Chapter XVIII: Act IV: SCENE I. The heath.3996 (2)

[4186] _And ... worth._] Arranged as by Pope. The lines end _wisedome do ... helpe him ... worth_ in Q₁ Q₃. They end _wisdome ... helpe him ... worth_ in Q₂. They end _wisedome ... helpes him ... worth_ in Ff. Four lines, ending _eye ... restoring ... him, ... worth,_ in Capell.

[4187] _our eye_] _us_ Seymour conj.

[Exit....] Malone. To an Officer, who goes out. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[4188] _What ... sense?_] _Do, what man's wisdom can, In ... sense._ Boswell conj.

[4189] _man's_] om. Seymour conj.

[4190] _In_] _do In_ Q₁ Q₃. _do, in_ Capell.

_his_] _Of his_ Capell.

[4191] _helps_] _can helpe_ Qq.

[4192] Doct.] Qq. Gent. Ff.

_is_] _are_ Rowe.

[4193] _lacks: that_] F₃ F₄. _lackes: that_ F₁ F₂. _lackes, that_ Q₁ Q₃. _lackes that_ Q₂.

[4194] _All ... earth,_] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4195] _remediate_] _remediant_ Johnson.

[4196] _distress_] _distresse_ Qq. _desires_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _desire_ F₄.

[4197] Enter a Messenger.] Q₁ Ff Q₃. Enter Messenger. Q₂.

[4198] _News ... hitherward._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4199] _It ... France_] Arranged as by Johnson. One line in Qq Ff.

[4200] _mourning and_] om. Hanmer, reading _Therefore ... pitied_ as one line.

_important_] Qq. _importun'd_ Ff. _importunate_ Capell.

[4201] _incite_] Ff. _insite_ Q₁ Q₃. _in sight_ Q₂.

[4202] _and our aged_] _to our dear_ Johnson (1771).

_right_] Qq F₃ F₄. _Rite_ F₁ F₂.

[4203] _Soon ... him!_] om. Seymour conj.

[Exeunt.] Ff. Exit. Qq. om. Jennens.

[4204] SCENE V.] Pope. Scena Quarta Ff. SCENE III. Eccles, who transfers it to follow SCENE II.

Gloucester's castle.] A room in Gloster's Castle. Capell. Regan's Palace. Rowe.

Oswald.] Steward Qq Ff.

[4205] _But ... Himself_] Marked as one line in Capell MS.

[4206] _there_] Ff. om. Qq.

_Madam,_] om. Pope.

[4207] _Madam ... soldier._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4208] _sister is_] Q₂ Ff. _sister's_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4209] _lord_] Ff. _lady_ Qq.

[4210] _letter_] _letters_ Q₂.

[4211] _serious_] Q₂ Ff. _a serious_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4212] _Edmund_] Ff. _and now_ Qq.

[4213] _In ... enemy._] _In ... army._ Qq, in two lines, the first ending _life._

[4214] _o' the enemy_] _o' th' Enemy_ F₁. _oth' Enemy_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _of the Army_ Q₁ Q₃. _at'h army_ Q₂.

[4215] _madam_] om. Qq.

_letter_] Ff. _letters_ Qq.

[4216] _troops set_] F₃ F₄. _troopes set_ F₁ F₂. _troope sets_ Qq.

[4217] _I may ... business._] As in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[4218] _Might ... Belike_,] Arranged as in Qq. One line in Ff.

[4219] _by word? Belike_,] Ff. _by word, belike_ Qq. _by word?_ Pope. _by word of mouth?_ Hanmer.

[4220] _Something--_] Pope. _Something,_ Qq. _Some things,_ Ff.

[4221] _I had_] Ff. _Ide_ Q₁ Q₃. _I'de_ Q₂.

[4222] _I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

[4223] _gave strange_] _gave_ Warburton (in text). _gave him_ Warburton (in note).

_œillades_] _aliads_ Qq. _Eliads_ F₁. _Iliads_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _œiliads_ Rowe. _eylids_ Anon. MS. See note (V).

[4224] _you are_] _you're_ Pope.

[4225] _madam?_] Ff. _madam._ Qq.

[4226] _you are; I know't_] Rowe (ed. 2). _Y'are: I know't_ Ff. _for I know't_ Qq. _you're; I know't_ Rowe (ed. 1). _you are, I know it_ Capell.

[4227] _this note:_] _note of this_, Grey conj.

[4228] _lady's_] Rowe. _ladies_ Qq Ff.

[4229] _do find_] _so find_ Quoted thus by Grey.

[4230] _So, fare you well_] Ff. _so farewell_ Qq, reading _I ... farewell_ as one line. Omitted by Hanmer.

[4231] _him_] om. F₁.

_should_] Ff Q₃. _would_ Q₁ Q₂.

[4232] _party_] Ff. _lady_ Qq.

[Exeunt.] Ff. Exit. Qq. Exeunt severally. Capell.

[4233] SCENE VI.] Pope. Scena Quinta. Ff.

Fields ...] Capell. The Country. Rowe. The Country, near Dover. Theobald.

Enter] ... Enter Glo'ster, and Edgar as a Peasant. Theobald. Enter Gloucester, and Edgar. Ff. Enter Gloster and Edmund. Qq.

[4234] _we_] Qq. _I_ Ff.

[4235] _up it_] Ff. _it up_ Qq.

[4236] _Horrible_] _Horribly_ Collier MS.

