Chapter XIX: Act V: SCENE I. The British camp near Dover

_Enter, with drum and colours_, EDMUND, REGAN, Gentlemen, _and_
Soldiers.[4541]

_Edm._ Know of the duke if his last purpose hold,
Or whether since he is advised by aught
To change the course: he's full of alteration[4542]
And self-reproving: bring his constant pleasure.

[_To a Gentleman, who goes out._[4543]

_Reg._ Our sister's man is certainly miscarried. 5

_Edm._ 'Tis to be doubted, madam.

_Reg._ Now, sweet lord,
You know the goodness I intend upon you:
Tell me, but truly, but then speak the truth,[4544]
Do you not love my sister?

_Edm._ In honour'd love.[4545]

_Reg._ But have you never found my brother's way[4546] 10
To the forfended place?[4546]

_Edm._ That thought abuses you.[4546][4547]

_Reg._ I am doubtful that you have been conjunct[4546][4547][4548]
And bosom'd with her, as far as we call hers.[4546][4547][4548]

_Edm._ No, by mine honour, madam.[4546][4549]

_Reg._ I never shall endure her: dear my lord,[4550] 15
Be not familiar with her.[4550]

_Edm._ Fear me not.--[4551][4552]
She and the duke her husband![4551]

_Enter, with drum and colours_, ALBANY, GONERIL, _and_
Soldiers.[4553]

_Gon._ [_Aside_] I had rather lose the battle than that sister[4554][4555]
Should loosen him and me.[4554][4556]

_Alb._ Our very loving sister, well be-met.[4557] 20
Sir, this I hear; the king is come to his daughter,[4558]
With others whom the rigour of our state
Forced to cry out. Where I could not be honest,[4559]
I never yet was valiant: for this business,[4559][4560]
It toucheth us, as France invades our land,[4559] 25
Not bolds the king, with others, whom, I fear,[4559][4561]
Most just and heavy causes make oppose.[4559]

_Edm._ Sir, you speak nobly.[4559][4562]

_Reg._ Why is this reason'd?

_Gon._ Combine together 'gainst the enemy;
For these domestic and particular broils[4563] 30
Are not the question here.[4564]

_Alb._ Let's then determine[4565]
With the ancient of war on our proceedings.[4565][4566]

_Edm._ I shall attend you presently at your tent.[4567]

_Reg._ Sister, you'll go with us?

_Gon._ No. 35

_Reg._ 'Tis most convenient; pray you, go with us.[4568]

_Gon._ [_Aside_] O, ho, I know the riddle.--I will go.

_As they are going out, enter_ EDGAR _disguised_.[4569]

_Edg._ If e'er your grace had speech with man so poor,[4570]
Hear me one word.

_Alb._ I'll overtake you. Speak.

[_Exeunt all but Albany and Edgar._[4571]

_Edg._ Before you fight the battle, ope this letter. 40
If you have victory, let the trumpet sound
For him that brought it: wretched though I seem,[4572]
I can produce a champion that will prove
What is avouched there. If you miscarry,
Your business of the world hath so an end, 45
And machination ceases. Fortune love you![4573]

_Alb._ Stay till I have read the letter.[4574]

_Edg._ I was forbid it.[4575]
When time shall serve, let but the herald cry,[4575]
And I'll appear again.[4575]

Alb. Why, fare thee well: I will o'erlook thy paper. 50

[_Exit Edgar._

_Re-enter_ EDMUND.[4576]

_Edm._ The enemy's in view: draw up your powers.[4577]
Here is the guess of their true strength and forces[4578]
By diligent discovery; but your haste[4579][4580]
Is now urged on you.[4579]

_Alb._ We will greet the time. [_Exit._[4581]

_Edm._ To both these sisters have I sworn my love;[4582] 55
Each jealous of the other, as the stung[4583][4584]
Are of the adder. Which of them shall I take?[4583]
Both? one? or neither? Neither can be enjoy'd,[4583][4585]
If both remain alive: to take the widow
Exasperates, makes mad her sister Goneril; 60
And hardly shall I carry out my side,[4586]
Her husband being alive. Now then we'll use
His countenance for the battle; which being done,
Let her who would be rid of him devise[4587]
His speedy taking off. As for the mercy[4588] 65
Which he intends to Lear and to Cordelia,[4589]
The battle done, and they within our power,
Shall never see his pardon; for my state[4590]
Stands on me to defend, not to debate. [_Exit._

SCENE II. _A field between the two camps._

_Alarum within. Enter, with drum and colours_, Lear, CORDELIA, _and_ Soldiers, _over the stage; and exeunt_.

_Enter_ EDGAR _and_ GLOUCESTER.[4591]

_Edg._ Here, father, take the shadow of this tree[4592]
For your good host; pray that the right may thrive:
If ever I return to you again,[4593]
I'll bring you comfort.[4593]

_Glou._ Grace go with you, sir! [_Exit Edgar._

_Alarum and retreat within. Re-enter_ EDGAR.[4594]

_Edg._ Away, old man; give me thy hand; away! 5
King Lear hath lost, he and his daughter ta'en:
Give me thy hand; come on.

_Glou._ No farther, sir; a man may rot even here.[4595]

_Edg._ What, in ill thoughts again? Men must endure[4596]
Their going hence, even as their coming hither: 10
Ripeness is all: come on.

_Glou._ And that's true too. [_Exeunt._[4597]

SCENE III. _The British camp near Dover._

_Enter, in conquest, with drum and colours,_ EDMUND; LEAR _and_
CORDELIA, _as prisoners_; Captain, Soldiers, _&c._[4598]

_Edm._ Some officers take them away: good guard,
Until their greater pleasures first be known[4599]
That are to censure them.

_Cor._ We are not the first[4600][4601]
Who with best meaning have incurr'd the worst.[4600]
For thee, oppressed king, am I cast down;[4600][4602] 5
Myself could else out-frown false fortune's frown.[4603]
Shall we not see these daughters and these sisters?

_Lear._ No, no, no, no! Come, let's away to prison:[4604]
We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage:
When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down 10
And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live,
And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh[4605]
At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues
Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too,[4606]
Who loses and who wins, who's in, who's out;[4607] 15
And take upon's the mystery of things,
As if we were God's spies: and we'll wear out,
In a wall'd prison, packs and sects of great ones[4608]
That ebb and flow by the moon.

_Edm._ Take them away.

_Lear_. Upon such sacrifices, my Cordelia, 20
The gods themselves throw incense. Have I caught thee?[4609]
He that parts us shall bring a brand from heaven,
And fire us hence like foxes. Wipe thine eyes;[4610]
The good-years shall devour them, flesh and fell,[4611][4612]
Ere they shall make us weep: we'll see 'em starve first.[4612][4613] 25
Come. [_Exeunt Lear and Cordelia, guarded._[4613][4614]

_Edm._ Come hither, captain; hark.[4615]
Take thou this note: go follow them to prison:[4616]
One step I have advanced thee; if thou dost[4617][4618]
As this instructs thee, thou dost make thy way[4618] 30
To noble fortunes: know thou this, that men[4618]
Are as the time is: to be tender-minded[4618][4619]
Does not become a sword: thy great employment[4618][4620]
Will not bear question; either say thou'lt do 't,[4618][4621]
Or thrive by other means.[4618]

_Capt._ I'll do 't, my lord. 35

_Edm._ About it; and write happy when thou hast done.[4622]
Mark; I say, instantly, and carry it so[4623]
As I have set it down.

_Capt._ I cannot draw a cart, nor eat dried oats;[4624]
If it be man's work, I'll do't. [_Exit._[4624] 40

_Flourish. Enter_ ALBANY, GONERIL, REGAN, _another_ Captain, _and_
Soldiers.[4625]

_Alb._ Sir, you have shown to-day your valiant strain,[4626]
And fortune led you well: you have the captives[4627]
That were the opposites of this day's strife:[4628]
We do require them of you, so to use them[4629]
As we shall find their merits and our safety 45
May equally determine.

