Chapter XIV: Act I: SCENE I. King Lear's palace (2)

[2518] _Ourself_] _We_ Seymour conj.

[2519] _turns_] _turnes_ Qq. _turne_ F₁ F₂. _turn_ F₃ F₄.

_we still_] Qq. _we shall_ Ff. om. Pope. _we_ Capell.

[2520] _The name ... rest,_] As in Qq. The first line ends _sway,_ in Ff. Three lines, ending _king; ... sway, ... rest,_ in Steevens (1793).

[2521] _name, and ... king;_] _name; but ... king,_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn).

_and all_] om. Capell, reading _The name ... sway,_ as one line.

_additions_] Qq. _addition_ Ff.

[2522] _of the rest_] om. Pope. _office_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn). _of th' hest_ Warburton. _and the rest_ Capell. _interest_ Heath conj. _all the rest_ Jennens conj. [offers it. (a stage direction) Anon. conj.

[2523] _betwixt_] Qq. _betweene_ F₁ F₂. _between_ F₃ F₄.

[Giving the crown. Pope.

[in Action of preventing him. Capell.

[2524] _my king_] _a king_ F₄.

[2525] _follow'd_] Ff. _followed_ Qq.

[2526] _As my great_] Qq F₁ _As my_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _And as my_ Rowe.

_prayers,--_] _prayers--_ Rowe. _praiers._ Q₁ Q₃ F₁ F₂. _prayers._ Q₂ F₃ F₄.

[2527] _Let it ... hollowness_] As in Ff (except line 146). The lines end _rather, ... heart, ... mad ... duty ... bowes, folly, ... consideration ... life, ... least, ... sound ... hollownesse_ in Qq.

[2528] _mad_] _man_ Q₂.

_wouldst_] F₄. _wouldest_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _wilt_ Qq.

[2529] _When ... bound,_] One line in Johnson. Two in Ff.

_honour's_] Ff. _honours_ Qq. _honour Is_ Pope.

[2530] _stoops to folly_] Qq. _falls to folly_ Ff. _to folly falls_ Pope, ending the lines _honour ... falls_.

_folly._] Johnson, _folly;_ Rowe. _folly,_ Qq Ff.

_Reverse thy doom_] Qq. _reserve thy state_ Ff.

[2531] _And ... consideration_] _with better judgment_ Pope, reading _Reserve ... check_ as one line.

[2532] _answer ... judgement_] _with my life I answer_ Pope.

[2533] _sound Reverbs_] Qq. _sounds Reverbe_ Ff.

[2534] _Kent,_] om. Seymour conj.

_thy life_] _my life_ F₃ F₄.

[2535] _as a_] _as_ F₁

[2536] _thy_] Qq. _thine_ Ff.

_enemies_] _foes_ Pope.

_nor_] Qq. _nere_ F₁ F₂. _ne're_ F₃. _ne'er_ F₄.

[2537] _the motive_] Qq. _motive_ Ff.

[2538] _Now ... vain._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[2539] _Apollo,--_] _Apollo--_ Q₁ Q₃. _Appollo,_ Q₂. _Apollo,_ F₁ _Apollo._ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[2540] _swear'st_] _swearest_ Q₂ Q₃.

_O, vassal! miscreant!_] _O vassal! miscreant._ Ff. _Vassall, recreant._ Qq. _O, vassal! recreant!_ Collier.

[Laying....] Rowe. om. Qq Ff. In Action of drawing his Sword. Capell.

[2541] Alb. Corn. _Dear sir, forbear._] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[2542] _Do_] Qq. om. Ff. Put in a separate line first by Steevens (1793).

[2543] _Kill ... evil._] Divided as in Ff. The lines end _physition, ... disease, ... clamour ... evill_ in Qq.

[2544] _the fee_] Qq. _thy fee_ Ff.

[2545] _Upon the_] _Upon thy_ Capell.

_thy doom_] _thy doome_ Qq. _thy gift_ Ff (_guift_ F₁). _the gift_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[2546] _Hear ... me!_] Arranged as by Capell. One line in Qq Ff.

[2547] _recreant_] Ff. om. Qq.

[2548] _On thy ... me!_] Omitted by Pope.

_thy_] Qq. _thine_ Ff.

[2549] _Since_] Qq. _That_ Ff.

_vow_] Qq. _vowes_ Ff.

[2550] _strain'd_] Ff. _straied_ Qq.

[2551] _between_] Q₃. _betweene_ Q₁ Q₂. _betwixt_ Ff.

_sentence_] _sentences_ F₁.

[2552] _Our ... made_] _Nor ... make_ Heath conj. _Or ... make_ Johnson conj. _Make we our potency_ Becket conj.

_made_] Q₂ Ff. _make_ Q₁ Q₃.

[2553] _Five_] Ff. _Foure_ Qq.

[2554] _diseases_] Q₁ Q₂. _disasters_ Ff. _defeases_ Q₃.

[2555] _sixth_] F₄. _sixt_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _fift_ Qq.

[2556] _on_] Q₁ Q₂ F₁. om. F₂ F₃ F₄. _one_ Q₃.

_tenth_] _seventh_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[2557] _The ... Away!_] _That ... Away--begone!_ Seymour conj., ending the line _begone!_

_death. Away! By_] _death: away. By_ Pope, _death, away, By_ Q₁ Q₃ (ending the line _away_). _death, away, by_ Q₂ (ending the line _Jupiter_). _death, away. By_ Ff.

[2558] _Fare_] Ff. _Why fare_ Qq.

_sith thus_] Ff. _since thus_ Q₂. _since_ Q₁ Q₃.

[2559] _Freedom_] Ff. _Friendship_ Qq.

[2560] [To Cordelia] Hanmer. om. Qq Ff.

_dear shelter_] Ff. _protection_ Qq.

_thee, maid_] F₄. _thee maid_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _the maid_ Q₁ Q₃. _the maide_ Q₂.

[2561] _justly_] Ff. _rightly_ Qq.

_think'st_] F₁ F₂ F₃. _thinkes_ Q₁. _thinks_ Q₂ Q₃ F₄.

_hast_] Q₂ Ff. _hath_ Q₁ Q₃.

_rightly_] Ff. _justly_ Qq.

[2562] [To Regan....] To Gon. and Regan. Hanmer. om. Qq Ff.

_your large speeches_] _you, large speechers,_ Capell.

[2563] _course_] _corse_ Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. LX. 402).

[2564] Flourish.] F₁. om. Qq F₂ F₃ F₄.

Re-enter....] Capell. Enter France and Burgundy with Glocester. Qq (Burgundie Q₂. Gloster Q₂). Enter Gloster with France, and Burgundy, Attendants. Ff.

[2565] SCENE III. Pope.

Glou.] Glo. Q₁ Q₃. Glost. Q₂. Cor. Ff.

[2566] _My ... love?_] Arranged as in Ff. Four lines, ending _you, ... daughter, ... present ... love?_ in Qq.

[2567] _My_] _They are welcome both: my_ Seymour conj.

_lord_] _L._ Q₂.

[2568] _towards_] Qq. _toward_ Ff.

_this_] Ff. _a_ Qq.

[2569] _Hath_] _Have_ Pope.

_in the least_] _at least_ Pope. _is the least_ Long MS.

[2570] _Most_] Ff. om. Qq.

[2571] _royal ... less._] Divided as in Ff. Two lines, the first ending _what,_ in Qq.

[2572] _what_] Qq F₃ F₄. _hath_ F₁ F₂.

_offer'd_] Ff. _offered_ Qq.

[2573] _less._] F₄. _lesse?_ Qq F₁ F₂. _less?_ F₃.

[2574] _Right ... pieced,_] Arranged as in Ff. Four lines, ending _us, ... fallen; ... little ... peec'st,_ in Qq.

[2575] _did hold_] Qq F₁. _held_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[2576] _price_] _prise_ Q₂.

_fall'n_] F₃ F₄. _fallen_ Qq F₁ F₂.