[4237] _Horrible ... sea?_] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4238] _Hark, do you_] _Hark, hark; do you not_ Capell.

_No, truly._] _No truly, not_ Hanmer.

[4239] _alter'd_] Ff. _altered_ Qq.

_speak'st_] _speakest_ Q₂.

[4240] _In_] Ff. _With_ Qq.

[4241] _You're_] Rowe. _Y'are_ Q₁ Ff Q₃. _Y'ar_ Q₂.

[4242] _Methinks_] _Sure_ Pope.

_you're_] Rowe. _y'are_ Q₁ Ff Q₃. _y'ar_ Q₂. _you are_ Capell.

[4243] _Come ... fearful_] As in Qq. Two lines, the first ending _sir,_ in Ff.

[4244] _dizzy_] F₃ F₄. _dizy_ Q₁ F₂ Q₃. _dizi_ Q₂. _dizie_ F₁.

[4245] _that_] _who_ So quoted by Wordsworth (Preface: Ed. 1815).

_samphire_] _samphier_ Q₃. _sampire_ Q₁ Q₂ Ff.

[4246] _walk_] _walke_ Qq. _walkd_ Ff.

_beach_] Q₂ Ff. _beake_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4247] _yond_] Ff Q₃. _yon_ Q₁ Q₂.

[4248] _a buoy_] Ff. _a boui_ Q₂. _aboue_ Q₁. _above_ Q₃.

[4249] _pebbles chafes_] Pope. _peebles chafe_ Q₁ Q₃. _peeble chaffes_ Q₂. _pebble chafes_ Ff.

[4250] _heard ... I'll_] F₄. _heard ... Ile_ F₁ F₂. _heard ... I'le_ F₃. _heard: it is so hie Ile_ Q₁. _heard, its so hie ile_ Q₂. _heard it is so: hie Ile_ Q₃.

[4251] _Give ... upright._] As in Qq. Three lines, ending _hand: ... verge: ... upright,_, in Ff.

[4252] _you are_] _you're_ Pope.

[4253] _beneath_] _below_ Pope.

[4254] _upright_] _outright_ Hanmer (Warburton).

[4255] _fairies_]_fairiegs_ Q₃.

[4256] _farther_] Qq. _further_ Ff.

[4257] _you_] Qq. _ye_ Ff.

[Seems to go. Rowe.

[4258] _Why I do ... despair Is_] Q₂ F₁ F₂, substantially. _Why I do ... dispaire, tis_ Q₁ Q₃. _Why do I ... despair, 'Tis_ F₃ F₄. _Why do I ... despair? 'Tis_ Rowe.

_Why ... it._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4259] [Kneeling] He kneels. Qq. om. Ff.

[4260] _snuff_] _snurff_ Q₂.

[4261] _him_] Ff. om. Qq.

[4262] [He ...] He falles. Qq. Omitted in Ff. He leaps and falls along. Rowe. Gloster leaps, and falls along. Knight (Jackson conj.), after _farewell._

[4263] _Gone ... sir?_] As in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[4264] _Gone, sir:_] _Gon sir,_ Qq. _Gone sir,_ F₁. _Good sir,_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _Gone, sir?_ Jennens. _Gone, sir._ Knight. _Go on, sir;_ Jackson conj. _Going, sir,_ Grant White conj.

[4265] _And yet ... past._] Marked as 'Aside' by Capell.

[4266] _may_] _my_ Q₂.

[4267] _treasury_] _treasure_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[4268] _had thought_] _thought had_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4269] _Ho, ... speak!_] _Hoa, you, hear you, friend! Sir! Sir! speak!_ Theobald. _Ho, you sir, you sir, friend! Hear you, sir? Speak:_ Capell.

_friend_] om. Qq.

_Hear_] _heare_ Qq F₁. _here_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_speak_] _speak, speak_ Keightley.

[4270] _Thus ... revives._] Marked as 'Aside' by Capell.

[4271] _Hadst ... air,_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_gossamer_] _goss'mer_ Pope. _gosmore_ Qq. _gozemore_ Ff. _gossemeer_ Capell.

_feathers,_] _feathers and_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[4272] _Thou'dst_] F₁. _Thoud'st_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _Thou hadst_ Qq.

[4273] _not;_] _not?_ Jennens.

_speak'st_] F₁ F₂. _speakst_ Q₁ Q₃. _speakest_ Q₂. _speak_ F₃ F₄.

_sound._] _sound?_ F₄.

[4274] _at each_] Qq Ff. _at least_ Rowe. _attacht_ Pope. _on end_ Johnson conj. _a-stretch_ Jennens conj. _at reach_ Steevens conj. _at end_ Jackson conj. _at eche_ Singer (ed. 2). _at eke_ Grant White conj. _at length_ Jervis conj. _at lash_ Anon. conj.

[4275] _fell_] _fallen_ Rowe.

[4276] _no?_] _no I_ Q₂.

[4277] _summit_] Rowe (ed. 2). _summet_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _somnet_ F₁. _summons_ Q₁ Q₃. _sommons_ Q₂.

_bourn._] _bourn!_ Pope. _bourn_ F₃ F₄. _bourne_ F₁ F₂. _borne_, Qq.

[4278] _a-height_] Hyphened by Warburton.

_shrill-gorged_] _shrill-gorg'd_ F₁. _shrill gorg'd_ Qq. _shrill-gor'd_ F₂ F₃. _shrill gor'd_ F₄.

[4279] _up._] _up?_ Q₂.