_Edm._ Sir, I thought it fit[4630]
To send the old and miserable king[4631][4632]
To some retention and appointed guard;[4631][4633]
Whose age has charms in it, whose title more,[4634]
To pluck the common bosom on his side,[4635] 50
And turn our impress'd lances in our eyes
Which do command them. With him I sent the queen:[4636]
My reason all the same; and they are ready[4636][4637]
To-morrow or at further space to appear[4637][4638]
Where you shall hold your session. At this time[4637][4639][4640][4641] 55
We sweat and bleed: the friend hath lost his friend;[4640][4641]
And the best quarrels, in the heat, are cursed[4641]
By those that feel their sharpness.[4641][4642]
The question of Cordelia and her father[4641]
Requires a fitter place.[4641]

_Alb._ Sir, by your patience, 60
I hold you but a subject of this war,[4643]
Not as a brother.[4643]

_Reg._ That's as we list to grace him.
Methinks our pleasure might have been demanded,[4644]
Ere you had spoke so far. He led our powers,
Bore the commission of my place and person; 65
The which immediacy may well stand up[4645]
And call itself your brother.

_Gon._ Not so hot:[4646]
In his own grace he doth exalt himself[4646]
More than in your addition.[4646][4647]

_Reg._ In my rights,[4648][4649]
By me invested, he compeers the best.[4649] 70

_Gon._ That were the most, if he should husband you.[4650]

_Reg._ Jesters do oft prove prophets.

_Gon._ Holla, holla![4651][4652]
That eye that told you so look'd but a-squint.[4652][4653]

_Reg._ Lady, I am not well; else I should answer
From a full-flowing stomach. General,
Take thou my soldiers, prisoners, patrimony;
Dispose of them, of me; the walls are thine:[4654]
Witness the world, that I create thee here
My lord and master.

_Gon._ Mean you to enjoy him?[4655]

_Alb._ The let-alone lies not in your good will.[4656] 80

_Edm._ Nor in thine, lord.

_Alb._ Half-blooded fellow, yes.

_Reg. [To Edmund_] Let the drum strike, and prove my title thine.[4657]

_Alb._ Stay yet; hear reason. Edmund, I arrest thee[4658]
On capital treason; and in thine attaint[4659]
This gilded serpent [_pointing to Gon._]. For your claim,
fair sister,[4660] 85
I bar it in the interest of my wife;[4661]
'Tis she is sub-contracted to this lord,[4662]
And I, her husband, contradict your bans.[4663]
If you will marry, make your loves to me;[4664]
My lady is bespoke.

_Gon._ An interlude![4665] 90

_Alb._ Thou art arm'd, Gloucester: let the trumpet sound:[4665][4666]
If none appear to prove upon thy person[4667]
Thy heinous, manifest, and many treasons,
There is my pledge [_throwing down a glove_]: I'll prove it
on thy heart,[4668][4669]
Ere I taste bread, thou art in nothing less 95
Than I have here proclaim'd thee.

_Reg._ Sick, O, sick!

_Gon._ [_Aside_] If not, I'll ne'er trust medicine.[4670]

_Edm._ [_Throwing down a glove_] There's my exchange:
what in the world he is[4668][4671]
That names me traitor, villain-like he lies:
Call by thy trumpet: he that dares approach,[4672] 100
On him, on you,--who not?--I will maintain[4673]
My truth and honour firmly.

_Alb._ A herald, ho!

_Edm._ A herald, ho, a herald![4674]

_Alb._ Trust to thy single virtue; for thy soldiers,[4675]
All levied in my name, have in my name[4676] 105
Took their discharge.[4676][4677]

_Reg._ My sickness grows upon me.

_Alb._ She is not well; convey her to my tent.

[_Exit Regan, led._

_Enter a_ Herald.[4678]

Come hither, herald,--Let the trumpet sound,--[4679][4680]
And read out this.[4679]

_Capt._ Sound, trumpet! [_A trumpet sounds._[4681] 110

_Her._ [_Reads_] 'If any man of quality or degree within[4682][4683]
the lists of the army will maintain upon Edmund, supposed[4683]
Earl of Gloucester, that he is a manifold traitor, let him[4684]
appear by the third sound of the trumpet: he is bold in[4685]
his defence.' 115

_Edm._ Sound! [_First trumpet._[4686]

_Her._ Again! [_Second trumpet._[4687]

_Her._ Again! [_Third trumpet._

[_Trumpet answers within._

_Enter_ EDGAR, _at the third sound, armed, with a trumpet
before him_.[4688]

_Alb._ Ask him his purposes, why he appears
Upon this call o' the trumpet.

_Her._ What are you?[4689] 120
Your name, your quality? and why you answer[4689][4690]
This present summons?[4689]

_Edg._ Know, my name is lost;[4691][4692][4693]
By treason's tooth bare-gnawn and canker-bit:[4692][4693]
Yet am I noble as the adversary[4692][4694]
I come to cope.[4692][4695]

_Alb._ Which is that adversary? 125

_Edg._ What's he that speaks for Edmund, Earl of Gloucester?

_Edm._ Himself: what say'st thou to him?

_Edg._ Draw thy sword,
That if my speech offend a noble heart,[4696]
Thy arm may do thee justice: here is mine.[4696][4697]
Behold, it is the privilege of mine honours,[4698] 130
My oath, and my profession: I protest,
Maugre thy strength, youth, place and eminence,[4699]
Despite thy victor sword and fire-new fortune,[4700]
Thy valour and thy heart, thou art a traitor,
False to thy gods, thy brother and thy father,[4701] 135
Conspirant 'gainst this high illustrious prince,[4702]
And from the extremest upward of thy head
To the descent and dust below thy foot,[4703]
A most toad-spotted traitor. Say thou 'No,'
This sword, this arm and my best spirits are bent[4704][4705] 140
To prove upon thy heart, whereto I speak,[4704]
Thou liest.[4704]

_Edm._ In wisdom I should ask thy name,[4706]
But since thy outside looks so fair and warlike
And that thy tongue some say of breeding breathes,[4707]
What safe and nicely I might well delay[4708] 145
By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn:[4709]
Back do I toss these treasons to thy head;[4710]
With the hell-hated lie o'erwhelm thy heart;[4711]
Which for they yet glance by and scarcely bruise,[4712]
This sword of mine shall give them instant way, 150
Where they shall rest for ever. Trumpets, speak!

[_Alarums. They fight. Edmund falls._[4713]

_Alb._ Save him, save him![4714]

_Gon._ This is practice, Gloucester:[4715][4716]
By the law of arms thou wast not bound to answer[4715][4717]
An unknown opposite; thou art not vanquish'd,[4715]
But cozen'd and beguiled.[4715]

_Alb._ Shut your mouth, dame,[4718][4719] 155
Or with this paper shall I stop it. Hold, sir;[4718][4720]
Thou worse than any name, read thine own evil.[4718][4721]
No tearing, lady; I perceive you know it.[4718][4722]

_Gon._ Say, if I do, the laws are mine, not thine:[4723]
Who can arraign me for't?[4723][4724]

_Alb._ Most monstrous![4725] 160
Know'st thou this paper?[4725]

_Gon._ Ask me not what I know. [_Exit._[4726]

_Alb._ Go after her: she's desperate; govern her.[4727]

_Edm._ What you have charged me with, that have I done;[4728]
And more, much more; the time will bring it out:
'Tis past, and so am I. But what art thou[4729] 165
That hast this fortune on me? If thou'rt noble,[4729][4730]
I do forgive thee.[4729]

_Edg._ Let's exchange charity.[4731]
I am no less in blood than thou art, Edmund;
If more, the more thou hast wrong'd me.[4732]
My name is Edgar, and thy father's son. 170
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices[4733]
Make instruments to plague us:[4734][4735]
The dark and vicious place where thee he got[4734][4736]
Cost him his eyes.[4734]

_Edm._ Thou hast spoken right, 'tis true;[4737][4738]
The wheel is come full circle; I am here.[4737][4739] 175

_Alb._ Methought thy very gait did prophesy[4740]
A royal nobleness: I must embrace thee:
Let sorrow split my heart, if ever I[4741]
Did hate thee or thy father![4741]

_Edg._ Worthy prince, I know't.[4742]

_Alb._ Where have you hid yourself?[4743] 180
How have you known the miseries of your father?[4743][4744]

_Edg._ By nursing them, my lord. List a brief tale;[4745]
And when 'tis told, O, that my heart would burst![4745][4746]
The bloody proclamation to escape[4745][4746]
That follow'd me so near,--O, our lives' sweetness![4745][4747] 185
That we the pain of death would hourly die[4745][4748]
Rather than die at once!--taught me to shift[4745]
Into a madman's rags, to assume a semblance[4745]
That very dogs disdain'd: and in this habit[4745][4749]
Met I my father with his bleeding rings,[4745] 190
Their precious stones new lost; became his guide,[4750]
Led him, begg'd for him, saved him from despair;
Never--O fault!--reveal'd myself unto him,[4751]
Until some half-hour past, when I was arm'd;[4752]
Not sure, though hoping, of this good success, 195
I ask'd his blessing, and from first to last
Told him my pilgrimage: but his flaw'd heart,--[4753][4754]
Alack, too weak the conflict to support!--[4754]
'Twixt two extremes of passion, joy and grief,[4754][4755]
Burst smilingly.[4756]

_Edm._ This speech of yours hath moved me, 200
And shall perchance do good: but speak you on;
You look as you had something more to say.

