never read Lear? He’s one of the greatest intellectuals on the planet.