[4280] _death? 'Twas_] _death twas_ Q₂.

[4281] _arm:_] _arme?_ Q₂.

[4282] _How is't? Feel_] _how feele_ Qq.

[4283] _o' the_] _o' th'_ F₁. _oth'_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _of the_ Qq.

_cliff, what_] _cliffe, what_ Q₁ Q₃. _cliffe what_ Q₂. _cliffe. What_ Ff.

[4284] _unfortunate_] _unfortune_ F₂.

_beggar_] _bagger_ Q₂.

[4285] _methought_] Q₁. _me thought_ Ff Q₃. _me thoughts_ Q₂.

[4286] _he had_] Ff. _a had_ Qq.

[4287] _whelk'd_] Hanmer. _welkt_ Q₁ Q₃. _welk't_ Q₂. _wealk'd_ F₁ F₂. _walk'd_ F₃ F₄.

_enridged_] Qq. _enraged_ Ff.

[4288] _clearest_] F₃ F₄. _cleerest_ Qq F₁ F₂. _clarest_ Pope.

_make them_] Ff. _made their_ Qq.

[4289] _die_] _dye_ (in italics) Capell.

_die. That_] _die that_ Q₂.

[4290] _'twould_] Ff. _would he_ Q₁ Q₃. _would it_ Q₂.

[4291] _'The fiend, the fiend:' he_] _The fiend, the fiend--he_ Rowe. _The fiend, the fiend, he_ Q₁ Ff. _The fiend the fiend, he_ Q₂. _The fiend, the fiend he_ Q₃.

[4292] _Bear ... here?_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_Bear free_] F₃ F₄. _Beare free_ F₁ F₂. _Bare, free_ Q₁ Q₃. _Bare free_ Q₂.

Enter Lear ...] Capell. Enter Lear mad. Qq (after _thus_, line 82). Enter Lear. Ff (after _thoughts_). Enter Lear, drest madly with Flowers. Theobald (after _thoughts_).

[4293] SCENE VII. Pope.

[4294] _The ... thus._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4295] _safer_] _sober_ Warburton. _saner_ Johnson conj.

_will_] _would_ Hanmer.

[4296] _coining_] _coyning_ Qq. _crying_ Ff.

[4297] _side-piercing_] Hyphened in Ff.

[4298] _Nature's_] F₁. _Nature is_ Qq. _Natures_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[4299] _crow-keeper_] _cow-keeper_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[4300] _piece of_] om. Qq.

_do't_] _doo't_ Ff. _do it_ Qq.

[4301] _well flown, bird_] _well-flown bird_ Eccles conj.

[4302] _bird! i' the clout, i' the clout:_] _bird: i' th' clout, i' th' clout:_ Ff (_ith'_ F₂ F₃ F₄). _birde in the ayre,_ Qq (_bird_ Q₂). _barb! i' th' clout, i' th' clout:_ Theobald (Warburton).

[4303] _hewgh_] Ff. _hagh_ Qq.

[4304] _with ... They_ _with a white beard? They_ Ff. _ha Regan, they_ Qq.

[4305] _white_] Qq. _the white_ Ff. _three white_ Anon. conj.

[4306] _every thing that_] Ff. _every thing_ Q₂. _all_ Q₁ Q₃.

_said!... too was_] _saide: I and no too was_ Q₁ Q₃. _saide, I and no toe, was_ Q₂. _said: I, and no too, was_ Ff. _said ay and no to, was_ Grant White (Anon. apud Pye conj.)

[4307] _the wind_] _wind_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[4308] _'em ... 'em_] _them ... them_ Qq.

[4309] _men_] _women_ Upton conj.

_o' their_] F₁ F₃ F₄. _otheir_ F₂. _of their_ Qq.

[4310] _ague-proof_] F₄. _agu-proofe_ F₁ F₂. _agu-proof_ F₃. _argue-proofe_ Qq.

[4311] _The ... king?_] Prose in Qq F₄.

[4312] _Ay ... cause?_] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[4313] _every_] _ever_ Q₂.

[4314] _quakes_] _quake_ S. Walker conj.

[4315] _I pardon ... Adultery?_] _What was the cause? Adultery. I pardon that man's life._ Eccles conj.

[4316] _thy_] _the_ Pope.

[4317] _Adultery?_] om. Seymour conj.

[4318] _Adultery?... soldiers._] Arranged as in Johnson. Six lines, ending _for adultery?... fly ... thrive: ... father, ... sheets ... souldiers,_ in Ff. Prose in Qq. Capell ends the lines _Adultery.-- ... No: ... fly ... thrive: ... father, ... sheets ... soldiers._

[4319] _die: die for_] F₃ F₄. _dye: dye for_ F₁ F₂. _dye for_ Q₁. _die for_ Q₂ Q₃.

[4320] _Does_] _do's_ Ff. _do_ Q₁ Q₃. _doe_ Q₂.

[4321] _than_] _Than were_ Capell.

[4322] _sheets._] _sheets, were unto me._ Keightley.

[4323] _Behold ... inherit,_] Arranged as by Johnson. Prose in Qq Ff.

[4324] _yond_] F₁ F₂. _yon_ Qq F₃. _you_ F₄.

[4325] _presages_] Ff. _presageth_ Qq.

[4326] _minces_] _mimics_ Collier (Collier MS.)

_does_] _do's_ F₁ F₃ F₄. _dos_ F₂. _do_ Qq.

[4327] _To hear_] _heare_ Qq. _hearing_ Anon. MS. See note (V).