_Alb._ If there be more, more woful, hold it in;[4757]
For I am almost ready to dissolve,
Hearing of this.[4758]

_Edg._ This would have seem'd a period[4759][4760][4761][4762] 205
To such as love not sorrow; but another,[4759][4760][4762][4763][4764]
To amplify too much, would make much more,[4759][4760][4762][4764][4765]
And top extremity.[4759][4760]
Whilst I was big in clamour, came there in a man,[4759][4766]
Who, having seen me in my worst estate,[4759][4767] 210
Shunn'd my abhorr'd society; but then, finding[4759][4768]
Who 'twas that so endured, with his strong arms[4759][4769]
He fasten'd on my neck, and bellow'd out[4759][4770]
As he'ld burst heaven; threw him on my father;[4759][4771]
Told the most piteous tale of Lear and him[4759][4772] 215
That ever ear received: which in recounting[4759]
His grief grew puissant, and the strings of life[4759][4773]
Began to crack: twice then the trumpets sounded,[4759][4774]
And there I left him tranced.[4759]

_Alb._ But who was this?[4759]

_Edg._ Kent, sir, the banish'd Kent; who in disguise[4759] 220
Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service[4759][4775]
Improper for a slave.[4759]

_Enter a_ Gentleman, _with a bloody knife_.[4776]

_Gent._ Help, help, O, help![4777][4778]

_Edg._ What kind of help?[4779]

_Alb._ Speak, man.

_Edg._ What means this bloody knife?[4779]

_Gent._ 'Tis hot, it smokes;[4780][4781]
It came even from the heart of--O, she's dead![4781][4782] 225

_Alb._ Who dead? speak, man.[4783]

_Gent._ Your lady, sir, your lady: and her sister
By her is poisoned; she hath confess'd it.[4784]

_Edm._ I was contracted to them both: all three
Now marry in an instant.

_Edg._ Here comes Kent.[4785] 230

_Alb._ Produce the bodies, be they alive or dead.

[_Exit Gentleman._[4786]

This judgement of the heavens, that makes us tremble,[4787]
Touches us not with pity.

_Enter_ KENT.

O, is this he?[4788][4789]
The time will not allow the compliment[4789][4790]
Which very manners urges.[4789][4791]

_Kent._ I am come[4792][4793] 235
To bid my king and master aye good night:[4793]
Is he not here?

_Alb._ Great thing of us forgot![4794][4795][4796]
Speak, Edmund, where's the king? and where's Cordelia?[4795]
See'st thou this object, Kent?[4795]

[_The bodies of Goneril and Regan are brought in._[4797]

_Kent._ Alack, why thus?

_Edm._ Yet Edmund was beloved:[4798] 240
The one the other poison'd for my sake,[4798][4799]
And after slew herself.[4798][4800]

_Alb._ Even so. Cover their faces.[4794]

_Edm._ I pant for life: some good I mean to do,[4801]
Despite of mine own nature. Quickly send,[4801][4802] 245
Be brief in it, to the castle; for my writ[4801][4803]
Is on the life of Lear and on Cordelia:[4801][4804]
Nay, send in time.[4801]

_Alb._ Run, run, O, run![4794][4805]

_Edg._ To who, my lord? Who hath the office? send[4806][4807]
Thy token of reprieve.[4806] 250

_Edm._ Well thought on: take my sword,[4808]
Give it the captain.[4808]

_Alb._ Haste thee, for thy life. [_Exit Edgar._[4794][4809]

_Edm._ He hath commission from thy wife and me[4810]
To hang Cordelia in the prison, and[4810]
To lay the blame upon her own despair,[4810] 255
That she fordid herself.[4810][4811]

_Alb._ The gods defend her! Bear him hence awhile.[4794]

[_Edmund is borne off._[4812]

_Re-enter_ LEAR, _with_ CORDELIA _dead in his arms_; EDGAR, Captain,
_and others following_.

_Lear._ Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones:[4813]
Had I your tongues and eyes, I'ld use them so
That heaven's vault should crack. She's gone for ever![4814] 260
I know when one is dead and when one lives;
She's dead as earth. Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,[4815][4816]
Why, then she lives.[4815][4817]

_Kent._ Is this the promised end?

_Edg._ Or image of that horror?

_Alb._ Fall and cease.[4794][4818] 265

_Lear._ This feather stirs; she lives. If it be so,[4819]
It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows[4819][4820]
That ever I have felt.[4819]

_Kent._ [_Kneeling_] O my good master![4821]

_Lear._ Prithee, away.

_Edg._ 'Tis noble Kent, your friend.

_Lear._ A plague upon you, murderers, traitors all![4822][4823] 270
I might have saved her; now she's gone for ever![4822]
Cordelia, Cordelia! stay a little. Ha![4822][4824]
What is't thou say'st? Her voice was ever soft,[4822][4825]
Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman.[4822][4826]
I kill'd the slave that was a-hanging thee.[4822] 275

_Capt._ 'Tis true, my lords, he did.[4827]

_Lear._ Did I not, fellow?[4828]
I have seen the day, with my good biting falchion[4828][4829]
I would have made them skip: I am old now,[4828][4830]
And these same crosses spoil me. Who are you?[4828]
Mine eyes are not o' the best: I'll tell you straight.[4828][4831] 280

_Kent._ If fortune brag of two she loved and hated,[4832]
One of them we behold.[4833]

_Lear._ This is a dull sight. Are you not Kent?[4834]

_Kent._ The same,[4835]
Your servant Kent. Where is your servant Caius?[4835]

_Lear._ He's a good fellow, I can tell you that;[4836] 285
He'll strike, and quickly too: he's dead and rotten.[4837]

_Kent._ No, my good lord; I am the very man--[4838]

_Lear._ I'll see that straight.

_Kent._ That from your first of difference and decay[4839]
Have follow'd your sad steps.

_Lear._ You are welcome hither.[4840] 290

_Kent._ Nor no man else: all's cheerless, dark and deadly.[4841]
Your eldest daughters have fordone themselves.[4842]
And desperately are dead.

_Lear._ Ay, so I think.[4843]

_Alb._ He knows not what he says, and vain is it[4794][4844]
That we present us to him.

_Edg._ Very bootless. 295

_Enter a_ Captain.[4845]

_Capt._ Edmund is dead, my lord.[4846]

_Alb._ That's but a trifle here.[4847][4848]
You lords and noble friends, know our intent.[4847]
What comfort to this great decay may come[4847][4849]
Shall be applied: for us, we will resign,[4847]
During the life of this old majesty,[4847] 300
To him our absolute power: [_To Edgar and Kent_] you, to
your rights;[4847][4850]
With boot, and such addition as your honours[4847][4851]
Have more than merited. All friends shall taste[4847][4852]
The wages of their virtue, and all foes[4852]
The cup of their deservings. O, see, see![4852][4853] 305

_Lear._ And my poor fool is hang'd! No, no, no life![4854][4855]
Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life,[4854][4856]
And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more,[4854][4857]
Never, never, never, never, never![4854][4858]
Pray you, undo this button: thank you, sir.[4854][4859][4860] 310
Do you see this? Look on her, look, her lips,[4860][4861]
Look there, look there! [_Dies._[4860]

_Edg._ He faints. My lord, my lord![4862]

_Kent._ Break, heart; I prithee, break!

