music playing_; Gentleman, _and others attending_.
_Enter_ CORDELIA, KENT, _and_ Doctor.[4462]
_Cor._ O thou good Kent, how shall I live and work,[4463]
To match thy goodness? My life will be too short,[4463][4464]
And every measure fail me.[4463]
_Kent._ To be acknowledged, madam, is o'erpaid.[4465]
All my reports go with the modest truth, 5
Nor more nor clipp'd, but so.
_Cor._ Be better suited:[4466]
These weeds are memories of those worser hours:[4466]
I prithee, put them off.[4466]
_Kent._ Pardon me, dear madam;[4467]
Yet to be known shortens my made intent:[4468]
My boon I make it, that you know me not 10
Till time and I think meet.
_Cor._ Then be't so, my good lord. [_To the Doctor_]
How does the king?[4469]
_Doct._ Madam, sleeps still.[4470][4471]
_Cor._ O you kind gods,[4472][4473]
Cure this great breach in his abused nature![4473] 15
The untuned and jarring senses, O, wind up[4474]
Of this child-changed father!
_Doct._ So please your majesty[4470][4475][4476]
That we may wake the king: he hath slept long.[4476][4477]
_Cor._ Be govern'd by your knowledge, and proceed
I' the sway of your own will. Is he array'd?[4478] 20
_Gent._ Ay, madam; in the heaviness of his sleep[4479]
We put fresh garments on him.
_Doct._ Be by, good madam, when we do awake him;[4480]
I doubt not of his temperance.[4481]
_Cor._ Very well.[4482]
_Doct._ Please you, draw near. Louder the music there![4482] 25
_Cor._ O my dear father! Restoration hang[4483][4484]
Thy medicine on my lips, and let this kiss[4483][4485]
Repair those violent harms that my two sisters[4483]
Have in thy reverence made![4483]
_Kent._ Kind and dear princess![4486]
_Cor._ Had you not been their father, these white flakes[4487] 30
Had challenged pity of them. Was this a face[4488]
To be opposed against the warring winds?[4489]
To stand against the deep dread-bolted thunder?[4490][4491]
In the most terrible and nimble stroke[4490]
Of quick, cross lightning? to watch--poor perdu!--[4490][4492] 35
With this thin helm? Mine enemy's dog,[4490][4493][4494][4495]
Though he had bit me, should have stood that night[4494]
Against my fire; and wast thou fain, poor father,[4494]
To hovel thee with swine and rogues forlorn,
In short and musty straw? Alack, alack![4496] 40
'Tis wonder that thy life and wits at once[4497]
Had not concluded all. He wakes; speak to him.[4498]
_Doct._ Madam, do you; 'tis fittest.[4499]
_Cor._ How does my royal lord? How fares your majesty?[4500]
_Lear._ You do me wrong to take me out o' the grave:[4501] 45
Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound
Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears
Do scald like molten lead.
_Cor._ Sir, do you know me?[4502]
_Lear._ You are a spirit, I know: when did you die?[4503]
_Cor._ Still, still, far wide! 50
_Doct._ He's scarce awake: let him alone awhile.[4504]
_Lear._ Where have I been? Where am I? Fair daylight?[4504]
I am mightily abused. I should e'en die with pity,[4505]
To see another thus. I know not what to say.[4506]
I will not swear these are my hands: let's see; 55
I feel this pin prick. Would I were assured[4507]
Of my condition![4507]
_Cor._ O, look upon me, sir,[4508][4509]
And hold your hands in benediction o'er me.[4508][4510]
No, sir, you must not kneel.[4508]
_Lear._ Pray, do not mock me:[4511]
I am a very foolish fond old man, 60
Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less;[4512]
And, to deal plainly,[4513]
I fear I am not in my perfect mind.[4514]
Methinks I should know you and know this man;
Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant[4515] 65
What place this is, and all the skill I have
Remembers not these garments, nor I know not[4516]
Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me;[4517]
For, as I am a man, I think this lady
To be my child Cordelia.
_Cor._ And so I am, I am.[4518] 70
_Lear._ Be your tears wet? yes, faith. I pray, weep not:[4519]
If you have poison for me, I will drink it.
I know you do not love me; for your sisters
Have, as I do remember, done me wrong:[4520]
You have some cause, they have not.[4521]
_Cor._ No cause, no cause. 75
_Lear._ Am I in France?
_Kent._ In your own kingdom, sir.