[4328] _name; The_] _name. The_ Ff. _name to_ Qq.

[4329] _soiled_] _soyled_ Qq Ff. _stalled_ Warburton. _spoiled_ Daniel conj. _soil'd_ Keightley, reading _To hear ... appetite_ as two lines, the first ending _nor_.

[4330] _waist_] _waste_ Q₁ Ff Q₃. _wast_ Q₂.

_they are_] _tha're_ Q₂. _they're_ Johnson.

[4331] _Beneath ... pit,_] Arranged as in Globe ed. Prose in Qq Ff. Johnson reads _Beneath ... darkness_ as one line.

[4332] _is all_] _it is all_ Warburton.

_fiends'_] Capell. _fiends_ Qq Ff. _fiend's_ Johnson.

[4333] _there's the sulphurous_] Edd. (Globe ed.) _theres the sulphury_ Qq (_ther's_ Q₂). _there is the sulphurous_ Ff.

[4334] _Burning_] _there's burning_ Keightley, ending the lines _stench, ... me ... apothecary ... there's ... thee._

_consumption_] Ff. _consummation_ Q₁ Q₃. _consumation_ Q₂.

[4335] _Give ... thee._] Prose in Qq Ff. Two lines, the first ending _apothecary_, in Johnson.

_civet, good apothecary, to sweeten_] Punctuated as in Qq. _Civet; good Apothecary sweeten_ Ff.

[4336] _Let me ... mortality_] Two lines in Ff. _Here ... mortality._ Qq (as one line).

[4337] _O ... me?_] As in Rowe. Three lines in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[4338] _Shall_] Ff. _shold_ Q₁. _should_ Q₂ Q₃.

_nought_] _naught_ Qq Ff.

_Dost thou_] _Do'st thou_ Ff. _do you_ Qq.

[4339] _thine_] Ff. _thy_ Qq.

[4340] _squiny_] _squint_ Q₃.

_at me_] Ff. _on me_ Qq.

[4341] _this_] Ff. _That_ Qq.

_but_] Ff. om. Qq.

_on't_] Q₁ Q₃. _oft_ Q₂. _of it_ Ff.

[4342] _the letters_] Qq. _thy letters_ Ff.

_one_] om. F₁ F₂.

[4343] _I would ... at it_] As in Theobald. Prose in Qq. Two lines, the first ending _report_, in Ff. Marked as 'Aside' by Hanmer.

[4344] _the case_] _this case_ Rowe.

[4345] _nor no_] _nor_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4346] _a heavy_] _heavy_ F₃ F₄.

[4347] _light_] _light one_ Keightley.

[4348] _goes._] Q₂ Ff. _goes?_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4349] _this_] Ff. _the_ Qq.

[4350] _thine_] Ff. _thy_ Qq.

[4351] _yond ... yond_] Ff. _yon ... yon_ Qq.

[4352] _thine_] Ff. _thy_ Qq.

[4353] _change places, and_] Omitted in Qq.

[4354] _justice ... thief_] _theefe ... Iustice_ Qq.

[4355] _Ay,_] _I_ Qq F₁ F₂. om. F₃ F₄.

[4356] _dog's obeyed_] _dogge, so bad_ Q₁ Q₃. _dogge, so bade_ Q₂.

[4357] _Thou ... cozener._] Arranged as in Pope. Prose in Qq Ff.

[4358] _thine_] Qq. _thy_ Ff.

[4359] _Thou hotly lust'st_] Rowe. _thou hotly lusts_ Ff. _thy blood hotly lusts_ Qq (_bloud_ Q₂).

[4360] _cozener_] _cosioner_ Q₂.

[4361] _Through ... not._] Arranged as in Rowe. Prose in Qq Ff.

[4362] _Through_] Qq. _Thorough_ Ff.

_tatter'd_] F₁ F₂. _tattered_ Q₁ Q₃. _tottered_ Q₂. _and tatter'd_ F₃ F₄.

_clothes_] _ragges_ Q₁ Q₃. _raggs_ Q₂.

_small_] Q₁ Q₃. _smal_ Q₂. _great_ Ff.

[4363] _hide_] Ff. _hides_ Qq.

_Plate sin_] Theobald (ed. 2). _Plate sins_ Pope. _Place sinnes_ F₁ F₂. _Place sinns_ F₃. _Place sins_ F₄.

[4364] _Plate ... lips._] Omitted in Qq.

[4365] _in rags_] _with rags_ Jennens.

_a_] _and_ Rowe.

_does_] F₂. _do's_ F₁. _doth_ F₃ F₄.

[4366] _offend, none_,] _offend_, Hanmer.

_able_] _absolve_ Hanmer.

_'em_] _them_ Capell MS.

[4367] _Now, now, now, now_] Ff. _No, now_ Q₁ Q₃. _no now_ Q₂.

_harder, harder_] _pull harder, harder_ Keightley.

[4368] _Now ... so._] One line of verse in Pope (ed. 2). Capell reads _Pull ... so_ as one line.

[4369] _O ... madness!_] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4370] _impertinency mix'd!_] _Impertinency mixt,_ Ff. _impertinency, mixt_ Q₁. _impertinencie mixt_ Q₂.

[4371] _If ... her to._ Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[4372] _fortunes_] Ff. _fortune_ Qq.

[4373] _know'st_] _knowest_ Q₂.

[4374] _wawl_] _wawle_ Ff. _waile_ Q₁ Q₃. _wayl_ Q₂.