_Edg._ Look up, my lord.[4863]

_Kent._ Vex not his ghost: O, let him pass! he hates him[4864][4865]
That would upon the rack of this tough world[4864][4866] 315
Stretch him out longer.[4864]

_Edg._ He is gone indeed.[4867]

_Kent._ The wonder is he hath endured so long:
He but usurp'd his life.[4868]

_Alb._ Bear them from hence. Our present business[4869]
Is general woe. [_To Kent and Edgar_] Friends of my soul,
you twain[4870] 320
Rule in this realm and the gored state sustain.[4871]

_Kent._ I have a journey, sir, shortly to go;[4872]
My master calls me, I must not say no.[4872][4873]

_Alb._ The weight of this sad time we must obey,[4872][4874]
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.[4872] 325
The oldest hath borne most: we that are young[4872][4875]
Shall never see so much, nor live so long.

[_Exeunt, with a dead march._[4872][4876]

FOOTNOTES:

[4541] The British......] Camp of the British Forces, near Dover. Capell. A Camp. Rowe.

Enter ...] Ff. Enter Edmund, Reagan, and their powers. Qq. Enter Bastard, Regan, Gentlemen, and Soldiers. Rowe. Enter Edmund, Regan, Gentleman and Soldiers. Warburton.

[4542] _alteration_] Q₁ Q₂ (Mus. imp.) Ff Q₃. _abdication_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2).

[4543] _self-reproving_] Hyphened in Q₁ Q₃.

_self-reproving: bring_] _self-reproving brings_ Pope.

[To ...] Edd. (Globe ed.) To an Officer; who bows, and goes out. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[4544] _me, but truly,_] _me--but truly--_ Johnson, _me but truly,_ Q₂ Ff. _me truly_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4545] _In_] Ff. _I_ Q₁ Q₃. _I,_ Q₂. _Ay, in_ Anon. conj.

[4546] Reg. _But ... madam._] Omitted by Johnson.

[4547] Edm. _That ... hers._] Omitted in Ff.

[4548] _I am ... hers._] As in Q₁ Q₃. Prose in Q₂.

[4549] _madam_] om. Pope.

[4550] _I never ... her._] As in Ff. Two lines, the first ending _endure her_ in Q₁ Q₃. Prose in Q₂.

[4551] _Fear ... husband!_] As in Capell. One line in Qq Ff.

[4552] _me_] Qq. om. Ff.

[4553] _husband!_] _husband._ Qq Ff. _husband--_ Rowe.

Enter ... and Soldiers.] Enter ... soldiers. Ff. Enter Albany and Gonorill with troopes. Qq (troupes. Q₂. Troops. Q₃).

[4554] Gon. _I ... me._] Arranged as in Theobald. Two lines, the first ending _battell,_ in Q₁ Q₃. Prose in Q₂. Omitted in Ff.

[4555] [Aside] First marked by Theobald.

_I had_] _I'd_ Theobald.

_lose_] Theobald, _loose_ Q₁ Q₂. _loos_ Q₃.

[4556] _loosen_] _cosin_ Q₃.

[4557] _be-met_] _be met_ Q₃.

[4558] _Sir, this I hear_] Theobald. _For this I heare_ Q₁ Q₂. _Sir, this I heard_ Ff. _For this I hear_ Q₃. _'Fore this, I hear,_ Malone conj.

[4559] _Where ... nobly._] Omitted in Ff.

[4560] _for_] _'fore_ Theobald.

[4561] _Not ... others_] _Not the old king with others,_ or _Not holds with the king, and others_ or _Upholds the king and others_ Mason conj.

_bolds_] _holds_ Pope. _holds to_ Hanmer. _holds for_ Capell. See note (XIX).

[4562] Edm. _Sir, ... nobly._] Omitted by Pope, reading the rest as Qq.

_nobly_] _odly_ or _coldly_ Mason conj.

[4563] _and particular broils_] _doore particulars_, Q₁. _dore particulars_ Q₂. _door particulars,_ Q₃. _in-door particulars,_ Collier conj. (from Q₁). _poore particulars,_ Mitford conj. (from Q₁).

[4564] _the_] Ff. _to_ Qq.

_Let's_] Ff. _Let us_ Qq.

[4565] _Let's ... proceedings._] Arranged as in Q₁ Q₃. Prose in Q₂. In Ff the first line ends _warre._

[4566] _the ancient_] _the Ancient_ Q₁ Q₃. _the auntient_ Q₂. _th' ancient_ Ff. _th' ancients_ Hanmer. _the ancient men_ S. Walker conj. _the argument_ Anon. conj.

_proceedings_] Qq. _proceeding_ Ff.

[4567] Edm. _I shall ... tent._] Omitted in Ff. Transferred by Theobald to follow _here,_ line 31.

[4568] _pray you_] Qq. _pray_ Ff.

[4569] _O ... riddle._] First marked as 'Aside' by Capell. Hanmer marks the whole line as 'Aside.'

As ... disguised.] Theobald. Exit. Enter Edgar. Q₁. Enter Edgar. Q₂. Exit. Enter Edgare. Q₃. Exeunt both the Armies. Enter Edgar. Ff. Exeunt. SCENE II. Manet Albany. Enter Edgar. Pope. As they are going out, and Albany last, Enter Edgar. Capell.

[4570] _had_] _did_ Q₃.

_man_] Q₂ Ff. _one_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4571] [Exeunt ...] Exeunt Edm. Reg. Gon. and Attendants. Theobald. om. Q₁ Ff Q₃. Exeunt. Q₂ (after _word_).

[4572] _wretched_] Qq F₁. _wretch_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_though_] _thoughts_ Q₃.

[4573] _And ... ceases._] Omitted in Qq.

_love_] Qq. _loves_ Ff.

[4574] _I have_] _I've_ Pope.

[4575] _I was ... again._] Prose in Q₂.

[4576] _o'erlook_] _looke ore_ Q₁. _look ore_ Q₃.

_thy_] Ff. _the_ Qq.

[Exit Edgar.] Dyce. Exit. Qq Ff (after _again,_ line 49).

Re-enter ...] Theobald. Enter ... Qq Ff.

[4577] _enemy's_] _enemies_ Q₂.

[4578] _Here_] _Hard_ Qq.

_guess_] _quesse_ Q₂. _conquest_ Anon. MS. See note (V). _guise_ Becket conj.

_true_] _great_ Qq.

[Showing a Paper. Collier (Collier MS.)

[4579] _By ... you._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4580] [giving a paper. Jennens.

[4581] [Exit.] om. Q₁ Q₃.

[4582] SCENE III. Pope.

_sisters_] _sister_ Q₂.

[4583] _Each ... enjoyd._] As in Ff. Three lines, ending _adder, ... one ... enjoyd,_ in Q₁ Q₃. Two lines, the first ending _adder,_ in Q₂.

[4584] _stung_] Ff. _sting_ Qq.

[4585] _Both? one_?] Ff. _both one_ Qq.

[4586] _side_] _suite_ S. Walker conj.

[4587] _who_] Ff. _that_ Qq.

[4588] _the_] Ff. _his_ Qq.

[4589] _intends_] Ff. _entends_ Q₂. _extends_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4590] _Shall never_] _They shall ne'er_ Hanmer. _They shall never_ Keightley.

[4591] SCENE II.] SCENE IV. Pope.

A field ...] Fields between the camps. Capell. A Field. Rowe. Another open Field. Theobald.

Alarum within. Enter ...] Ff. Alarum. Enter the powers of France over the stage, Cordelia with her Father in her hand. Qq.

[4592] _tree_] Ff. _bush_ Qq.

[4593] _If ... comfort._] One line in Q₂.

[4594] _go_] _be_ F₃ F₄.

[Exit Edgar.] Pope. Exit. Ff. Exit. Qq (after _comfort_).

Alarum ...] Ff. Alarum and retreat. Qq.

Re-enter ...] Theobald. Enter ... Qq Ff.

[4595] _farther_] Qq. _further_ Ff.

[4596] _What ... endure_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_again? Men_] _againe men_ Q₂.

[4597] _all: come_] _all; come_ Rowe (ed. 2). _all, come_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _all come_ Qq F₁.

Glou. _And ... too._] Omitted in Qq.

[Exeunt.] Ff. Exit. Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂.

[4598] SCENE III.] SCENE V. Pope. Theobald continues the Scene.