[2577] _little seeming_] _little, seeming,_ Capell. _little, seeming_ Steevens (1778). _little-seeming_ S. Walker conj.

[2578] _with our_] _without_ Q₃.

_pieced_] _peec'st_ Qq. _piec'd_ Ff. _pierc'd_ Pope.

[2579] _more_] Ff. _else_ Qq.

[2580] _Will_] Ff. _Sir, will_ Q₁ Q₃. _Sir will_ Q₂.

[2581] _Dower'd_] _Dow'rd_ F₁. _Dowr'd_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _Couered_ Q₁ Q₂. _Covered_ Q₃.

[2582] _her?_] Rowe. _her._ Qq Ff.

[2583] _Pardon ... conditions._] Divided as in Ff. The first line ends at _up_ in Qq.

[2584] _me_] om. Pope.

[2585] _makes not up on_] _mates not upon_ Jackson conj.

_up on_] Qq. _up in_ Ff. _upon_ Mason conj.

[2586] [To France] Pope. om. Qq Ff.

[2587] _worthier_] _worthy_ Pope.

[2588] _This ... degree_] Arranged as in Ff. Six lines, ending _now ... praise, ... deerest, ... thing ... favour, ... degree,_ in Qq.

[2589] _she, that_] Q₂. _she that_ Q₁ Q₃. _she whom_ F₁. _she who_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_best_] Qq F₂ F₃ F₄. om. F₁. _blest_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[2590] _The ... praise_] _Your praise's argument_ Pope.

[2591] _Most best, most_] Qq. _The best, the_ Ff.

_Most ... dearest_] _Dearest and best_ Pope.

[2592] _her offence_] _th' offence_ Pope.

[2593] _That monsters it_] _As monstrous is_ Rowe. _As monsters it_ Hanmer. _That masters it_ Becket conj. _That man starts at_ Jackson conj., reading the rest with Johnson conj.

_or_] _ere_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn). _your_] Ff. _you_ Qq.

_fore-vouchd_] _fore-voucht_ Ff. _for voucht_ Qq.

_affection_] Ff. _affections_ Qq.

[2594] _or ... Falln_] _or your fore-vouchd affection Could not fall_ Rowe. _or you for vouch'd affection Fall_ Johnson conj.

[2595] _Falln_] _Falne_ Q₁ Q₂. _Falen_ Q₃. _Fall_ Ff. _Could not fall_ Rowe. _Falls_ Johnson conj. See note (VI).

[2596] _reason without miracle Could_] _reason without A miracle should_ Hanmer. _without miracle, Reason could_ Seymour conj.

[2597] _Could_] Qq. _Should_ Ff.

_plant_] Q₂ Ff. _plaint_ Q₁ Q₃.

_majesty,--_] A full stop in F₁; comma in the rest.

[2598] _majesty,--If for_] _majesty If (for_ Pope. _majesty, (if so_ Hanmer, ending the lines _so ... speak_.

[2599] _If for_] _Seeing_ Capell conj.

[2600] _well_] Qq. _will_ Ff.

[2601] _make known_] Ff. _may know_ Qq. _May know_ [To France. Jennens.

[2602] _murder, or_] Q₁. _murder or_ Q₂. _murther, or_ Ff Q₃. _nor other_ Singer, ed. 2 (Collier MS.), _umber, or_ S. Walker conj. _misdeed or_ Keightley. _no slur, or_ Cartwright conj.

_burden, or_ Bailey conj.

[2603] _unchaste_] Ff. _uncleane_ Qq.

_dishonourd_] _dishonord_ Q₂. _dishonored_ F₂. _dishonoured_ The rest.

_step_] _stoop_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[2604] _grace and_] _graces_ Anon. conj.

[2605] _for want_] _the want_ Hanmer.

_I am_] _Im_ Pope.

_richer_] Ff. _rich_ Qq.

[2606] _still-soliciting_] Hyphen inserted by Theobald.

[2607] _As_] Qq. _That_ Ff.

_I have not_] _I've not_ Pope.

[2608] _Better_] Ff. _Go to, goe to, better_ Q₁. _Goe to, goe to, better_ Q₂. _Go to, go to, better_ Q₃.

[2609] _Better ... better._] Divided as by Pope. The first line ends _borne_, in Qq, at _hadst_, in Ff. Capell, reading with Ff, divides as Qq.

[2610] _to have_] Qq. _t have_ F₁. _t' have_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _have_ Pope.

[2611] _but this_] Ff. _no more but this_ Qq.

[2612] _Which_] Ff. _That_ Qq.

[2613] _Which ... stand_] Arranged as in Ff. Three lines, ending _do, ... lady?... stands,_ in Qq.

[2614] _to do_] om. Seymour conj.

[2615] _Love's_] Ff. _Love is_ Qq.

[2616] _regards that stand_] Pope. _respects that stands_ Qq. _regards, that stands_ Ff. _regards, and stands_ Capell.

[2617] _the_] Qq. _th'_ Ff.]

_point. Will_] Steevens. _point, will_ Q₁ Ff Q₃. _point wil_ Q₂. _point. Say will_ Pope.

[2618] _a dowry_] Ff. _and dower_ Q₁ Q₃. _and dowre_ Q₂.

[2619] _Royal ... Burgundy._] Divided as in Ff. Three lines, ending _portion ... lake ... Burgundy,_ in Q₁ Q₃. Three lines, ending _portion ... Cordelia ... Burgundie,_ in Q₂.

[2620] _Lear_] Q₁ Q₃. _Leir_ Q₂. _King_ Ff.

[2621] _I have sworn; I am firm._] Ff (substantially). _I have sworne._ Qq. _I've sworn._ Pope. _I've sworn; I'm firm._ Anon. conj.

[2622] _I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

[2623] _Peace ... wife._] Arranged as in Ff. Two lines, the first ending _respects,_ in Qq.

[2624] _Burgundy_] _Burguny_ F₂.

[2625] _respects of fortune_] _respects Of fortune_ Qq. _respect and fortunes_ Ff.

[2626] _that_] _thou_ Hanmer.

[2627] _seize_] _cease_ Q₂.

[2628] _Be it_] _Be't_ Pope.

[2629] _cold'st_] _couldst_ Q₂. _cold_ Anon. conj. MS. See note (V).

[2630] _my chance_] Ff. _thy chance_ Qq. _the chance_ Anon. conj. MS. See note (V).

[2631] _of_] Ff. _in_ Qq.

[2632] _Can_] Ff. _Shall_ Qq.

[2633] _unkind_] _unkinn'd_ Staunton conj.

[2634] _unkind: Thou_] _unkinde, Thou_ Ff. _unkinde Thou_ Qq.

[2635] _for we ... see_] Divided as in Ff. One line in Qq.

[2636] [To Cor. Anon. conj.

[2637] _Without ... Burgundy._] Divided as in Ff. One line in Qq.

[2638] _our love_] _without our love_ Johnson conj.

[2639] [Flourish.] Ff. om. Qq.

Exeunt....] Exit Lear and Burgundy. Qq. Exeunt. Ff. Exeunt Lear, Burgundy, Cornwal, Albany, Gloster, and Attendants. Capell.

[2640] SCENE IV. Pope.

_sisters._] _sisters?_ Q₂.

[2641] _The jewels_] _Ye jewels_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[2642] _The ... father:_] Arranged as in Ff. Four lines, ending _father, ... are, ... faults ... father,_ in Qq.

[2643] _you what_] _what_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[2644] _Use_] Qq. _Love_ Ff.

[2645] _professed_] _professing_ Pope.

[2646] _prefer_] _perfer_ F₂.

[2647] Reg.... Gon.] Ff. Gonorill ... Regan. Qq.

_duties_] Qq. _dutie_ F₁. _duty_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[2648] _Let ... scanted,_] Arranged as in Ff. Three lines, ending _lord, ... almes, ... scanted,_ in Qq.

[2649] _At_] _As_ Capell.