_mark._] _marke me._ Qq. _mark--_Rowe.

[4375] _This's a good block._] Edd. _This a good blocke._ Qq. _This a good blocke:_ F₁ F₂. _This a good block:_ F₃ F₄. _This a good block!--_ Rowe. _This a good flock!--_ Johnson conj. _This a good block?_ Steevens (1778). _Tis a good block._ Ritson conj. _This' a good block:--_ Dyce (S. Walker conj.) _'Tis a good plot._ Collier (Collier MS.)

[4376] _shoe_] _shoo_ F₁. _shooe_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _shoot_ Qq. _suit_ Anon. conj.

[4377] _felt_] Ff. _fell_ Qq.

_I'll ... proof;_] Omitted in Qq.

_put't_] _put it_ Capell.

[4378] _I have_] _I've_ Pope.

_stol'n_] _stole_ Qq.

_sons-in-law_] _sonnes in law_ Q₁ Q₃. _sonne in lawes_ Q₂. _son in lawes_ F₁. _sonnes in lawes_ F₂. _sons in laws_ F₃. _sons-in-laws_ F₄.

[4379] Enter ... Attendants.] Rowe. Enter three Gentlemen. Qq. Enter a Gentleman. Ff. Enter Gentleman, Attendants of Cordelia; and Guard. Capell.

[4380] SCENE VIII. Pope.

_hand_] Ff. _hands_ Qq.

_him. Sir,_] _him; sir,_ Rowe. _him sirs._ Q₁ Q₃. _him sirs,_ Q₂. _him, sir._ Ff.

[4381] _Your ... daughter--_] Ff. Omitted in Q₁ Q₃. _your most deere_ Q₂ (at the end of line 187).

[4382] _even_] Ff. _eene_ Qq.

[4383] _ransom_] _a ransom_ Q₁ Q₃.

_a surgeon_] Capell. _a chirurgeon_ Q₁ Q₃. _a churgion_ Q₂. _surgeons_ Ff.

[4384] _to the_] Q₂. _to 'th_ Q₁ Q₃. _to'th'_ F₁. _toth'_ F₂. _to th'_ F₃ F₄.

[4385] _a man a man_] Ff. _a man_ Qq.

[4386] _garden_] _garding_ Q₃.

[4387] _Ay, ... that._] See note (XVIII).

[4388] _die_] _bid_ Becket conj.

[4389] _Then ... sa._] Prose in Qq and Capell. Two lines, the first ending _get it_, in Ff.

[4390] _Nay, if_] _nay if_ Q₁ Q₃. _nay and_ Q₂. _Come, and_ Ff. _Come, an_ Pope. _Nay, an_ Capell. _Nay, come, an_ Jennens.

[4391] _by_] Ff. _with_ Qq.

_Sa, sa, sa, sa._] Omitted in Qq.

[Exit ...] Exit, running; Attendants and Guard follow. Capell. Exit King running. Qq. Exit. Ff.

[4392] _one_] Qq. _a_ Ff.

[4393] _have_] Ff. _hath_ Qq. _had_ Anon. conj.

[4394] _sir,_] Ff. om. Qq.

[4395] _Most ... sound._] Divided as in Q₂. The first line ends at _heares_ in Q₁ Q₃; at _vulgar_ in Ff.

[4396] _one_] _ones_ Q₁ Q₃.

_hears that_] F₃ F₄. _heares that_ F₁ F₂. _heares_ Q₁ Q₃. _here's that_ Q₂.

[4397] _Which ... sound_] _That ... sense_ Q₁. _That ... sence_ Q₂ Q₃.

[4398] _But ... army?_] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4399] _near's_] F₃ F₄. _neeres_ Q₁ F₂ Q₃. _neer's_ Q₂. _neere's_ F₁.

[4400] _speedy foot_] Ff. _speed for't_ Q₁ Q₃. _speed fort_ Q₂.

_descry_] Ff. _descries_ Q₁. _descryes_ Q₂. _discries_ Q₃.

[4401] _Stands_] _Standst_ Q₂.

_thought_] Ff. _thoughts_ Qq.

_that's all_] om. Q₁.

[4402] _Her_] Ff. _His_ Q₁ Q₃. _Hir_ Q₂.

Edg. _I ... sir._] Omitted by Pope.

[Exit Gent.] Johnson. Exit. Qq. Exit. Ff (after _on_).

[4403] _ever-gentle_] Hyphened by Capell.

[4404] _Well pray_] _Well, pray_ Q₂ F₄.

[4405] _tame to_] Ff. _lame by_ Qq.

[4406] _known_] _knowing_ Hanmer.

[4407] _Hearty ... boot!_] As in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[4408] _bounty_] _bornet_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2).

_the benison_] _beniz_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2).

[4409] _To ... boot_] Ff. _to boot, to boot_ Q₁ Q₂ (Mus. imp.) Q₃. _to saue thee_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2). _to boot_ Pope, reading _The bounty ... to boot_ as one line. _To boot_ Hanmer, reading as a seperate line.

Enter Oswald.] Collier. Enter Steward. Qq Ff.

SCENE IX. Pope.

[4410] _A ... arm._] As in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[4411] _Most_] _this is most_ Hanmer.

_happy!_] _happy;_ Q₁ Q₃. _happy,_ Q₂. _happie_ F₁. _happy:_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[4412] _first_] Omitted in Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2).

[4413] _Thou_] om. Pope.

