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/^t/As an "all-licens'd fool" he was entertaining everyone with his funny jokes and songs. His position at Lear's court was very strong, he was practically able to do whatever he wished without being severely punished. The King could not banish him from his court, because it was deeply rooted in the tradition that every monarch had to have a fool. Our Fool was permitting himself to be rude to his master, saying that he is better than him: <*>