[2650] _worth ... wanted_] Ff. _worth the worth that you have wanted_ Qq. _worthy to want that you have wanted_ Hanmer. _worth the want that you have vaunted_ Warburton. _worth the want that you have wasted_ Heath conj. _worth to want the worth that you have wanted_ Capell. _worth to want that you have wanted_ Eccles conj. _worth the wit that you have wanted_ Jackson conj. _worthy want that worth have wanted_ Badham conj.

[2651] _plaited_] Pope (ed. 2). _pleated_ Q₁ Q₂. _pleeted_ Q₃. _plighted_ Ff. _pleached_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn). _plated_ Malone conj. (withdrawn).

[2652] _cover_] Steevens. _covers_ Qq. Ff. _cover'd_ Hanmer, reading the rest of the line as Ff. _covert_ Rann (Mason conj.), reading the rest as Ff.

_cover faults, at_] _cover-faults at_ Singer (ed. 2), reading the rest as Ff.

_shame them derides_] Qq. _with shame derides_ Ff. _their shame derides_ Anon. conj.

[2653] _my_] Ff. om. Qq.

[Exeunt....] F₃ F₄. Exit.... Qq F₁ F₂.

[2654] SCENE V. Pope.

[2655] _Sister ... to-night._] Prose in Capell. Three lines, ending _say, ... both ... to night,_ in Qq Ff.

[2656] _a little I have_] Qq. _little I have_ Ff. _little I've_ Pope.

_most_] om. Capell conj.

[2657] _hence_] _go hence_ Rowe.

[2658] _most_] om. Pope, reading as verse.

[2659] _is; the_] _is the_ Q₂.

[2660] _hath not been_] Qq. _hath beene_ Ff.

[2661] _too_] Qq F₁. _too too_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_gross'y_] _grossely_ Ff. _grosse_ Qq.

[2662] _to receive from his age_] Qq. _from his age, to receive_ Ff.

[2663] _imperfections_] Ff. _imperfection_ Qq.

_ingrafted_] Qq. _ingraffed_ F₁ F₂. _engraffed_ F₃ F₄.

[2664] _the_] Ff. om. Qq.

[2665] _starts_] Q₂ Ff. _stars_ Q₁ Q₃.

[2666] _There is_] _Then his_ Anon. conj.

_compliment_] _complement_ Qq Ff. _the compliment_ Anon. conj.

[2667] _France_] _Burgundy_ Hanmer.

_Pray you_] Ff. _Pray_ Qq.

_let's hit_] _lets hit_ Qq. _let us sit_ Ff. _let us hit_ Theobald.

[2668] _authority with_] _authority, with_ Hanmer.

_dispositions_] Qq. _disposition_ Ff.

[2669] _on't_] Qq. _of it_ Ff.

[2670] SCENE II.] om. Rowe. SCENE VI. Pope. The whole scene is transferred to the beginning of ACT II. by Eccles.

The ... castle.] A Castle belonging to the Earl of Glo'ster. Pope. A Hall in the Earl of Gloster's Castle. Capell.

Enter ... letter.] Theobald. Enter Bastard solus. Qq. Enter Bastard. Ff.

[2671] _Thou ... news?_] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[2672] _in_] _to_ Hanmer.

_plague_] _plage_ Warburton. _place_ Simpson conj.

[2673] _curiosity_] _nicety_ Pope. _curtesie_ Theobald (Thirlby conj.)

[2674] _Why ... base?_] _and why bastard? base?_ Hanmer.

[2675] _dimensions_] Ff. _dementions_ Qq.

[2676] _As ... base?_] Arranged as in Ff. Jennens, reading as Qq, ends the lines _issue?... bastardy?_

[2677] _With ... base?_] _With Base? With basenes Bastardie? Base, Base?_ F₁ and substantially F₂ F₃ F₄. _with base, base bastardy?_ Qq (_bastardie?_ Q₂).

[2678] _dull, stale_] Ff. _stale dull_ Qq.

_tired_] _tyred_ Ff. _lied_ Q₁ Q₃. _lyed_ Q₂.

[2679] _the creating_] _th' creating_ Ff. _the creating of_ Qq. _creating_ Pope.

[2680] _'tween asleep_] _atween sleep_ Dodd conj.

_asleep_] _a-sleep_ Pope. _a sleepe_ Q₂ F₁ F₂ _a sleep_ F₃ F₄ _sleepe_ Q₁. _sleep_ Q₃.

_then,_] Ff _the_ Qq _then, good brother,_ Hanmer.

[2681] _fine word, 'legitimate!'_] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[2682] _top the_] Capell. _tooth'_ Qq. _to' th'_ F₁ F₂. _to th'_ F₃ F₄. _be th'_ Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). _toe th'_ Hanmer. _out th'_ or _rout th'_ Jennens conj. _foe the_ Mason conj.

_legitimate._] _legitimate:_ Qq Ff. _legitimate--_ Rowe, reading _to th'_ with F₃ F₄.

[2683] SCENE VII. Pope.

[2684] _Kent ... gad!_] Put in the margin by Eccles.

[2685] _subscribed_] _subscrib'd_ Q₁ Q₃. _subscribd_ Q₂. _Perscrib'd_ Ff.

[2686] _this done_] Q₁ F₁ Q₃. _this donne_ Q₂. _this gone_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _is gone_ Pope.

[2687] [Putting....] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[2688] _Why_] _Whe_ F₂.

[2689] _needed_] Ff. _needs_ Q₁ Q₃. _needes_ Q₂.

_terrible_] _terribe_ Q₂.

[2690] _hide_] _hid_ Q₃.

[2691] Edm.] Bast. Q₁ Ff Q₃. Ba. Q₂. (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2). om. Q₂ (Mus. imp.)

[2692] _and_] Ff. om. Qq.

[2693] _o'er-looking_] _ore-looking_ Ff. _liking_ Qq. _overlooking_ Warburton.

[2694] _I ... blame._] Prose in Qq Three lines ending _it: ... them ... blame,_ in Ff.

[2695] _to blame_] Q₃ F₃ F₄. _too blame_ Q₁ Q₂ F₁ F₂.

[2696] _essay or taste_] _assay or test_ Johnson conj.

[2697] [Reads] Ff. A Letter. Qq.

_and reverence_] Ff. Omitted in Qq. _in reverence_ Hanmer.

_age_] _ages_ Pope (ed. 2).

[2698] _to the best_] _to best_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[2699] _who_] _which_ Rowe.

[2700] _Sleep_] F₃ F₄. _sleepe_ F₁ F₂. _slept_ Qq.]

_waked_] _wakt_ Qq. _wake_ Ff.

[2701] _brain_] _a brain_ Rowe.

[2702] _this to you_] Qq F₃ F₄. _you to this_ F₁ F₂.

[2703] _were his ... were not._] _was his ... is not._ Seymour conj.

[2704] _his ... respect of_] _his but in respect, of_ Q₂.

[2705] _It is his._] Ff. _It is his?_ Q₂. _Is it his?_ Q₁ Q₃.

[2706] _but_] Qq F₁. om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[2707] _Hath_] Qq. _Has_ Ff.

_heretofore_] Qq. _before_ Ff.

[2708] _heard him oft_] Ff. _often heard him_ Qq.

[2709] _at_] _being at_ Hanmer.

_perfect_] _perfit_ Q₁.

_declining_] Qq. _declin'd_ F₁ F₃ F₄. _declind_ F₂.

[2710] _the father_] Ff. _his father_ Qq.

_as ward_] _as a ward_ Q₃.

[2711] _his_] Ff. _the_ Qq.

[2712] _sirrah_] Ff. _sir_ Qq.

_ay,_] _I,_ Q₁ Q₃. _I_ Q₂. _Ile_ F₁ F₂. _I'le_ F₃ F₄. om. Anon. conj. MS. See note (V).

[2713] _lord_] _L._ F₁ F₂.

[2714] _his_] Ff. _this_ Qq.

[2715] _should_] Q₂ Ff (_shold_ F₁). _shal_ Q₁. _shall_ Q₃.

[2716] _own_] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[2717] _that_] Ff. om. Qq.