The British ... near ...] Malone. The British ... under ... Capell. A Camp. Rowe.

Enter ... Captain, Soldiers, &c.] Enter ... Souldiers, Captaine. Ff. Enter Edmund, with Lear and Cordelia prisoners. Qq.

[4599] _first_] Ff. _best_ Qq.

[4600] _We ... down;_] Two lines, the first ending _incurd,_ in Q₂.

[4601] _We are_] _We're_ Pope.

[4602] _am I_] Q₁ Q₂. _I am_ Ff Q₃.

[4603] _out-frown_] _out-face_ Anon. conj.

[4604] _No, no, no, no_] Ff. _No, no_ Qq.

[4605] _and sing_] Q₂ Ff. om. Q₁ Q₃.

[4606] _talk_] _talk'd_ F₂.

_too_] _to_ Q₂.

[4607] _loses_] F₄. _looses_ The rest.

_who's ... who's_] _whose ... whose_ Qq. _whos ... whos_ F₂.

[4608] _sects_] _sets_ Johnson conj.

[4609] _The ... thee?_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[4610] _eyes_] Qq F₁. _eye_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[4611] _good-years_] _good yeares_ F₁. _good yeeres_ F₂. _good years_ F₃ F₄. _good_ Qq. _good-jers_ Theobald. _goujeres_ Hanmer. _gougers_ Bubier conj.

_flesh_] Ff. _fleach_ Qq.

[4612] _fell, Ere ... starve first._] _fell: E'er ... weep, ... starve._ Seymour conj.

[4613] _Ere ... Come._] as in Pope. One line in Q₂. Two, the first ending _weepe?_ in Ff.

_weep:_] _weep;_ Pope, _weepe?_ Qq Ff. _weep,_ Rowe (ed. 2).

_'em_] Q₃ F₃ F₄. _em_ Q₁, _vm_ Q₂. _e'm_ F₁ F₂. _them_ Capell.

_starve_] Qq. _starv'd_ Ff.

[4614] _Come._] om. Q₁ Q₃.

[Exeunt ...] Theobald. Exit. Q₁ Ff Q₃. om. Q₂. Ex. Lear and Cordelia. Pope.

[4615] _Come hither_] _Come thou hither_ Hanmer.

[Whispering. Rowe.

[4616] [Giving a paper. Malone.

[4617] _One_] Q₁ Q₂ (Mus. imp.) Ff Q₃. _And_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2).

_step I_] _step, I_ Q₂.

[4618] _One ... means._] As in Q₂ Ff. Six lines, ending _thee, ... fortunes: ... is; ... sword, ... question, ... meanes,_ in Q₁ Q₃.

[4619] _tender-minded_] Hyphened by Rowe (ed. 2).

[4620] _thy_] _my_ Theobald.

[4621] _thou'lt_] Ff. _thout_ Qq.

[4622] _thou hast_] Qq. _th' hast_ F₁ F₂. th'ast F₃ F₄.

[4623] _Mark; I_] _Mark, I_ Rowe. _Marke I_ Qq Ff.

[4624] Capt. _I cannot ... do't._] Omitted in Ff.

[4625] _If ... do't_] _But if it be a man's work, I will do it_ Keightley.

_If it_] _If't_ S. Walker conj.

_I'll_] _I will_ Steevens.

[Exit.] Exit Captaine. Ff. om. Qq.

Flourish.] F₁. om. Qq F₂ F₃ F₄.

Enter....] Enter Albany, Gonerill, Regan, Soldiers. Ff. Enter the Duke, the two Ladies, and others. Qq (Enter Duke Q₂). Enter Albany, Regan, Goneril, Officers, and Attendants. Capell.

[4626] SCENE VI. Pope.

_shown_] _shewne_ Q₁. _showne_ Q₃. _shewed_ Q₂. _shew'd_ Ff.

[4627] _the_] _them_ Keightley.

[4628] _That_] Qq. _Who_ Ff.

[4629] _We_] Qq. _I_ Ff.

_require them_] Ff. _require then_ Qq.

[4630] _Sir ... fit_] _I thought fit_ Pope.

[4631] _To send ... retention_] As in Q₁ Q₃. One line in Q₂.

[4632] _send_] _saue_ Q₂.

[4633] _and appointed guard_] Q₁ Q₂ (Mus. imp.) Q₃. Omitted in Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2) Ff.

[4634] _has_] Qq. _had_ Ff.

[4635] _common bosom_] F₄. _common bosome_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _common bossome_ Q₂ (Mus. imp.), _common blossomes_ Q₁ Q₃. _coren bossom_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2). _common bosoms_ Pope.

_on_] Ff. _of_ Qq.

[4636] _queen: My reason all_] _queen My reason, all_ Q₂.

[4637] _My ... session._] Arranged as in Ff. The lines end _to morrow, ... hold_ in Qq.

[4638] _further_] Q₂ Ff. _a further_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4639] _you ... your_] _we ... our_ Hanmer.

[4640] _session ... time We_] Theobald. _session at this time: we_ Q₁ Q₃. _session at this time, wee_ Q₂ (Mus. imp.) _session at this time, mee_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2).

[4641] _At ... place._] Arranged as in Theobald. The lines end _bleed, ... quarrels ... sharpenesse ... father ... place_ in Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[4642] _sharpness_] _sharpenesse_ Q₁ Q₃. _sharpnes_ Q₂ (Mus. imp.), _sharpes_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. per. and Bodl. 1, 2).

[4643] _I hold ... brother._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4644] _might_] Ff. _should_ Qq.

[4645] _immediacy_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _immediacie_ F₁. _immediate_ Qq.

[4646] _Not ... addition._] As in Ff. Two lines, the first ending _himselfe,_ in Q₁ Q₃. Prose in Q₂.

[4647] _addition_] Ff. _advancement_ Qq.

[4648] _In ... best._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4649] _rights_] Ff. _right_ Qq.

[4650] Gon.] Qq. Alb. Ff.

[4651] _Holla, holla_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _Hola, hola_ Qq F₁.

[4652] _Holla ... a-squint._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4653] _a-squint_] Rowe. _a squint_ Qq Ff.

[4654] _Dispose ... thine._] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

_the walls are_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _the walls is_ F₁. _they all are_ Hanmer (Theobald conj.) _thy will is_ Jennens. _the whole is_ Anon. conj. _the laws are_] Anon. conj.

[4655] _him_] Ff. _him then_ Qq.

[4656] _let-alone_] Hyphened by Capell.

[4657] Reg.] Ff. Bast. Qq.

[To Edmund] Malone. om. Qq Ff. To the Bast. They offer to go out. Hanmer.

_thine_] Ff. _good_ Qq.

[4658] _Stay yet; hear reason._] _Stay hear my reason:_ Hanmer.

[4659] _thine attaint_] Qq. _thy arrest_ Ff.

[4660] [pointing to Gon.] Johnson.

_sister_] Qq. _sisters_ Ff.

[4661] _bar_] Rowe (ed. 2). _bare_ Qq Ff.

[4662] _this_] Q₂ Ff. _her_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4663] _your bans_] Malone. _your banes_ Ff. _the banes_ Qq.

[4664] _loves_] Ff. _love_ Qq.

[4665] Gon. _An interlude!_ Alb.] Omitted in Qq, which read _My lady ... Gloster_ as one line.

[4666] _Thou ... sound:_] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.

_armd_] Qq. _armed_ Ff.

_let ... sound:_] Omitted in Qq.

[4667] _person_] Ff. _head_ Qq.

[4668] [throwing ...] Malone. om. Qq Ff.

[4669] _prove it_] Qq. _ma ke it_ F₁. _make it_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _mark it_ Anon. conj. _make good_ Collier MS.

[4670] Gon. [Aside] _If ... medicine._] om. Seymour conj.

[Aside] Marked first by Rowe.

_medicine_] Ff. _poyson_ Qq.

[4671] _he is_] _hes_ F₁.

[4672] _thy_] Qq. _the_ Ff.

[4673] _who_] _whom_ Hanmer.

[4674] Edm. _A ... herald!_] Omitted in Ff.

[4675] _virtue_] _vertues_ F₃ F₄.

[4676] _All ... discharge._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4677] _My_] Ff. _This_ Qq.