_Lear._ Do not abuse me.[4522]
_Doct._ Be comforted, good madam: the great rage,[4523]
You see, is kill'd in him: and yet it is danger[4523][4524][4525][4526]
To make him even o'er the time he has lost.[4523][4525][4527] 80
Desire him to go in; trouble him no more[4523][4528]
Till further settling.[4523]
_Cor._ Will't please your highness walk?[4529]
_Lear._ You must bear with me. Pray you now, forget[4530]
and forgive: I am old and foolish.[4530] 85
[_Exeunt all but Kent and Gentleman._[4531]
_Gent._ Holds it true, sir, that the Duke of Cornwall[4532][4533][4534]
was so slain?[4532][4533]
_Kent._ Most certain, sir.[4532][4533]
_Gent._ Who is conductor of his people?[4532][4533]
_Kent._ As 'tis said, the bastard son of Gloucester.[4532][4533][4535] 90
_Gent._ They say Edgar, his banished son, is with the[4532][4533]
Earl of Kent in Germany.[4532][4533][4536]
_Kent._ Report is changeable. 'Tis time to look about;[4532][4536][4537]
the powers of the kingdom approach apace.[4532][4536][4537]
_Gent._ The arbitrement is like to be bloody. Fare
you[4532][4536][4537][4538] 95
well, sir. [_Exit._[4532][4536][4537][4539]
_Kent._ My point and period will be throughly wrought,[4532]
Or well or ill, as this day's battle's fought. [_Exit._[4532][4540]
FOOTNOTES:
[3996] The heath.] Capell. An open Country. Rowe.
[3997] _Yet_] _Yes,_ Collier (Collier MS.)
_and known_] _unknown_ Collier, ed. 2 (Johnson conj.)
[3998] _flatter'd. To be worst,_] Pope. _flattered to be worst,_ Qq.
_flatter'd, to be worst:_ Ff. _flatter'd to be worse._ Tyrwhitt conj.
[3999] _and_] om. Pope.
_dejected_] _deject_ F₂ F₃ F₄.
[4000] _esperance_] Ff. _experience_ Qq.
[4001] _laughter._] Ff. _laughter,_ Qq.
[4002] _Welcome ... blasts._] Omitted in Qq.
[4003] _thy_] _my_ Rowe.
_But ... here?_] Ff. _Who's here,_ Qq.
[4004] _But ... world!_] Divided as in Capell. Two lines, the first
ending _led?_ in Ff. One line in Qq.
[4005] Enter Gloucester, led by an Old Man.] Qq, after _age_, line 12.
Transferred by Pope to follow _blasts_, line 9. Enter Glouster, and an
Oldman. F₁ F₂, after _blasts_. Enter Gloster led by an old man. F₃ F₄,
after _blasts_.
[4006] _poorly led?_] F₃ F₄. _poorely led?_ F₁ F₂. _poorely led,_ Q₁
Q₃. _poorlie, leed,_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. imp. and Bodl. 1). _parti,
eyd_, Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2).
[4007] _hate,_] _wait_ Theobald. _bate_ Sewel conj.
[4008] _Life would not_] _Life would ill_ or _Loath should we_ or _Life
would not but reluctant_ Hanmer conj. MS. See note (XVII).
[4009] _O, my ..._] Prose in Qq. Two lines, the first ending _your
tenant,_ in Ff. Three lines, ending _lord, ... father's tenant ...
years,_ in Johnson.
[4010] _these fourscore years._] _this fourescore--_ Q₁ Q₃. _this
forescore--_ Q₂.
[4011] _Alack, sir,_] Qq. om. Ff.
[4012] _Our means secure_] F₃ F₄. _Our meanes secure_ Qq F₁ F₂. _Our
mean secures_ Pope. _Our means ensnare_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn).
_Meanness secures_ Hanmer. _Our means seduce_ or _Our maims secure_
Johnson conj. _Our means recuse_ Brae conj. _Our wants secure_ Collier
(Collier MS.) _Our meanness succours_ Hunter conj. _Our needs secure_
Singer (ed. 2). _Our means secures_ Arrowsmith conj. _Our harms secure_
Jervis conj.
[4013] _Ah_] Qq. _Oh_ Ff.
[4014] _Who's_] _whose_ Q₂.
[4015] [Aside] Johnson.
[4016] _I am at the_] Qq F₁ F₃ F₄. _I am at_ F₂. _I'm at the_ Pope.
[4017] _I am_] _I'm_ Pope.
_e'er_] Rowe. _ere_ Qq Ff.
[4018] _So long_] _As long_ Qq.
[4019] _He_] _A_ Q₂.