[2718] _wrote_] Qq. _writ_ Ff.

[2719] _further_] Qq. om. Ff.

[2720] _auricular_] Ff. _aurigular_ Qq.

[2721] _monster--_] Dyce. _monster._ Qq Ff.

[2722] Edm. _Nor ... earth!_] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[2723] _me_] _you_ Johnson conj. (withdrawn).

[2724] _him, I pray you: frame_] Ff. _him, I pray you frame_ Qq.

_the_] Ff. _your_ Qq.

[2725] _will_] Ff. _shall_ Qq.

[2726] _find_] Ff. _see_ Qq.

[2727] _eclipses_] _elipses_ F₂.

[2728] _moon_] _the moon_ Capell conj.

[2729] _the wisdom of nature_] _your wisdom_ Lettsom conj.

_nature_] _mankind_ Hanmer. _man_ Keightley (Lettsom conj.)

_it_] Ff. om. Qq.

[2730] _sequent_] _frequent_ Theobald.

[2731] _discord_] Ff. _discords_ Qq.

_in palaces_] _pallaces_ Q₁ Q₂. _pallcies_ Q₃.

[2732] _treason_] _treasons_ Qq.

_and the bond_] Ff. _the bond_ Qq.

_'twixt_] Ff. _betweene_ Qq.

[2733] _This villain ... graves._] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[2734] _villain_] _villanie_ Q₃.

[2735] _honesty_] Ff. _honest_ Qq.

_'Tis strange_] Ff. _strange, strange!_ Q₁. _Strange strange!_ Q₂. _Straing, strange!_ Q₃.

[Exit.] Ff. om. Qq.

[2736] SCENE VIII. Pope.

[2737] _surfeit_] Q₂. _surfet_ Q₁ Q₃. _surfets_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _surfeits_ F₄. _forfeit_ Collier conj.

[2738] _the stars_] Qq. _starres_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _stars_ F₄.

_by_] Qq. _on_ Ff.

[2739] _treachers_] Ff. _trecherers_ Qq. _treacherous_ Pope.

[2740] _spherical_] F₃ F₄. _sphericall_ F₁. _sphæricall_ F₂. _spirituall_ Qq.

[2741] _disposition to_] Qq. _disposition on_ Ff.

_to the charge_] _on the charge_ Pope, _on the change_ Warburton.

_a star_] F₃ F₄. _a starre_ F₁ F₂. _stars_ Q₁. _starres_ Q₂. _hars_ Q₃.

[2742] _lecherous_] _treacherous_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn).]

_Tut_] Steevens. _Fut_ Q₁ Q₂. _But_ Q₃. om. Ff.

_that_] _what_ Pope.

[2743] _maidenliest_] F₃ F₄. _maidenlest_ Q₁ Q₂ F₁ F₂. _maidenleast_ Q₃.

_in_] Ff. _of_ Qq.

_bastardizing_] Ff. _bastardy_ Qq.

[2744] _Edgar-- ... And pat_] Steevens (1778). _Edgar_, Enter Edgar. _& out_ Q₁ Q₃. _Edgar; and out_ Q₂ (Enter Edgar, in margin). Enter Edgar. _Pat:_ Ff. Enter Edgar. _Edgar! Pat;_ Capell. _Edgar--_Enter Edgar. _Pat!--_ Steevens (1773).

[2745] _Edgar-- ... divisions!_] Marked as 'Aside' by Capell.

[2746] SCENE IX. Pope.

[2747] _my cue_] Ff. _mine_ Qq.

_sigh_] _sighe_ F₁. _sith_ Q₂.

_Tom o'_] Ff. _them of_ Qq.

[2748] _do portend_] _portent_ Q₃. _portend_ Pope.

[2749] _fa, ... mi._] _fa, ... me._ Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[2750] [Humming. Hanmer.

[2751] _about_] Qq. _with_ Ff.

[2752] _you_] Qq F₁. om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

_writ_] Qq. _writes_ Ff.

[2753] _as of ... Come, come;_] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[2754] _amities_] Q₂. _armies_ Q₁ Q₃.

[2755] _cohorts_] Qq. _courts_ Steevens 1773 (as misquoted by Johnson in note). _comforts_ Jennens.

[2756] _Why, the_] Q₂. _Why the_ Q₁ Q₃. _The_ Ff.

[2757] _Ay,_] _I,_ Ff. om. Qq.

[2758] _or_] Qq. _nor_ Ff.

[2759] _may_] om. F₃ F₄.

[2760] _till_] Qq. _untill_ F₁ F₂. _until_ F₃ F₄.

[2761] _with_] _without_ Hanmer. _but with_ Johnson conj.

[2762] _person_] _parson_ Q₂.

_scarcely_] Ff. _scarse_ Q₁ Q₃. _scarce_ Q₂.

[2763] _fear_ ... Edm. _Brother,_] Ff. _feare brother,_ Qq (omitting the rest).

[2764] _pray ye_] _pray you_ Rowe.

[2765] _go armed_] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[2766] _towards_] Qq. _toward_ Ff.

[2767] _heard; but faintly,_] _heard, but faintly,_ Qq. _heard: But faintly._ Ff. _heard, but faintly;_ Pope.

[2768] SCENE X. Pope.

_I do_] _I_ Pope. _I'll_ Heath conj.

[Exit Edgar.] Exit Fdgar. Q₂. Exit Edgar. Q₁ Q₃ (after line 167). Exit. Ff (after line 167).

[2769] _All with me's_] _All's with me_ Capell conj.

[2770] SCENE III.] SCENE II. Rowe and Eccles. SCENE XI. Pope.

The ...] Rowe. A room in the ... Capell.

Oswald, her Steward.] Collier, a Gentleman. Q₁ Q₃. Gentleman. Q₂. Steward. Ff.

[2771] Osw.] Collier. Gent. Qq. Ste. F₁ Stew. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[2772] _Yes_] Qq. _I_ Ff. _Ay_ Rowe.

[2773] _night_] Qq. _night,_ Ff. _night!_ Capell.

[2774] _every ... other,_] Divided as in Ff. One line in Qq.

[2775] _upbraids_] _obrayds_ Q₂.

[2776] _trifle. When_] Ff. _trifle when_ Qq (_trifell_ Q₂).

[2777] [Horns within.] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[2778] _Put on ... one,_] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[2779] _weary_] _wary_ Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. LX. 402).

[2780] _fellows_] F₃ F₄. _fellowes_ F₁ F₂. _fellow-servants_ Q₁ Q₃. _fellow servants_ Q₂.

_to_] Ff. _in_ Qq.

[2781] _distaste_] Ff. _dislike_ Qq.

_our_] Qq. _my_ Ff.

[2782] _Not to be ... abused._] Verse first by Theobald. Prose in Qq. Omitted in Ff, Rowe, Pope and Hanmer.

[2783] _fools_] _folks_ Warburton.

[2784] _checks ... abused_] _checks; as flatteries, when they are seen, are abus'd_ Keightley.

_as ... abused_] Qq. _like flatt'rers when they're seen t' abuse us._ Theobald. _as flatteries, when they are seen abuses._ or _as flatteries when they are seen t' abuse us._ Theobald conj. (withdrawn). _not flatt'ries when they're seen abused._ Warburton. _by flatteries when they're seen abused._ Jennens. _of flatteries when they're seen abused._ Badham conj. Halliwell supposes that a line is omitted.

[2785] _tell you_] Qq. _have said_ Ff. _have said to you_ Keightley.

_Very well_] Qq. _Well_ Ff.

[2786] _And let ... so:_] As in Capell. Verse first by Hanmer. Prose in Qq Ff.

[2787] _advise_] _and advise_ Hanmer, ending the line _advise._

[2788] _I would ... speak:_] As in Capell. Prose in Qq. Omitted in Ff, and subsequent editions down to Johnson's.

[2789] _I'll ... dinner._] As in Hanmer. Prose in Qq Ff.

[2790] _very_] Qq. om. Ff.