[4678] [Exit Regan, led.] Theobald. om. Qq Ff. Exit Reg. Rowe.

Enter a Herald.] As in Collier. After _firmly,_ line 102, in Ff. Omitted in Qq. After _ho!_ line 103, in Theobald. After _me,_ line 106, in Capell. After _herald!_ line 103, in Jennens.

[4679] _Come ... this._] Divided as in Q₂ Ff. One line in Q₁ Q₃. Pointed as by Capell. _herald, let ... sound_, Qq Ff.

[4680] _trumpet_] _Trumper_ F₁.

[4681] Capt. _Sound, trumpet!_] Omitted in Ff.

[A trumpet sounds.] Ff. om. Qq.

[4682] Her. [Reads] Herald reads. Ff. Her. Qq.

[4683] _within the lists_] Ff. _in the hoast_ Qq.

[4684] _he is_] Ff. _he's_ Qq.

[4685] _by_] Ff. _at_ Qq.

[4686] Edm. _Sound_!] Capell. Bast. _Sound._ Q₁ Q₃. Bast. _Sound?_ Q₂. Omitted in Ff. Continued to Herald by Jennens.

[First trumpet.] 1 Trumpet. Ff. om. Qq.

[4687] Her. _Again!_] Ff. _Againe._ Q₁ Q₃. _Againe?_ Q₂.

[Second trumpet.] 2 Trumpet. Ff. om. Qq.

[4688] Her. _Again!_] Ff. om. Qq.

[Third trumpet.] 3 Trumpet. Ff. om. Qq.

[Trumpet answers within.] Ff. om. Qq.

Enter ... him.] Enter Edgar at the third sound, with a trumpet before him. Qq (with om. Q₂). Enter Edgar armed. Ff.

[4689] _What ... summons?_] As in Ff. Two lines, the first ending _quality?_ in Qq.

[4690] _your quality_] _and quality_ Q₁ Q₃. _and qualitie_ Q₂.

_why you_] _why do you_ Keightley.

[4691] _Know_] Ff. _O know_ Qq.

[4692] _Know ... cope._] As in Ff. Three lines, ending _tooth: ... canker-bit, ... wilh all?_ in Q₁ Q₃. The lines end _tooth ... mou't ... with all,_ in Q₂.

[4693] _lost; By ... tooth_] Pointed as in Theobald. _lost by treasons tooth:_ Q₁ Q₃. _lost by treasons tooth._ Q₂. _lost By treasons tooth:_ Ff.

[4694] _Yet am I noble as_] Ff. _Where is_ Q₁ Q₃. _yet are I mou't Where is_ Q₂.

[4695] _cope._] Ff. _cope with all?_ Q₁ Q₃. _cope with all._ Q₂.

[4696] _That ... arm_] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4697] _Thy_] _thine_ Q₃.

_thee_] _the_ Q₃.

[4698] _the ... honours_] Pope. _the priviledge of my tongue_ Qq (_tougne_ Q₃). _my priviledge, The priviledge of mine honours_ Ff.

[4699] _youth, place_] Qq. _place, youth_ Ff. _skill, youth_ Collier MS.

[4700] _Despite_] _Despight_ Qq. _Despise_ Ff. _Spite of_ Pope.

_victor sword_] Capell. _victor-sword_ Ff. _victor, sword_ Qq.

_fire-new fortune_] Rowe. _fire new fortune_ Ff. _fire new fortun'd_ Qq (_fier_ Q₃).

[4701] _thy gods_] _the gods_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4702] _Conspirant_] Ff. _Conspicuate_ Qq. _Conspirate_ Capell. _Conspirator_ Anon. MS. See note (V).

_illustrious_] _illustirous_ F₁.

[4703] _below_] Ff. _beneath_ Qq.

_foot_] F₃ F₄. _foote_ F₁ F₂. _feet_ Qq.

[4704] _This ... liest._] As in Ff. Two lines, the first ending _spirits,_ in Qq.

[4705] _are_] Ff. _Is_ Q₁ Q₃. _As_ Q₂.

[4706] _should_] _sholud_ Q₂.

[4707] _tongue_] Ff. _being_ Qq.

_some say_] Qq. _(some say)_ Ff. _some 'say_ Pope. _somewhat_ Anon. MS. See note (V).

[4708] _What ... delay_] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

_well delay_] _claim, delay,_ Eccles conj.

[4709] _By rule_] Ff. _By right_ Qq. _My right_ Anon. MS. See note (V).

[4710] _Back ... head;_] Ff. Omitted in Q₁ Q₃. _Heere do I tosse those treasons to thy head._ Q₂.

[4711] _With_] _May_ Eccles conj.

_hell-hated lie_] _hell hatedly_ Qq.

_o'erwhelm_] _ore-turn'd_ Q₁ Q₃. _oreturnd_ Q₂.

[4712] _Which ... and scarcely bruise_] _To which ... scarcely bruising_ Hanmer.

_scarcely_] _scarely_ F₁.

[4713] _they shall_] _thou shalt_ Theobald.

[Alarums. They fight. Edmund falls.] Capell. Alarum. Fight. Bastard falls. Hanmer. Alarums. Fights. Ff (after _him!_ line 152). Omitted in Qq.

[4714] Alb.] Amb. (i.e. Both Ladies) or Lad. Theobald conj.

Alb. _Save...._ Gon. _This_] Gon. _O, save him, save him; This_ Theobald. Gon. _Save him, O save him; this_ Hanmer. Gon. _Save him, save him; this_ Jennens.

[4715] _This ... beguiled._] Arranged as in Ff. Three lines, ending _armes ... opposite, ... beguil'd,_ in Qq.

[4716] _practice_] Ff. _meere practise_ Qq. _mere practice_ Jennens.

[4717] _arms_] _armes_ Qq. _warre_ Ff.

_wast_] Ff. _art_ Qq.

_answer_] Ff. _answere_ Q₂. _offer_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4718] _Shut ... know it_] As in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[4719] _Shut_] Ff. _Stop_ Qq.

[4720] _stop_] _stople_ Q₂.

_Hold, sir_] Ff. om. Qq. Given to 'Gon.' by Jennens.

[To Edg. Capell MS. and Grant White.

[4721] _name_] Ff. _thing_ Qq.

[4722] _No_] Ff. _Nay, no_ Q₁ Q₃. _nay no_ Q₂.

_No tearing, lady:_] _No tearing.--Lady,_ Johnson.

_know it_] Ff. _know't_ Qq.

[Gives the letter to Edmund. Johnson.

[4723] _Say ... for't?_] As in Ff. One line in Q₂. Prose in Q₁ Q₃.

[4724] _can_] Ff. _shal_ Q₁ Q₂. _shall_ Q₃.

_for't_] _for it_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4725] _Most ... paper?_] As in Capell. One line in Qq Ff.

_Most monstrous! Know'st_] _Most monstrous knowst_ Q₂. _Monster, knowst_ Q₁ Q₃. _Most monstrous! O, know'st_ Ff.

[4726] Gon.] Qq. Bast. Ff.

_know_] _do know_ Hanmer.

[Exit.] Exit Gonorill. Qq. Exit. Ff (after _for't?_ line 160).

[4727] [To an Officer, who goes out after her. Capell.

[4728] SCENE VIII. Pope.

_What ... done;_] One line in Qq. Two, the first ending _with_, in Ff.

_have I_] _I have_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[4729] _'Tis ... thee._] As in Q₂ Ff. Prose in Q₁ Q₃.

[4730] _thou'rt_] Ff. _thou beest_ Q₁ Q₃. _thou bee'st_ Q₂.

[4731] _Let's_] _Let us_ Capell.

_charity_] _our charity_ Pope.

[4732] _more, the more_] _more than thou, the more then_ Anon. conj.

_thou hast_] Qq. _th' hast_ Ff.

_hast wrong'd_] _then hast wronged_ Grant White conj.

[4733] _vices_] Ff. _vertues_ Q₁ Q₃. _vertues_. Q₂.

[4734] _Make ... eyes._] As in Ff. Two lines, the first ending _place_, in Q₁ Q₃. Two, the first ending _vitious_, in Q₂.

[4735] _plague us_] Ff. _scourge us_ Qq. _plague and punish us_ Hanmer. _plague us in their time_ Keightley. _scourge us and to plague us_ Anon. conj.