[4020] _I' the_] _In the_ Qq.
[4021] _Was ... since._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
_I have_] _I've_ Pope.
[4022] _to wanton_] F₁ F₂. _to th' wanton_ F₃ F₄. _are to'th wanton_ Q₁
Q₃. _are toth' wanton_ Q₂.
[4023] _kill_] _bit_ Q₁ Q₃. _bitt_ Q₂. _bite_ Anon. MS. See note (V).
_hit_ Delius conj.
[4024] _How ... master!_] As in Ff. Prose in Qq.
[4025] _this_] _their_ F₂.
[4026] _that must play fool to_] F₁. _that must play the foole to_ Qq.
_that must play to foole_ F₂. _that must play the fool to_ F₃ F₄. _Must
play the fool to_ Pope.
[4027] _Angering itself_] _Anguishing't self_ Hanmer. _Ang'ishing it
self_ Warburton.
[4028] _Then ... gone_] Qq. (_gon_ Q₂). _Get thee away_ Ff.
[4029] _hence_] _here_ Qq.
[4030] _toward_] Q₂ Ff. _to_ Q₁ Q₃.
[4031] _this_] _his_ Rowe (ed. 2).
[4032] _Who_] Qq. _Which_ Ff. _Whom_ Pope.
[4033] _'Tis ... blind._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
_times'_] Capell. _times_ Qq Ff. _time's_ Rowe.
[4034] _thee_] om. Pope.
[4035] _'parel_] _'parrel_ Rowe. _parrell_ Qq F₁ F₂ F₃. _parrel_ F₄.
[4036] [Exit.] Ff. om. Qq.
[4037] _Sirrah,_] _Sirrah, you_ Hanmer. _Sirrah, thou_ Keightley.
_fellow,--_] Capell. _fellow._ Qq Ff.
[4038] _daub it_] _dance it_ Qq. _dally_ Hanmer.
_further_] _farther_ Qq.
[4039] _And yet I must._] Omitted in Qq.
_And ... bleed._] One line in Capell. Two in Ff.
[4040] _Both ... fiend!_] Prose in Ff. Three lines in Qq.
[4041] _scared_] _scard_ Qq. _scarr'd_ F₁ F₂. _scar'd_ F₃ F₄.
[4042] _thee, good man's son,_] _the good man_ Qq. _thee, good man,_
Pope.
[4043] _Five ... master!_] As prose by Pope. Five lines in Qq. Omitted
in Ff.
[4044] _at once_] _in once_ Capell (corrected in Errata).
_of lust, as Obidicut;_] Omitted by Pope. _as Obidicut, of lust;_ S.
Walker conj.
_Hobbididence_] Qq. _Hobbididen_ Pope. _Hobbididdance_ Capell.
[4045] _dumbness_] _darkness_ Capell (corrected in Errata).
_Modo_] _Mohu_ Pope.
_Flibbertigibbet_] Pope. _Stiberdigebit_ Qq. and _Flibbertigibbet_
Theobald.
[4046] _mopping and mowing;_] Theobald. _Mobing, and Mohing_ Q₁ Q₃.
_Mobing, & Mohing_ Q₂ (_Mohing_ in italics in all). _moping, and
Mowing_ Pope (_Mowing_ in italics).
[4047] _So ... master!_] Omitted by Pope.
[4048] _heavens'_] _heaven's_ Hanmer.
_plagues_] _plagues._ Q₂.
[4049] _Have ... Makes thee_] As in Ff. One line in Qq.
[4050] _and_] _and the_ Rowe.
_lust-dieted_] _lust-dieting_ Capell.
[4051] _slaves_] Ff. _stands_ Qq. _braves_ Hanmer (Warburton). _staves_
Jackson conj. _slights_ Anon. conj.
[4052] _doth_] Q₁ Q₃. _does_ Q₂. _do's_ Ff.
[4053] _undo_] F₃ F₄. _undoo_ F₁. _undoe_ F₂. _under_ Qq.
[4054] _fearfully_] _firmely_ Q₁ Q₂. _firmly_ Q₃.
_in_] _on_ Rowe.
[4055] _With ... need._] As in Ff. The first line ends _me,_ in Qq.
[4056] _I shall_] _shall I_ Q₁ Q₃.
_leading_] _lending_ F₃ F₄.
[4057] _Give ... thee._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.
[4058] [Exeunt.] Ff. om. Qq.
[4059] Before....] The Duke of Albany's Palace. Rowe. Before Albany's
Palace. Capell. A Courtyard of the Duke of Albany's Palace. Eccles conj.