[Exeunt.] Qq. Exit. Ff.

_Prepare_] Ff. _goe prepare_ Q₁ Q₂. _go prepare_ Q₃. _Go and prepare_ Hanmer.

_dinner_] _dinner now_ Keightley.

[2791] SCENE IV.] Rowe continues the scene. SCENE XII. Pope. SCENE III. Eccles.

A hall in the same.] Malone. An outer Hall in the same. Capell. An open Place before the Palace. Theobald.

Enter Kent, disguised.] Rowe. Enter Kent. Qq Ff.

[2792] _If ... labours._] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[2793] _well_] _will_ F₁.

[2794] _That ... defuse_] Qq Ff. _And ... disuse_ Rowe. _And ... diffuse_ Theobald. _That ... deface_ Capell. _That ... diffuse_ Steevens. _That ... disuse_ Long MS. _That ... disguise_ Jennens conj. _That ... defeat_ Anon. conj.

[2795] _razed_] _raz'd_ Q₂. _raizd_ Q₁ Q₃. _raiz'd_ F₁ F₂. _rais'd_ F₃ F₄.

_Now_] om. Pope.

[2796] _So ... come,_] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[2797] _thee full_] _the full_ Q₁ Q₂.

_labours_] Ff. _labour_ Qq.

Horns within.] Omitted in Qq.

Knights, and Attendants.] Rowe. and Attendants. Ff. Omitted in Qq. Gentleman, Knights, and Attendants. Capell.

[2798] [Exit an Attendant.] To an Attendant, who goes out. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[To Kent. Theobald.

[2799] _and says_] _to say_ Hanmer (Warburton).

[2800] _art_] _are_ F₂.

[2801] _be_] Qq. _be'st_ F₁ F₃ F₄. _best_ F₂.

_he is_] Qq. _he's_ Ff.

[2802] _thou art_] _thar't_ Q₂.

[2803] _Who_] Qq F₁. _Whom_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[2804] _What's_] _What's is_ Q₃.

[2805] _services_] _service_ Q₃.

_thou_] om. Q₂.

[2806] _counsel_] _counsaile_ Q₁ Q₂ F₁. _counsaill_ Q₃. _counsailes_ F₂. _counsels_ F₃ F₄.

[2807] _sir_] Ff. om. Qq.

_singing_] _sighing_ Anon. conj.

[2808] _thou_] _that_ F₂.

[2809] _me: if ... dinner, I_] _me; if ... dinner, I_ Rowe. _me, if ... dinner, I_ Qq Ff. _me, if ... dinner. I_ Jennens.

[2810] _from ... dinner!_] _from thee. Yet no dinner ho? dinner--_ Hanmer.

_Dinner, ho, dinner_] _Dinner, ho dinner_ Q₂.

[2811] _hither_] _hether_ Q₁ Q₂.

[To an Attendant. Capell.

[Exit....] Dyce.

[2812] Enter Oswald.] Enter Steward. Capell. Enter Steward (after _daughter?_). Qq Ff. Enter Steward (after _fool?_). Johnson.

[2813] _You, you,_] F₃ F₄. _You you_ F₁ F₂. _You_ Qq.

[2814] Osw.] Collier. Steward Qq. Ste. F₁. Stew. F₂ F₃ F₄.

_you,--_] _you--_ Q₁ Ff Q₃. _you,_ Q₂.

[Exit.] Ff. om. Qq.

[2815] _clotpoll_] _clotpole_ Ff. _clat-pole_ Qq. clodpoll Johnson.

[2816] [Exit a Knight.] Dyce. om. Qq Ff.

_fool, ho?_] _fool? Ho!_ Rowe. _foole? ho,_ Q₁ Q₃. _foole, ho_ Q₂. _foole? Ho,_ Ff.

[2817] _world's_] _worlds_ F₂.

Re-enter Knight.] Dyce. om. Qq Ff.

[2818] Knight.] F₄. Knigh. F₁ F₂ F₃. Kent. Qq.

_daughter_] _daughters_ F₁ F₂.

[2819] Knight.] F₄. Knigh. F₁ F₂ F₃. Servant. Qq.

[2820] _me_] om. F₃ F₄.

[2821] _He_] _A_ Q₂.

[2822] _of kindness_] Omitted in Qq.

_dependants_] _dependance_ S. Walker conj.

[2823] _wronged_] _is wrong'd_ Q₁ Q₃.

[2824] _mine_] _my_ F₃ F₄.

[2825] _faint_] _fain_ Becket conj.

[2826] _mine own_] _my own_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[2827] _purpose_] Ff. _purport_ Qq.

[2828] _into 't_ Q₂ F₂ F₃ F₄. _into it_ Q₁ Q₃. _intoo't_ F₁.

_where's_] _wheres_ F₂.

_my_] Ff. _this_ Qq.

[2829] _this_] _these_ Pope.

[2830] Knight.] Ff. Servant. Qq.

[2831] _well_] Ff. om. Qq.

[To one Attendant. Capell.

[2832] [Exit an Attendant.] Dyce. om. Qq Ff.

[2833] [to Another. Capell.

[Exit....] Dyce. om. Qq Ff.

Re-enter Oswald.] Re-enter Steward, brought back by an Attendant. Capell (after _O,_ line 75). Enter Steward. Ff (after _sir?_ line 75). Omitted in Qq.

[2834] _you, come ... sir_] Ff. _you sir, come you hither_ Qq. _come ... sir_ Rowe.

[2835] _I am ... pardon._] Two lines in Ff.

[2836] _these_] Ff. _this_ Qq.

[2837] _your pardon_] Ff. _you pardon me_ Qq.

[2838] _looks_] _locks_ Becket conj.

[Striking him.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff, and Capell.

[2839] _struck_] Q₂. _strucke_ Q₁ Q₃. _strucken_ Ff.

[in Posture of defending himself. Capell.

[2840] _player._] _player?_ Hanmer.

[Tripping ... heels.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[2841] _I ... thee._] Two lines in Ff.

[2842] _arise, away_] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[2843] _lubber's length_] _lubbers length_ Q₂ (Cap. & Dev.) _lubbers, length_ Q₂ (Mus. per. & imp. & Bodl. 1, 2). _lubbers-length_ Anon. conj. MS. See note (V).

[2844] _tarry_] _tarry again_ Theobald (ed. 2).

_go to_] Omitted in Qq.

_have you wisdom? so._] Theobald. _have you wisedome, so._ Ff. _you have wisedome._ Qq.

[Pushes....] Pushes the Steward out. Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

[2845] _my_] Ff. om. Qq.

_there's_] _their's_ Q₂.

[2846] [Giving....] Capell. Giving money. Johnson. om. Qq Ff.

[2847] SCENE XIII. Pope.

[Offering....] Offering his cap. Capell. Giving his cap. Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[2848] Kent. _Why, fool?_] Kent. _Why foole?_ Qq. Lear. _Why my Boy?_ Ff.

[2849] _Why, for_] _Why for_ Qq. _Why? for_ Ff.

_one's_] _on's_ Q₂.

_that's_] _that is_ F₄.

[2850] _an_] Pope. & F₁. _and_ The rest. _as_ Warburton.

_thou'lt_] Ff. _thou't_ Qq.

[2851] _hath_] Qq. _ha's_ F₁. _has_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[2852] _on's_] _of his_ Q₁ Q₃.

_done_] Qq. _did_ Ff.

[2853] _and two_] _an' two_ (i.e. _if two_) Farmer conj.

[2854] _gave_] _give_ F₃ F₄.

_all my_] Ff. _any_ Qq.

_I'ld_] _I'll_ Rowe.

_coxcombs_] Q₂. _coxcombes_ F₁. _coxcombe_ Q₁ Q₃ F₂. _coxcomb_ F₃ F₄.

[2855] _Truth's a_] Ff. _Truth is, a_ Q₁. _Truth is a_ Q₂ Q₃.

_must to_] Ff. _that must to_ Qq.