[4736] _thee he_] Q₂ Ff. _he thee_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4737] _Thou ... here._] Prose in Q₂.

[4738] _Thou hast_] Qq. _Th' hast_ Ff.

_right_] Ff. _truth_ Qq.

_'tis true_] Ff. om. Qq.

[4739] _circle_] Ff. _circkled_ Q₁. _circled_ Q₂. _cirkled_ Q₃.

[4740] [To Edgar. Jennens.

_gait_] Johnson. _gate_ Qq Ff.

[4741] _Let ... father!_] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

_ever I Did_] Ff. _I did ever_ Qq.

[4742] _know't_] _know it_ Q₁ Q₃. _know it well_ Hanmer, ending the line _prince_.

[4743] _Where ... known_] As one line, S. Walker conj., reading the previous line with Hanmer.

[4744] _How have you known_] _how known_, S. Walker conj., reading _I know't ... known_ as one line.

[4745] _By ... rings,_] Arranged as in Ff. The lines end _lord, ... told ... proclamation ... neere, ... death ... once ... rags, ... disdaind: ... rings,_ in Qq.

[4746] _burst! The_] _burst. The_ Q₁ Ff Q₃. _burst the_ Q₂.

[4747] _follow'd_] Ff. _followed_ Q₁ Q₂. _followeth_ Q₃.

[4748] _we ... would_] Ff. _with ... Would_ Qq. _with ... wed_ Jennens.

_hourly die_] _hourly bear_ Pope. _hourly fly_ Jervis conj.

[4749] _That_] _The_ Pope.

[4750] _Their_] Ff. _The_ Qq.

_stones_] _gems_ Pope.

_lost; became_] _lost became_ Q₂.

[4751] _O fault!--_] (_O fault_) Ff. (_O father_) Qq.

[4752] _arm'd_] _armed_ Q₂.

[4753] _my_] Qq. _our_ Ff.

_his_] _this_ F₄.

_flaw'd_] _flawed_ Q₂.

[4754] _heart,--Alack ... support!--'Twixt_] _heart, Alack ... support 'Twixt_ S. Walker conj.

[4755] _two_] _too_ Hanmer

[4756] _smilingly_] _smillingly_ Q₂.

[4757] _be more, more_] Q₂ Ff. _any] more more_ Q₁. _any more_ Q₃.

[4758] _Hearing of this_] As in Ff. At the end of line 204 in Q₂. Omitted in Q₁ Q₃.

[4759] Edg. _This ... slave._] Omitted in Ff.

[4760] _This ... extremity._] Arranged as by Theobald. Three lines, ending _such ... too much, ... extremity_ in Qq.

[4761] _period_] _pyramid_ Jackson conj.

[4762] _period ... too much,_] _period. But such, As love to amplify another's sorrow, To much,_ Warburton.

[4763] _but another,_] _but--another,_ Steevens (1773), reading _to make_ with Capell. _but, another;--_ Steevens (1778).

[4764] _another, To amplify ... more_] _another To amplify, would make much more too much_ Mitford conj.

[4765] _too_] _to_ Q₃. _truth_ Jackson conj.

_too much_] Hyphened by Capell.

_would make_] _to make_ Capell, putting _To amplify ... extremity_ in parentheses.

[4766] _came there in_] _came there_ Theobald. _eagerly came in_ Seymour conj., ending line 208 at _big_.

[4767] _worst estate_] _worser state_ Theobald.

[4768] _then_] _now_ Theobald.

[4769] _that_] _had_ Theobald.

[4770] _fasten'd_] Theobald. _fastened_ Qq.

_bellow'd_] _bellowed_ Q₂.

[4771] _threw him_] Theobald. _threw me_ Qq.

[4772] _Told the most_] Q₂. _And told the_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4773] _puissant_] _piersant_ S. Walker conj.

[4774] _crack: twice_] _crack.--Twice_ Theobald. _cracke twice,_ Qq.

_trumpets_] _trumpet_ Johnson.

[4775] _Follow'd_] Theobald. _Followed_ Qq.

[4776] Enter ...] Enter one with a bloody knife. Qq. Enter a Gentleman. Ff. Re-enter Officer hastily, with a bloody knife. Capell.

[4777] Gent.] Off. Capell.

[4778] SCENE IX. Pope.

_O, help!_] Omitted in Qq.

[4779] Edg. _What kind ... knife?_] Ff. Alb. _What kind of helpe? what meanes that bloody knife?_ Qq. Edg. _What means that bloody knife?_ Capell.

[4780] _'Tis_] Ff. _Its_ Q₁ Q₂. _It's_ Q₃.

[4781] _'Tis ... dead!_] Arranged as in Capell. One line, ending _of--_, in Qq. Prose in Ff. Rowe ends the first line _heart._

[4782] _It came_] _it came_ Qq. _came_ Ff.

_O, she's dead!_] Omitted in Qq.

[4783] _Who dead? speak, man._] F₁ F₂ F₃, substantially. _Who man? speake._ Q₁ Q₃. _Who man, speake?_ Q₂. _Who's dead? Speak man._ F₄.

[4784] _poisoned_] _poysoned_ Q₂. _poyson'd_ Q₁ Ff Q₃.

_hath confess'd_] _hath confest_ Q₂. _has confest_ Q₁ Q₃. _confesses_ Ff.

[4785] Edg. _Here comes Kent._] Ff. Edg. _Here comes Kent sir._ Qq, after _pity_, line 233.

[4786] _the_] Ff. _their_ Qq.

_alive_] _live_ F₃ F₄.

_dead._] F₃ F₄. _dead;_ Q₁ Q₃. _dead,_ Q₂. _dead;_ F₁. _dead i_ F₂.

[Exit Gentleman.] Edd. To Atten. Capell MS. Exit Gent. Malone, after _pity_, line 233. om. Qq Ff.

[4787] _judgement_] _iustice_ Qq.

_tremble_,] Qq. _tremble_. Ff.

[4788] _us_] om. Q₁ Q₃.

Enter Kent.] Qq. Enter Kent (after _Kent_, line 230). Ff.

_O, is this he?_] F₁. Alb. _O tis he,_ Qq. _O is this she?_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _O! it is he._ Steevens (1793).

[4789] _O, ... urges._] As in Ff. Two lines, the first ending _allow_, in Qq.

[4790] [To Kent. Hanmer.

[4791] _Which_] Ff. _that_ Qq.

_urges_] _urge_ Rowe.

[4792] _I ... night:_] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[4793] _I am_] _Sir, I am_ Hanmer.

[4794] Alb.] Duke. Q₂.

[4795] _Great ... Kent?_] Arranged as in Q₂ Ff. Prose in Q₁ Q₃.

[4796] _thing_] _things_ Q₁ Q₃.

_forgot!_] _forgot._ Q₁ Q₃. _Forgot,_ Q₂ Ff.

[4797] [Pointing to the dead bodies. Hanmer.

[The ... in.] Qq. Transferred by Dyce to follow line 238. Gonerill and Regans bodies brought out. Ff, after line 231.

[4798] _Yet ... herself._] As in Q₂ Ff. Prose in Q₁ Q₃.

[4799] _poison'd_] _poysoned_ Q₂.

[4800] _after_] om. Q₃.

[4801] _I pant ... time._] As in Q₂ Ff. Prose in Q₁ Q₃.

[4802] _mine_] Ff. _my_ Qq.

[4803] _Be brief in it, to the_] (_Be briefe in it_) _to' th'_ Ff. _bee briefe, into the_ Q₁ Q₃. _Be briefe, int toth'_ Q₂.

_castle; for my writ_] Theobald. _castle, for my writ_ F₁. _castle for my writ,_ Qq. (_write_, Q₃). _chastle for my writ_ F₂. _castle for my writ_ F₃ F₄.

[4804] _Is_] Q₂ Ff. _tis_ Q₁. _ti's_ Q₃. _It's_ Anon. MS. See note (V).

_and on_] _and_ Hanmer.

[4805] _O, run!_] _O run, make haste._ Hanmer.

[4806] Divided as in Q₂. The first line ends _office?_ in Q₁ Ff Q₃.

[4807] _To who_] Qq F₁. _To whom_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_hath_] Qq. _has_ Ff.

[4808] _Well ... captain._] As in Ff. One line Q₁ Q₃.