_old_] Ff. _most_ Qq.

[4414] _Now_] om. Pope.

[4415] _to 't_] Qq F₃ F₄. _too 't_ F₁ F₂. _to it_ Johnson.

[Edgar interposes.] Collier. Edgar opposes. Johnson. om. Qq Ff.

[4416] _Darest_] _darst_ Q₁ Q₃. _durst_ Q₂. _Dar'st_ F₁. _Darst_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[4417] _that_] om. Qq.

[4418] _Chill ... 'casion._] Two lines in Ff. Capell ends line 234 _Ch'ill not._

_zir_] Ff. _sir_ Qq.

_vurther_] om. Qq. _further_ Jennens.

_'casion_] _cagion_ Qq.

[4419] _and_] om. Qq.]

_volk_ F₃ F₄. _volke_ Q₁ F₁ F₂ Q₃. _voke_ Q₂.

[4420] _An_] Capell. _and_ Qq Ff.

_ha'_] Ff. _have_ Qq.

_zwaggered_] _zwaggar'd_ Q₁ Q₃. _swaggar'd_ Q₂. _zwaggerd_ F₁. _zwagged_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_'twould_] _it wold_ Q₁. _it would_ Q₂ Q₃.

[4421] _zo_] _so_ Q₂.

_as 'tis_] om. Qq.

_vortnight_] _fortnight_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2).

[4422] _th'_] Ff. _the_ Qq.

_che vor ye_] _che vor 'ye_ Ff. _chevore ye_ Qq.

_I'se_] _ice_ Ff. _ile_ Qq. _iz_ Capell.

_whether_] Qq. _whither_ Ff.

[4423] _costard_] Q₁ Ff Q₃. _coster_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2). _costerd_ Q₂ (Mus. imp.)

_ballow_] Ff. _bat_ Q₁ Q₂ (Mus. imp.) Q₃. _battero_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2).

_chill_] _ile_ Q₂.

[4424] [They fight.] Qq. om. Ff.

[4425] _zir_] _sir_ Q₂.

_vor_] Ff. _for_ Qq.

[4426] [Oswald falls.] Edd. Edgar knocks him down. Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[4427] _letters_] _letter_ Rann (Smith conj.)

[4428] _To ... out Upon_] Divided as in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4429] _Upon the British_] Qq. _Upon the English_ Ff. _On th' English_ Hanmer.

[4430] _Upon ... death!_] Capell arranges as two half-lines.

_death! Death!_] Edd. _death! death._ Qq. _death, death._ Ff. _death,--_ Pope.

[4431] [Dies.] He dyes. Q₁. He dies. Q₂ Q₃. om. Ff.

[4432] _As duteous ... desire._] One line in Q₂.

[4433] _Sit ... not:_] As in Ff. Four lines, ending _pockets, ... friends, deathsman ... not,_ in Qq.

[4434] _you. Lets_] Ff. _you, lets_ Q₁ Q₂ (Mus. imp.) Q₃. _you lets_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2).

[4435] [seating him at a Distance. Capell.

[4436] _these_] Ff. _his_ Qq.

_the letters_] Ff. _These letters_ Qq. _this letter_ Rann (Smith conj.)

[4437] _of May_] Ff. _of may_ Q₁ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2) Q₃. _of, May_ Q₂ (Mus imp.)

[4438] _I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

_sorry_] _sorrow_ Q₂.

[4439] _Leave_] _By your leave_ Rowe.

_manners, blame_] _manners blame_ Qq. _manners: blame_ Ff. _manners--blame_ Rowe.

[4440] _not: To_] Pope. _not, To_ Q₁ Q₃. _not To_ Q₂ Ff.

[4441] _we'ld_] _wee'd_ Qq. _we_ Ff.

[4442] _is_] Qq F₁. _are_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[4443] [Reads] Reads the Letter. Ff. A Letter. Q₁ Q₂ (Mus. imp.) Q₃. om. Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2).

[4444] _Let ... labour._] Prose in Q₂ Ff. Seven lines in italics in Q₁ Q₃.

[4445] _our_] Ff. _your_ Qq.

[4446] _done, if_] _done, If_ Q₂. _done: If_ Q₁. _done. If_ Ff. _done; If_ Q₃.

_conqueror: then_] _conqueror. Then_ Pope, _conqueror, then_ Qq Ff.

[4447] _gaol_] F₄. _gaole_ F₁. _goale_ F₂. _goal_ F₃. _Iayle_ Q₁ Q₃. _gayle_ Q₂.

[4448] _for your_] _of our_ F₃ F₄.

[4449] _--wife ... say--_] Put in parentheses in Ff. _wife (so ... say) & your_ Q₁ Q₃. _wife (so ... say) your_ Q₂.

_servant,_] _servant and for you her owne for Venter,_ Q₂. _servant and for you her owne for Ventering_ Anon. MS. See note (V). _servant, and for you her own foventer_ Becket conj. _servant, and your own for ever_ Mitford conj. (from Q₁).

[4450] _O_] Qq. _Oh_ F₁. _Of_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_undistinguish'd_] _undistinguisht_ Q₁ Q₃. _Indistinguisht_ Q₂. _indinguish'd_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _indistinguish'd_ F₄. _unextinguish'd_ Collier (Collier MS.) _undistinguishable_ Staunton conj.

_undistinguish'd ... will_] _undisguised scope of woman's will or undisguised scape of woman's wit_ Singer conj.