[2856] _Lady the brach_] _lady, the brach,_ Malone (Steevens). _Lady oth'e brach_ Q₁ Q₃. _Ladie oth'e brach_ Q₂. _the Lady Brach_ Ff. _the lady's brach_ Letherland conj. _Lie the brach_ Archibald Smith conj.

[2857] _gall_] Ff. _gull_ Qq.

[2858] [To Kent. Rowe.

[2859] Lear] Ken. Capell.

[2860] _nuncle_] _unckle_ Q₁ Q₃. _uncle_ Q₂.

[2861] _Have ... score._] As in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[2862] _in-a-door_] Capell. _in a doore_ Qq. _in a dore_ F₁ F₂. _in dore_ F₃. _in door_ F₄. _within door_ Pope.

[2863] Kent.] Ff. Lear. Qq.

[2864] _'tis_] F₁ F₂ F₃. om. Qq. _it is_ F₄.

[2865] _gave_] _give_ F₃ F₄.

[2866] _nuncle_] Ff. _uncle_ Qq.

[2867] [To Kent] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[2868] Lear. _A ... teach me._] Put in the margin by Pope, who omits altogether lines 135-142. Hanmer puts lines 131-142 in the margin.

[2869] _my boy_] _nuncle_ Capell.

[2870] _sweet fool_] Qq. _sweet one_ Ff.

[2871] [Sings. Anon. conj.

[2872] _That lord ... snatching._] Omitted in Ff.

[2873] _That lord ... there._] Eight lines in Capell. Four in Qq.

[2874] _Do_] _Or do_ Hanmer (in margin) and Capell. _And do_ Grant White.

_thou_] _thou there_ Edd. conj.

[2875] _boy_] om. Pope.

[2876] _out_] Qq. _on't_ Pope.

[2877] _on't: and ladies too,_] Capell. _on't, and lodes too,_ Q₁ Q₃. _an't, and lodes too,_ Q₂ (Cap. and Dev.) _an't, and Ladies too_, Q₂ (Bodl. 1, 2. Mus. per. and imp.) _on 't: nay the ladies too,_ Pope. _on't: and the ladies too,_ Steevens (1773). _on't, and loads too:_ Collier.

[2878] _they will_] _they'll_ Pope.

_all the fool_] Q₂. _all foole_ Q₁ Q₃

[2879] _Give ... egg, nuncle_] Qq. _Nunckle, give me an egge_ Ff.

[2880] _in the_] Qq. _i' th'_ F₁ F₃ F₄. _ith'_ F₂.

[2881] _crown_] _crownes_ F₁.

_i' the_] _it'h_ Q₂. _i' th'_ F₁ F₃ F₄. _ith'_ F₂. _in the_ Q₁ Q₃.

[2882] _borest_] Qq. _boar'st_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _bor'st_ F₄.

_on thy_] _at'h_ Q₂. _at thy_ Anon. conj. MS. See note (V).

_o'er_] over Capell.

[2883] _one_] _crown_ Johnson.

[2884] _so_] _sooth_ Warburton.

[2885] [Singing] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[2886] _had ne'er_] _ne'er had_ Pope.

_wit_] Qq. _grace_ Ff.

[2887] _And_] Ff. _They_ Qq.

_know not how_] _well may fear_ Collier MS.]

_to_] Ff. _do_ Q₁ Q₃. _doe_ Q₂.

[2888] _When_] _Since when_ Hanmer.

[2889] _ever_] Qq. _ere_ F₁ F₂. _e're_ F₃ F₄.

[2890] _mother_] Qq. _mothers_ Ff.

[2891] _Then they_] First printed as part of the song by Theobald. As prose in Ff.

[2892] _for ... among._] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[2893] _fools_] F₃ F₄. _fooles_ Qq. _foole_ F₁ F₂.

[2894] _learn to lie_] _learne to lye_ Q₂ (Bodl. 1, 2. Mus. per. and imp.) _learne lye_ Q₂ (Cap. and Dev.)].

[2895] _An_] Knight. _And_ Q₂ Ff. _If_ Q₁ Q₃.

_sirrah_] Omitted in Qq.

[2896] _thou'lt_] Ff. _thou wilt_ Qq.

[2897] _sometimes_] Ff. _sometime_ Qq.

[2898] _o'_] Ff. _of_ Qq.

[2899] _o'_ both] Ff _a both_ Qq.

_i' the_] _i' th'_ Ff. _in the_ Qq.

_Here_] _Heare_ F₂.

[2900] _o' the_] _of the_ Capell.

[2901] SCENE XIV. Pope.

[2902] _How ... frown._] Prose in Ff. Two lines in Qq.

[2903] _daughter_] _our daughter_ Keightley.

_on?_] Ff. _on,_ Qq.

[2904] _Methinks_] Omitted in Ff.

_of late_] Ff. _alate_ Qq.

[2905] _frowning_] Ff. _frowne_ Qq.

_now thou_] Q₂ (Bodl. 1, 2. Mus. per. and imp.) Ff. _thou_, _thou_ Q₁ Q₂ (Cap. and Dev.) Q₃.

[2906] [To Gon.] Pope. om. Qq Ff.

[2907] _Mum, mum:_] Omitted by Pope.

[Singing. Rowe.

[2908] _nor crust_] Ff. _neither crust_ Qq.

[2909] [Pointing to Lear] Johnson. Speaking to Lear. Warburton. To Kent, shewing Lear. Capell.

_That's_] _Thou art_ Warburton.

_shealed_] _shell'd_ Capell.

_peascod_] Pope (ed. 2). _pescod_ Qq Ff.

[2910] _Not ... proceeding_] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[2911] _this_] _thus_ Johnson.

[2912] _other_] _others_ Johnson.

[2913] _and ... riots. Sir,_] Pointed as by Capell. _(not ... riots) Sir,_ Q₁. _(not ... riots,) Sir_ Q₂. _(not ... endur'd) riots Sir._ F₁ and F₂ F₃ F₄ substantially. _(not ... riots) Sir_ Q₃.

_Sir,_] om. Theobald.

[2914] _had_] om. Pope.

[2915] _put it on_] Ff. _put on_ Qq.

[2916] _which_] om. Pope.

[2917] _if you should ... Would_] _did you not ... Would or if you should ... Shall_ Seymour conj.

[2918] _redresses_] Ff. _redresse_ Q₁ Q₃. _redresse,_ Q₂.

[2919] _Which_] Ff. _that_ Qq.

[2920] _Will_] Ff. _must_ Qq.

_proceeding_] Ff. _proceedings_ Qq.

[2921] _know_] Ff. _trow_ Qq.

[2922] _The ... young._] As verse first by Pope. Prose in Qq Ff.

[2923] _it had it head_] Qq. _it's had it head_ F₁. _it had its head_ F₂. _it had it's head_ F₃ F₄.

_by it_] F₁ F₂. _beit_ Q₁ Q₂. _be it_ Q₃. _by it's_ F₃ F₄.

[2924] _Come, sir,_] Omitted in Ff.

[2925] _I ... are._] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[2926] _that_] Qq. _your_ Ff.

[2927] _Whereof_] _Wherewith_ Jennens conj.

[2928] _that ... transform_] Qq. _which ... transport_ Ff.

[2929] _Doth ... am?_] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[2930] _Doth_] Qq. _Do's_ F₁ F₃ F₄. _Dos_ F₂.

_Doth ... Lear:_] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.

_This_] Ff. _why this_ Qq.

[2931] _Doth_] Qq. _Do's_ Ff.

[2932] _notion weakens_] Ff. _notion, weaknesse,_ Q₁ Q₃. _notion, weaknes_ Q₂.

_his discernings_] Ff. _or his discernings_ Qq. _or's discernings_ S. Walker conj.

[2933] _lethargied--_] Rowe. _lethargied._ Ff. _lethergy,_ Q₁ Q₃. _lethergie,_ Q₂.

_lethargied--Ha! waking_] _lethargied or waking_ Edwards conj.

_Ha! waking?_] _sleeping or waking; ha! sure_ Qq.