_sword, Give_] _sword the captaine, Give_ Q₂. _sword, The captain--give_ Jennens.

[4809] Alb.] Q₁ Q₃. Duke. Q₂. Edg. Ff.

[Exit Edgar.] Malone. Exeunt Edgar, and Others. Capell. Exit Messenger. Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

[4810] _He ... herself._] As in Ff. Prose in Q₁ Q₃. Four lines, ending _me, ... lay ... despaire ... her selfe,_ in Q₂.

[4811] _That ... herself._] Omitted in Q₁ Q₃.

[4812] [Edmund ... off.] Theobald om. Qq Ff.

Re-enter ...] Dyce. Enter ... Qq Ff.

Lear ...] Lear with Cordelia in his armes. Qq Ff (arms. F₄).

dead] Rowe.

Edgar ... following.] Edgar, and the rest, return. Capell. Edgar, Officer, and Others. Malone.

[4813] SCENE X. Pope.

_Howl,_] Four times in Qq. Thrice in Ff.

_you_] Qq F₃ F₄. _your_ F₁ F₂.

_stones_] _stone_ Pope.

[4814] _She's_] _O, she is_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4815] _If ... lives._] As in Q₂ Ff. One line in Q₁ Q₃.

[4816] _or_] Q₂ Ff. _and_ Q₁ Q₃.

_stone_] _shine_ Collier MS. _same_ Singer conj.

[4817] _Why, then she_] _she then_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4818] Edg. _Or ... cease._] Omitted by Pope.

_Or ... horror?_] Q₁ Q₃. _Or ... horror._ Q₂ Ff. _Or ... horror--_ Johnson. _O ... horror!_ Capell. _O image of true honour!_ Jennens.

_Fall and cease._] _Fair and chaste!_ Jennens.

[4819] _This ... felt._] As in Q₂ Ff. Prose in Q₁ Q₃.

[4820] _which_] _that_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4821] [Kneeling] Theobald.

_O my_] _A my_ Qq. _Ah! my_ Jennens.

[4822] _A plague ... thee._] As in Q₂ Ff. Prose in Q₁ Q₃.

[4823] _you,_] _your_ Q₂.

_murderers,_] _Murderors,_ F₁. _murtherers,_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _murdrous_ Q₁ Q₃. _murderous_ Q₂.

[4824] _Ha!_] om. Q₁ Q₃.

[4825] _say'st_] _sayst_ Q₁ _sayest_ Q₂. _saist_ Ff. _stay_ Q₃.

[4826] _woman_] Ff. _women_ Qq.

[4827] Capt.] Cap. Qq. Gent. Ff. Off. Capell.

[4828] _Did ... straight._] As in Ff. Prose in Q₁ Q₃. The lines end _day, ... would ... now, ... you?... straight_ in Q₂.

[4829] _I have_] Q₂ Ff. _I ha_ Q₁ Q₃. _I've_ Pope.

_with my good_] Q₂ Ff. _that with my_ Q₁ Q₃.

_falchion_] _fauchion_ Q₁ Q₃. _fauchon_ Q₂. _faulchion_ Ff.

[4830] _them_] Qq. _him_ Ff.

[4831] _not o' the_] _not othe_ Q₂. _not o' th'_ F₁. _none o'th_ Q₁ Q₃. _o'th_ F₂. _o' th'_ F₃ F₄.

[4832] _brag_] Ff. _bragd_ Qq.

_and_] Ff. _or_ Qq.

[4833] _we_] _you_ Jennens.

[4834] _This is a dull sight_] Ff. Omitted in Qq. _This is a dull light_ Jennens. _This sight of mine Is a dull sight_ Capell, ending line 282 at _mine_.

_This is_] _This'_ S. Walker conj., reading lines 282-284 _One ... servant Kent_ as two lines, the first ending _sight_.

_you not_] Ff. _not you_ Qq.

[4835] _The same, ... Caius?_] Arranged as in Capell. One line in Qq. Two, the first ending _Kent,_ in Ff.

[4836] _He's a_] _He's_ F₂. _'Twas a_ Theobald.

_you_] om. Qq.

[4837] _He'll_] _He'd_ Theobald.

[4838] _man--_] Pope. _man._ Qq Ff.

[4839] _first_] Ff. _life_ Qq.

[4840] _Have_] _Hane_ F₂.

_follow'd_] Ff. _followed_ Qq.

_steps._] _steps--_ Rowe.

_You are_] _You'r_ Q₂. _You're ne_ Nicholson conj.

_hither_] _hether_ Q₁.

[4841] _Nor_] _'Twas_ Pope.

_Nor ... deadly._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_else:_] Qq Ff. _else.--_ Delius, reading _steps--_ in line 290 with Rowe.

_all's_] _als_ Q₂.

_deadly_] _dead_ Theobald.

[4842] _fordone_] _fore-done_ Ff. _foredoom'd_ Q₁ Q₃. _foredoome_ Q₂.

[4843] _Ay, so I think._] _So I thinke too._ Q₁ Q₃. _So thinke I to._ Q₂.

[4844] _says_] _saies_ F₁. _sayes_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _sees_ Qq.

_is it_] Ff. _it is_ Qq.

[4845] Enter....] Enter Captaine. Qq. Enter a Messenger. Ff (after _him_). Enter an Officer. Capell.

[4846] Capt.] Q₂. Cap. Q₁ Q₃. Mess. F₁. Mes. F₂ F₃ F₄. Off. Capell.

[4847] _That's ... merited._] As in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[4848] _here_] om. Pope.

[4849] _great_] om. Qq.

[4850] [To Edgar and Kent] Malone. To Edg. Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

_you, to your_] _to you, your_ Pope.

[4851] _honours_] _honor_ Q₂.

[4852] _All ... see!_] Arranged as in Pope. The first line ends _shall_ in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[4853] _O, see, see!_] Given to Lear by Hanmer.

[4854] _And ... sir._] As in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[4855] _poor fool_] _poor soul_ Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. LX. 402). _pure soot_ (i.e. _sweet_) Becket conj.

_No, no, no_] Ff. _no, no_ Qq.

[4856] _have_] _of_ Q₂.

[4857] _Thou'lt_] Ff. _O thou wilt_ Qq.

[4858] _Never_] Five times in Ff. Thrice in Qq.

_Never_] _No, never_ Seymour conj.

[4859] _you_] om. Q₁ Q₃.

[4860] _sir. Do ... there!_] _sir, O, o, o, o, o._ Q₁ Q₃. _sir, O, o, o, o._ Q₂.

[4861] _on her,_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _on her?_ F₁.

_look, her lips,_] Johnson. _Looke her lips,_ F₁. _Looke on her lips,_ F₂. _look on her lips,_ F₃ F₄.

[4862] [Dies.] H e dis. F₁ (Capell's copy). He dyes. F₂. He dies. F₃ F₄. om. Qq.

_My lord, my lord!_] _my lord._ F₄.

[4863] Kent.] Ff. Lear. Qq.

_up,_] _up_ Qq F₁. _to_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[4864] _Vex ... longer._] As in Ff. The lines end _passe, ... wracke ... longer_ in Qq.

[4865] _hates him_] Q₂ Ff. _hates him much_ Q₁ Q₃.

[4866] _rack_] F₄. _wracke_ Qq F₁ F₂. _wrack_ F₃.

_tough_] _rough_ Q₃ and Pope. See note (XX).

[4867] _He_] Ff. _O he_ Qq.

[4868] _He ... life._] om. Seymour conj.

[4869] Alb.] Ff. Duke. Qq.

[4870] _Is_] Ff. _Is to_ Qq.

[To Kent and Edgar] Johnson.

[4871] _realm_] _kingdome_ Qq.

_gored state_] _gor'd state_ Ff. _good state_ Q₁. _goard state_ Q₂. _good_ Q₃.

[4872] Kent. _I ... long._] om. Jennens conj.

[4873] _calls me, I_] _cals, and I_ Qq.

[Dyes. F₂. Dies. F₃ F₄. om. Qq F₁.

[4874] Alb.] Pope. Duke. Qq. Edg. Ff.

[4875] _hath_] Ff. _have_ Qq.

[4876] _nor live_] _live e'er_ Hanmer.

[Exeunt ... march.] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

NOTES.

NOTE I.