_space_] _scope_ Theobald conj. _blaze_ Collier (Collier MS.) _sense_ Staunton conj. _maze_ Bailey conj.

_will_ Ff. _wit_ Qq.

[4451] _in the_] _i' th'_ Pope.

[4452] _post_] _most_ Anon. conj. MS.

[4453] _the mature_] _mature_ Pope.

[4454] _death-practised_] Hyphened in Ff.

[4455] _thy_] Ff. _his_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4456] _The king ... sense,_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_vile_] F₄. _vilde_ Q₁ F₁ F₂ Q₃ F₃. _vild_ Q₂.

[4457] _sever'd_] Ff. _fenced_ Qq.

[4458] _imaginations_] _imagination_ Johnson.

[4459] [Drum afar off.] A Drumme afarre off. Q₁ Q₃. A drum a farre off. Q₂. Drum afarre off. Ff (after line 282).

[4460] _Give ... drum:_] One line in Q₂.

[4461] _Come, father_] _Come further_ Johnson.

[Exeunt.] Ff. Exit. Qq.

[4462] SCENE VII.] SCENE VI. Rowe. SCENE X. Pope.

A tent ... camp.] Steevens, after Capell. A Chamber. Rowe.

Lear ... asleep,] Steevens, after Capell.

soft music playing,] Dyce.

Gentleman ...] Edd. (Globe ed.) Physician, Gentleman, ... Capell.

Enter ... and Doctor.] Qq. Enter ... and Gentleman. Ff. Enter Cordelia and Kent. Capell.

[4463] _O ... me._] Arranged as in Rowe. Three lines, ending _Kent, ... goodnesse, ... me,_ in Q₁ Q₃. Two lines, the first ending _goodnes,_ in Q₂. Five lines, ending _Kent, ... worke ... goodnesse?... short, ... me,_ in Ff.

[4464] _My life_] _Life_ Pope.

[4465] _is_] _'tis_ Eccles conj.

[4466] _Be ... off._] Arranged as in Q₁ Ff Q₃. Two lines, the first ending _those,_ in Q₂.

[4467] _me_] Qq. om. Ff.

[4468] _made_] _laid_ Warburton. _main_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[4469] _Then ... king?_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff. Pope ends line 11 at _so_.

_be't_] Ff. _beet_ Q₂. _be it_ Q₁ Q₃.

_so, my good lord. How_] _so my good lord: How_ Ff. _so: my lord how_ Q₁ Q₃. _so, my good lord how_ Q₂. _so. My lord, how_ Pope (ed. 1). _so My lord--how_ Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald).

[To the Doctor] To the Physician. Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

[Going towards the Bed. Capell.

[4470] Doct.] Qq. Gent. Ff.

[4471] _sleeps_] _he sleeps_ Keightley.

[4472] _O you kind_] _Kind_ Capell.

[4473] _O ... nature_] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4474] _and jarring_] Ff. _and hurrying_ Q₁ Q₂. _hurrying_ Q₃.

[4475] _child-changed_] Hyphen omitted in Q₂.

_So please_] _Please_ Pope.

[4476] _So ... king:_] Divided as in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4477] _That_] om. Q₁ Q₃.

_king: he ... long._] _king, He ... long._ Q₂. _king He ... long._ Q₁ Q₃. _king, he ... long?_ Ff. _king? he ... long._ Hanmer.

[4478] _array'd?_] _arayd,_ Q₂.]

[Soft music. Grant White.

[Enter Lear in a chaire carried by Servants. Ff. om. Qq.

[4479] Gent.] Ff. Doct. Qq.

_his_] Qq. om. Ff.

[4480] Doct.] Edd. (Globe ed.) Phy. Capell. Continued to Phy. by Pope. Kent. Q₁ Q₃. Gent. Q₂. Continued to Gent. in Ff.

_Be by, good madam_] _Good madam be by_ Qq.

[4481] _not_] Omitted in F₁ F₂.

[4482] Cor. _Very well._ Doct. _Please ... there!_] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[4483] _O ... made!_] Arranged as in Ff. Four lines, ending _father, ... lippes, ... harmes ... made,_ in Q₁ Q₃. Three lines, ending _lips, ... sisters ... made,_ in Q₂.

[4484] _father! Restoration_] Pope. _father, Restoration_ Q₁ Q₃. _father restoratiō_ Q₂. _father, restauratian_ F₁. _father, restauration_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_Restoration hang_] _Restauration, hang_ Theobald.

[4485] _Thy_] _Her_ Hanmer.

[4486] _dear_] _dearest_ Theobald.

[4487] _you_] _he_ Anon. MS. See note (V).

[4488] _Had challenged_] _Did challenge_ Ff.

_a face_] _face_ F₃ F₄.

[4489] _opposed_] _oppos'd_ Ff. _exposd_ Qq.

_warring_] Qq. _iarring_ F₁. _jarring_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[4490] _To stand ... helm?_] Omitted in Ff.

[4491] _dread-bolted_] Hyphened by Theobald.

[4492] _lightning? to_] Pointed as in Theobald. _lightning, to_ Q₁ Q₃. _lightning to_ Q₂.

_watch--poor perdu!--_] _watch, poor perdu!_ Warburton. _watch poore Per du,_ Qq. _watch poor perdue:_ Theobald. _watch pour perdu_ Pye conj.

[4493] _helm? Mine_] Pointed as in Q₁ Q₃. _helme mine_ Q₂.