Enter....] Enter Gonorill and Bastard. Qq. Enter Gonerill, Bastard, and
Steward. Ff. Enter Goneril, and Edmund; Steward meeting them. Capell.
[4060] Enter Oswald] Enter Steward. Theobald. Enter Steward. Qq (after
_master?_).
[4061] _Madam ... offensive._] Arranged as in Ff. Prose in Qq.
[4062] _most ... dislike_] _hee should most desire_ Qq. _hee should
most dislike_ Anon. MS. See note (V).
[4063] [To Edm.] Hanmer.
_shall you_] _thou shalt_ Jennens.
[4064] _terror_] Ff. _terrer_ Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2). _curre_ Q₁ Q₂
(Cap. Dev. Mus. imp. and Bodl. 1) Q₃.
[4065] _Our ... Edmund, to_] _that our wishes On th' way may prove
effects, back, to_ Hanmer.
[4066] _Edmund_] _Edgar_ Q₂.
[4067] _arms_] _armes_ Qq. _names_ Ff.
[4068] _ere ... hear_] _you ere long shall hear_ Pope.
[4069] _venture_] Q₂ Ff. _venter_ Q₁ Q₃.
[4070] _command_] Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2) Ff. _coward_ Q₁ Q₂ (Cap.
Dev. Mus. imp. and Bodl. 1) Q₃.
_this; spare_] Ff. _this, spare_ Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2). _this
spare_ Q₁ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. imp. and Bodl. 1) Q₃.
[Giving a favour.] Johnson. Gives him a ring. Hanmer. om. Qq Ff.
[4071] _fare thee well_] Ff. _faryewell_ Q₁ Q₃. _far you well_ Q₂.
[4072] _My ... man!_] One line in Keightley.
[4073] [Exit Edmund.] Exit Bastard. Rowe. Exit. Ff (after _death_). om.
Qq.
[4074] _O, ... man!_] Omitted in Qq, which read _My ... due_ as one
line.
_O,_] om. Seymour conj. In a separate line, S. Walker conj., ending
lines 26-28 with Steevens (1793). _But O,_ transposing lines 26, 27.
Anon. conj.
_difference_] _strange difference_ Pope.
[4075] The lines end _thee ... fool_ in Steevens (1793).
[4076] _a_] Ff Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2). om. Q₁ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus.
imp. and Bodl. 1) Q₃.
[4077] _My fool ... body._] F₃ F₄. _My foole usurpes my body._ F₁ F₂.
_My foote ... head._ Q₁. _My foote ... body._ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. imp.
and Bodl. 1). _A foole ... bed._ Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2). _My
foot ... head._ Q₃. _My fool ... bed._ Malone.
[Exit.] Exit Steward. Qq om. Ff.
Enter Albany.] Ff. Enter the Duke of Albeney. Q₁ Q₃. om. Q₂.
[4078] _whistle_] _whistling_ Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2).
[4079] _O ... wind_] As in Ff. One line in Qq.
[4080] _rude_] om. Q₁ Q₃.
[4081] _I fear ... deep._] Omitted in Ff.
[4082] _its_] Q₃. _it_ Q₁ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. imp. and Bodl. 1). _ith_
Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2).
[4083] _border'd_] Pope. _bordered_ Qq. _order'd_ Bailey conj.
[4084] _sliver_] _shiver_ Pope. _silver_ Jennens (a misprint).
[4085] _material_] _maternal_ Theobald.
[4086] _the text is_] _tis_ Pope.
[4087] _Filths ... done?_] Omitted by Pope.
[4088] _Whose ... lick_,] Omitted by Pope.
_reverence ... bear_] _reverend head the rugged bear_ Capell.
_even_] Q₂. om. Q₁ Q₃.
[4089] _benefited_] _benifited_ Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2).
_beneflicted_ Q₁ Q₃. _beniflicted_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. imp. and Bodl. 1).
After this Warburton conjectures that there is an omission of a line or
two.
[4090] _Send ... come,_] Arranged as in Malone. One line in Qq.
[4091] _these vile_] Jennens. _this vild_ Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2).
_the vilde_ Q₁ Q₃. _the vild_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. imp. and Bodl. 1).
[4092] _It will come,_] Omitted by Pope. _'Twill come,_ Jennens,
reading _'Twill ... prey on_ as one line. _'Twill come,_ in a separate
line, Steevens (1793).
[4093] _Humanity ... deep._] Arranged as in Pope. One line in Qq.