[2934] _is it that_] _is it then_ Roderick conj. _is't_ S. Walker conj.

[2935] Fool. _Lear's shadow._] Pointed as in Ff. _Lears shadow?_ Qq (continuing it to 'Lear'). Omitted by Rann. Fool. _Lear's shadow,--_ Singer.

[2936] Lear. _I would ... father._] Steevens (1773). _I would ... father._ Qq. Omitted in Ff. See note (VII).

[2937] _that_] om. Pope.

_sovereignty_] _substantiality_ Jennens.

[2938] _false_] _fast_ Jennens. _halfe_ Anon. conj. MS. See note (V).

_persuaded I_] _persuaded.--I_ Tyrwhitt conj. _persuaded That I_ S. Walker conj.

[2939] Fool. _Which ... father._ Lear.] Omitted by Pope. See note (VII).

[2940] _Which they will_] Q₃. _Which they, will_ Q₁ Q₂. _Which of thee will_ Jennens.

[2941] _This ... daughter._] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[2942] _This admiration, sir,_] Ff. _Come sir, this admiration_ Qq. _Come, sir; This admiration_ Steevens (1778).

_o' the_] _o' th'_ F₁ F₃ F₄. _oth'_ F₂. _of the_ Qq.

_savour_] Q₁ Q₂ Ff. _favour_ Q₃ and Capell.

[2943] _To_] Ff. om. Qq.

_aright:_] _aright,_ Boswell conj., reading line 233 with Ff.

[2944] _As ... you should_] Q₁ Q₃. _As you are old and reverend, should_ Q₂. _As you are old, and reverend, should_ Ff. _You, as you are old and reverend, should_ Rowe. _You, as you're old and rev'rend, should_ Pope. _Being old ... you should_ Seymour conj.

_you should_] om. Steevens conj.

[2945] _a hundred_] Ff. _a_ 100. Q₂. _one hundred_ Q₁ Q₃.

[2946] _debosh'd_] Ff. _deboyst_ Qq. _debauch'd_ Pope.

[2947] _a riotous inn_] _an inn_ Steevens conj.

[2948] _Make it more_] Rowe. _make more_ Qq. _Makes it more_ Ff.

_a brothel_] _a brothell_ Ff. _brothell_ Qq.

[2949] _graced_] _grac'd_ Ff. _great_ Qq.

_The_] om. Pope.

[2950] _then_] Ff. _thou_ Qq. _you_ Anon. conj. MS. See note (V).

[2951] _A little_] _Of fifty_ Pope.

[2952] _remainder_] Qq. _remainders_ Ff.

[2953] _Which_] Ff. _and_ Q₁ Q₃. _that_ Q₂.

[2954] _You ... betters._] Verse first in Rowe (ed. 2). Prose in Qq Ff.

[2955] Enter Albany.] Ff. Enter Duke. Qq.

[2956] SCENE XV. Pope. The rest of the Scene, except lines 340, 341, is prose in Qq.

_Woe, ... repents,--_] _Woe!... repents--_ Rowe. _Woe, ... repents:_ Ff. _We that too late repent's us;_ Q₁ Q₃. _We that too late repent's,_ Q₂. _We ... repent._ Anon. conj. MS. _Fool! that too late repent'st--_ Jennens. _Woe's him that too late repents--_ Keightley. See note (V).

[To Alb.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

_O, sir ... come?_] Qq. Omitted in Ff, and restored by Theobald.

[2957] _will?... Prepare my_] Ff. _will that we prepare any_ Qq (_wee_ Q₂. _prepar_ Q₃).

[2958] _Than the_] _Than i' th'_ Upton conj.

[2959] Alb. _Pray, sir, be patient._ Lear.] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[2960] _sir_] _you, sir_ Hanmer.

[2961] [To Gon.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[2962] _liest. My train are_] _lessen my traine and_ Q₁ Q₃. _list my traine, and_ Q₂.

[2963] _worships_] _worship_ Collier MS.

_name_] _names_ Rowe.

[2964] _That_] Qq. _Which_ Ff.

[2965] _Lear, Lear, Lear!_] As in Ff. Twice in Qq.

[2966] [Striking his head.] Pope. om. Qq Ff.

[2967] _dear_] _clear_ Anon. conj.

_Go ... people._] Ff. _Goe, goe, my people?_ Q₁ Q₂. _Go, go; my people!_ Q₃. _Go, go:--my people!_ Malone conj.

[2968] _I am ... I am_] _I'm ... I'm_ Pope.

[2969] _Of what ... you._] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[2970] _It ... fruitful!_] Three lines in Malone, ending _nature, hear! ... if ... fruitful!_

[2971] _Hear_] F₃ F₄. _Heare_ F₁ F₂ _harke_ Qq.

_nature, hear; dear_] _Nature! hear, dear_ Grant White.

_hear; dear_] Warburton. _heare deere_ Qq F₁ F₂. _hear dear_ F₃. _hear, dear_ F₄.

_hear!_] om. Qq. _hear a father!_ Pope.

[2972] _derogate_] _degenerate_ Anon. MS. See note (V).

[2973] _thwart_] Ff. _thourt_ Qq.

_disnatured_] _disnatur'd_ Ff. _disnetur'd_ Q₁ Q₂. _disventur'd_ Q₃. _disfeatur'd_ Henderson and Anon. MS. See note (V).

[2974] _cadent_] Ff. _accent_ Q₁ Q₂. _accient_ Q₃. _candent_ Theobald (Warburton). _acrid_ or _ardent_ Anon. conj.

[2975] _mother's pains_] _mother pains_ Becket conj.

[2976] _feel_] _feele, that she may feele,_ Q₂.

[2977] _Away, away!_] _Away, away._ Ff. _goe, goe, my people?_ Qq.

[Exit.] Ff. om. Qq.

[2978] _Now ... this?_] Two lines in Ff.

_whereof_] _wherefore_ Johnson.

[2979] _the cause_] Qq. _more of it_ F₁. _of it_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _of what_ Hanmer.

[2980] _That_] _that_ Qq. _As_ Ff.

_dotage_] _fretfulness and wayward dotage_ Seymour conj.

Re-enter Lear.] Steevens. Enter Lear. Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[2981] _What's_] Ff. _What is_ Qq.

[2982] _I'll ... ashamed_] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.

[To Gon.] Theobald.

[2983] _which_] Ff. _that_ Qq.

[2984] _Should ... thee!_] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.

_thee worth them. Blasts_] _thee worth them, Blastes_ Ff. _the worst blasts_ Qq.

[2985] _upon thee! The untented_] _upon thee: Th' untented_ Ff. _upon the untender_ Q₁ Q₂ (Cap. and Dev.) Q₃. _upon the untented_ Q₂ (Bodl. 1, 2. Mus. per. and imp.) _upon the untainted_ Anon. conj. MS. See note (V). _upon thee! The unshented_ Becket conj. _upon thee! The indented_ Jackson conj.

[2986] _Pierce_] Ff. _pierce_ Q₂ (Bodl. 1, 2. Mus. per. and imp.) _peruse_ Q₁ Q₂ (Cap. and Dev.) Q₃.

_sense_] _fence_ Warburton.

_thee! Old_] _thee. Old_ Ff. _the olde_ Q₁ _the old_ Q₂ Q₃.

[2987] _this cause_] Qq F₁. _thee once_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _her once_ Rowe.

_ye_] Ff. _you_ Qq.

[2988] _cast you_] Ff. _you cast_ Qq.

_lose_] F₃ F₄. _loose_ F₁ F₂. _make_ Qq.

[2989] _Yea, is it come to this?_] Q₁ Q₃. _yea, i'st come to this?_ Q₂. _Ha?_ Ff. _Ha! is it come to this?_ Pope.

[2990] _Let it be so:_] Ff (ending line 298 at _so_). Omitted in Qq. Arranged as by Pope.

_yet have I left a_] Qq. _I have another_ Ff.

[2991] _Who_] Ff. _whom_ Qq.