[4494] _Mine ... father,_] Arranged as in Qq. Three lines, ending _me, ... fire, ... father)_ in Ff. Three, ending _shou'd ... fire: ... father,_ in Pope.

[4495] _Mine enemy's_] _Mine Enemies_ Ff. _Mine iniurious_ Q₁ Q₂. _Mine injurious_ Q₃. _My very enemy's_ Theobald. _Mine injurer's_ Capell.

_dog_] _dog, even_ Keightley. _furious dog_ Mitford conj.

[4496] _Alack, alack_] _Alack_ Hanmer, ending lines 36-42, _Mine ... him,_ at _shou'd ... wast ... swine ... straw?... wits, ... wakes, ... him._

[4497] _thy_] _my_ F₃ F₄.

[4498] _concluded all. He_] Q₁ Ff Q₃. _concluded all, he_ Q₂. _concluded.--Ah! he_ Warburton.

[4499] Doct.] Qq. Gen. F₁. Gent. F₂ F₃ F₄.

_do you;_] _do you speak,_ Hanmer.

[4500] _How does ... majesty?_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[4501] _o' the_] _o' th'_ F₁. _oth'_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _a'th_ Q₁ Q₃. _ath_ Q₂.

[4502] _scald_] _scal'd_ F₁.

_do you know me?_] Ff. _know ye me?_ Q₁ Q₃. _know me._ Q₂. _know you me?_ Anon. MS. See note (V).

[4503] _You are_] Ff. _Y'are_ Q₁ Q₃. _Yar_ Q₂.

_when_] Q₁ Q₃ F₃ F₄. _where_ Q₂ F₁ F₂.

[4504] _He's ... daylight?_] Two lines in Qq. Four in Ff.

[4505] _I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

_mightily_] _much_ Hanmer.

_e'en_] _ene_ Qq. _ev'n_ F₁ F₂. _even_ F₃ F₄.

[4506] _what to say_] _what_ Hanmer.

[4507] _I feel ... condition_] Arranged as in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4508] _O ... kneel._] Arranged as in Q₁ Ff Q₃. Prose in Q₂.

[4509] _upon_] _on_ Hanmer.

[4510] _hands_] Qq. _hand_ Ff.

[4511] _No, sir,_] Omitted in Ff.

_me_] Omitted in Q₂.

[4512] _Fourscore ... less;_] One line in Knight. Two, the first ending _upward,_ in Ff. Capell ends the lines _upward ... plainly,_ reading with Ff.

_Fourscore_] _Fourscore years_ Keightley, reading the rest as Qq.

_not ... less;_] Omitted in Qq, which read _Fourscore ... plainly_ as one line.

[4513] _plainly_] _plainly with you_ Hanmer, reading the rest as Qq.

[4514] _in my perfect_] Q₂ Ff. _perfect in my_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4515] _for I am_] _for I'm_ Pope.

[4516] _nor I_] _nay I_ Pope.

[4517] _not_] Q₂ Ff. _no_ Q₁. _noe_ Q₃.

[4518] _I am, I am_] _I am_ Qq.

[4519] _Be ... not:_] One line in Qq. Two, the first ending _wet?_ in Ff.

_pray_] _pray you_ Rowe.

[4520] _me_] _we_ F₂.

[4521] _not_] _none_ Hanmer.

[4522] _me._] _me?_ Q₂.

[4523] _Be ... settling._] Arranged as in Theobald. Prose in Qq. Three lines, ending _rage ... go in, ... setling,_ in Ff.

[4524] _kill'd in him_] Ff. _cured in him_ Qq. _cur'd_ Hanmer. _quell'd in him_ Collier conj.

[4525] _and yet ... lost._] Omitted in Ff.

[4526] _it is_] Qq. _'tis_ Steevens. _'twere_ Theobald.

[4527] _make him even o'er_] _wake him even, o'er_ Jackson conj.

_even_] _even go_ Keightley.

[4528] _trouble_] _And trouble_ Pope, arranging as Ff.

[4529] _Will't_] Rowe. _Wilt_ Qq Ff.

_your_] _you_ F₂.

[4530] _You ... foolish._] Prose, apparently, in Q₂. Three lines, ending _me: ... forgive, ... foolish,_ in Q₁ Ff Q₃. Two lines, the first ending _me:_ in Capell.

[4531] [Exeunt ... Gentleman.] Exeunt. Manet Kent and Gentleman. Q₁. Exeunt. Manet Kent and Gent. Q₂. Exeunt. Manet Kent and Gentlemen. Q₃. Exeunt. Ff.

[4532] Gent. _Holds ... fought._ [Exit.] Omitted in Ff.

[4533] _Holds ... Germany._] Prose in Qq. Verse, the lines ending _sir, ... sir ... said, ... Edgar, ... Kent,_ in Capell.

[4534] _that_] om. Capell.

[4535] _As 'tis_] _'Tis_ Capell.

[4536] _in Germany ... sir._] Prose in Theobald. Four lines, ending _changeable ... kingdom ... arbitrement ... sir,_ in Capell.

[4537] _Report ... sir._] Three lines, ending _about, ... apace ... sir,_ in Qq.

[4538] _The_] _And the_ Capell.

_bloody_] _most bloody_ Capell. _a bloody_ Steevens (1793), reading _The ... a bloody_ as one line.

[4539] [Exit.] Exit Gent. Theobald. om. Qq.

[4540] _battle's_] Theobald. _battels_ Qq.

[Exit.] Exit Kent. Theobald. om. Qq.