[2992] _flay_] Malone. _fley_ Q₁ Q₃. _flea_ Q₂ Ff.

_wolvish_] _wolfish_ Theobald.

[2993] _thou ... thee._] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[Exeunt....] Exeunt Lear, Kent, Gen. and Att. Capell. Exit. Qq. om. Ff. Exit Lear and Attendants. Rowe (ed. 1). Ex. Lear and Attendants. Rowe (ed. 2).

[2994] SCENE XVI. Pope.

_my lord_] Qq. om. Ff.

[2995] _To the ... master._] As in Ff. Capell ends the lines _content ... ho!... master._ S. Walker would end them _content.-- ... fool, ... master._

[2996] _you,--_] Theobald. _you_. Qq Ff.

[2997] _Pray ... more_] Ff. _Come sir, no more; you, more_ Q₁ Q₃. _Come sir no more, you, more_ Q₂.

[2998] _content_] _be content_ Rowe.

[2999] [To the Fool] Johnson.

[3000] _Nuncle ... thee_] Two lines in Ff.

[3001] _take_] Ff. _and take_ Qq.

[3002] _with thee. A fox_] _with thee: A fox_ Ff. _with a fox_ Qq.

[3003] _buy_] _by_ F₂.

[3004] [Exit.] Ff. om. Qq.

[3005] _This ... unfitness_] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[3006] _This ... knights!_] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.

[3007] _'Tis_] _Is't_ Hanmer.

[3008] _At point_] Omitted by Pope.

[3009] _in mercy_] _at mercy_ Pope.

[3010] _too far_] om. Steevens (1793).

[3011] _taken_] _harm'd_ Pope.

[3012] _she_] F₁ F₂. _she'll_ F₃ F₄.

[3013] _unfitness,--_] _unfitness--_ Rowe. _unfitnesse._ Ff.

Re-enter Oswald.] Collier. Enter Steward. Ff. om. Qq.

[3014] _How now, Oswald! What_] Ff. Gon. _What Oswald, ho._ Oswald. _Heere madam._ Gon. _What_ Qq.

[3015] _that_] Ff. _this_ Qq.

[3016] _Yes_] Qq. _I_ Ff. _Ay_ Rowe.

[3017] _and_] om. Pope.

[3018] _fear_] F₃ F₄. _feare_ F₁ F₂. _feares_ Q₁ Q₂. _fears_ Q₃.

[3019] _Get_] _So get_ Pope. _Go, get_ Jennens.

[3020] _And hasten ... lord_] _And hasten your returne: no, no, my lord_ Ff. _and after your returne--now my lord_ Q₁ Q₃. _and after your returne now my lord_ Q₂ (Cap. and Dev.) _& hasten your returne now my lord_ Q₂ (Bodl. 1, 2. Mus. per. and imp.)

[Exit Oswald.] Exit Steward. Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[3021] _milky_] Ff. _milkie_ Q₂ (Bodl. 1, 2. Mus. per. and imp.) _mildie_ Q₁ Q₂ (Cap. and Dev.) Q₃.

_gentleness and_] _gentle, easy_ Jennens.

[3022] _condemn not_] Ff. _dislike not_ Qq. _condemn it not_ Pope.

_pardon_] _your pardon_ Jennens.

[3023] _You are_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _Your are_ F₁. _y'are_ Qq.

_attask'd for_] _attaskt for_ Q₂ (Bodl. 1, 2. Mus. per. and imp.) _alapt_ Q₁ Q₂ (Cap. and Dev.) Q₃. _at task for_ F₁ F₃ F₄ _at taske for_ F₂. _taskt for_ Anon. conj. See note (VIII). _ajapt for_ Becket conj. _attack'd for_ Collier conj.

[3024] _Than_] _By those who judge, than_ Seymour conj.

_praised_] _prais'd_ Ff. _praise_ Qq.

_harmful_] _harmless_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[3025] _How ... well._] Verse in Q₁ Ff Q₃. Prose in Q₂.

[3026] _better, oft_] Ff. _better ought,_ Qq.

[3027] _then--_] Q₁ Ff Q₃. _then._ Q₂.

[3028] _the event._] Q₁ Q₃. _the event,_ Q₂. _the 'vent._ Ff.

[Exeunt.] Q₂ Ff. Exit. Q₁ Q₃.

[3029] SCENE V.] SCENE XVII. Pope. SCENE IV. Eccles.

Court....] Capell. A court-yard belonging to the Duke of Albany's Palace. Theobald.

Enter Lear, Kent, and Fool.] Q₁ Q₃. Enter Lear. Q₂. Enter Lear, Kent, Gentleman, and Foole. Ff. Enter Lear, Kent, Gentlemen, and Fool. Warburton.

[3030] Lear.] Lear [to a Gentleman. Jennens.

_letters._] _letters.--You with this to my daughter Regan._ [to Kent. Jennens.

[3031] _afore_] Ff. _before_ Qq.

[3032] _brains_] _brain_ Pope.

_were_] _where_ Q₂.

_in's_] F₁. _ins_ F₂. _in his_ Qq F₃ F₄.

_were't_] Rowe. _wert_ Qq Ff.

[3033] _prithee_] _prethee_ Q₁ F₂ Q₃. _prethe_ Q. _prythee_ F₁ F₃ F₄.

_ne'er_] _nere_ Qq. _net_ Ff.

[3034] _she's_] F₁ F₃ F₄. _shees_ Q₂. _shes_ F₂. _she is_ Q₁ Q₃.

_crab's_] _crabbe is_ Q₁. _crab is_ Q₂. _crabb is_ Q₃.

[3035] _can tell what_] Ff. _con, what_ Qq.

[3036] _Why, ... thou_] Qq. _What can'st_ Ff.

[3037] _She will_] Ff. _Shee'l_ Q₁ _Sheel_ Q₂. _She'l_ Q₃.

_does_] _do's_ Ff. _doth_ Qq.

[3038] _Thou canst_] F₁ F₂. _Thou canst not_ Qq. _canst thou_ F₃ F₄.

_stands_] _stande_ Q₂.

_i' the_] _in the_ Qq.

[3039] _on's_] Ff. _of his_ Qq. _of one's_ Pope.

[3040] _one's_] _ones_ Ff. _his_ Qq.

_of_] Ff. _on_ Qq.

_side's_] Q₂ F₁ F₃ F₄. _sides_ F₂. _side his_ Q₁ Q₃. _side one's_ Pope.

[3041] _he_] _a_ Q₂.

[3042] _wrong--_] Theobald. _wrong._ Q₂ Ff. _wrong!_ Q₁ Q₃.

[3043] _shell?_] Ff. _shell._ Qq.

[3044] _put's_] _put his_ Qq.

_to his_] Q₂ Ff. _unto his_ Q₁ Q₃.

[3045] _daughters_] Ff. _daughter_ Qq.

[3046] _'em_] _them_ Qq.

[3047] _more_] Qq F₄. _mo_ F₁ F₂. _moe_ F₃.

[3048] _eight?_] Capell. _eight._ Qq Ff.

[3049] _indeed_] om. Qq.

[3050] _take 't_] _take it_ Capell.

_Monster_] Ff. _Monster,_ Qq.

[3051] _thou wert_] Qq F₁. _you wert_ F₂. _you were_ F₃ F₄.

[3052] _till_] _before_ Qq.

[3053] _O, let ... mad!_] Verse by Pope. Prose in Qq Ff.

[3054] _not mad_] Omitted in Qq.

_heaven!_] Ff. _heaven! I would not bee mad,_ Qq (_be_ Q₂).

[3055] Enter Gentleman.] Theobald. Omitted in Qq Ff.

[3056] _How now!_] Omitted in Qq.

[3057] Gent.] Ff. Servant. Qq.

[3058] [Exit. Qq. Exeunt Lear, and Gentleman. Capell.

[3059] _that's a_] _that is_ Qq.

[3060] _unless_] _except_ Qq.

[Exeunt.] Ff. Exit. Qq. To the Audience, as he goes out. Capell.