[4094] _Humanity_] Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2). _Humanly_ Q₁ Q₂ (Cap.
Dev. Mus. imp. and Bodl. 1) Q₃. _that humanity_ Keightley, reading
_It ... deep_ as two lines, the first ending _perforce._
[4095] _bear'st_] Ff. _bearest_ Qq.
[4096] _Who ... honour_] Arranged as in Ff. One line in Qq.
[4097] _not_] _now_ Grant White.
_eye discerning_] Rowe. _eye-discerning_ Ff. _eie deserving_ Q₁. _eye
deserving_ Q₂ Q₃.
[4098] _that ... so?_] Arranged as by Theobald. The first three lines
end _pity ... mischiefe, ... noiselesse,_ in Q₁ Q₃. They end _pitty ...
mischiefe, ... land,_ in Q₂. Omitted in Ff.
[4099] _know'st Fools do_] _know'st, Fools do_ Theobald, _know'st
fooles, do_ Q₁. _know'st fools, do_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. imp. and Bodl.
1) Q₃. _know'st, fools do_ Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2).
[4100] _those_] Q₂. _these_ Q₁ Q₃.
[4101] _noiseless_] _noystles_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. imp. and Bodl. 1).
_noyseles_ Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2).
[4102] _plumed_] _a plumed_ Q₃.
_thy state begins to threat_] Staunton (Eccles conj.) _thy state begins
thereat_ Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2). _thy slaier begins threats_ Q₁ Q₃.
_thy slayer begin threats_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. imp. and Bodl. 1). _thy
slayer begins his threats_ Theobald. _the slayer begins his threats_
Hanmer.
[4103] _Whiles_] Q₁ Q₃. _Whil's_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. imp. and Bodl. 1).
_Whil'st_ Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2).
_moral_] _mortall_ Q₃.
_sit'st ... criest_] _sit'st ... cry'st_ Theobald, _sits ... cries_ Qq.
[4104] _See ... woman._] As in Ff. Prose in Qq.
[4105] _deformity_] _deformiry_ Q₁ Q₃.
_seems_] _shewes_ Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2).
[4106] _Thou ... mew_] Omitted in Ff.
[4107] _changed_] Q₂. _chang'd_ Q₁ Q₃.
_self-cover'd_] _self-converted_ Theobald. _self-convict_ Becket conj.
_self-govern'd_ Collier conj. _self-discover'd_ Cartwright conj.
[4108] _Were't_] _Were it_ Capell.
[4109] Keightley ends the lines _feature ... blood ... tear,_ reading
_Were it._
[4110] _To_] _As man to_ Anon. conj.
_hands_] _hands of mine_ Anon. conj.
_blood_] _boiling blood_ Theobald. _blood's behest_ Anon. conj.
[4111] _They are_] _They're_ Theobald.
_dislocate_] Q₃. _dislecate_ Q₁ Q₂. _dissecate_ Anon. MS. See note (V).
[4112] _howe'er_] Theobald, _how ere_ Qq.
[4113] _manhood mew._] Edd. _manhood mew--_ Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2).
_man-hood now--_ Q₁ Q₃. _manhood now--_ Q₂ (Cap. Dev. Mus. imp. and
Bodl. 1). _manhood now!--_ Theobald.
Enter a Messenger.] Ff, after _foole,_ line 61. Enter a Gentleman. Q₁
Q₃. Enter a Gentleman (after _news?_) Q₂.
[4114] Alb. _What news?_] Omitted in Ff.
[4115] Mess.] Mes. Ff. Gent. Qq.
[4116] _O ... Gloucester._] Arranged as in Ff. Prose in Qq.
[4117] _thrill'd_] Ff. _thrald_ Qq.
[4118] _against ... his sword To_] _the act, bending aside the sword
Of_ Eccles conj.
[4119] _thereat enraged_] _threat-enrag'd_ F₁.
[4120] _fell'd him_] _fell he_ Capell conj.
[4121] _not_] _now_ Warburton (a misprint).
[4122] _which ... after._] As in Q₂ Ff. One line in Q₁ Q₃.
[4123] _This ... eye?_] Arranged as in Ff. Three lines, ending
_Iustisers_ (or _Iustices_) _... venge ... eye?_ in Qq.
[4124] _above, You justicers_] Steevens, 1778 (Capell conj.) _above
you Iustisers_ Q₂ (Mus. per. and Bodl. 2). _above your Iustices_ Q₁ Q₂
(Cap. Dev. Mus. imp. and Bodl. 1) Q₃. _above You Justices_ Ff.
[4125] _nether_] _neather_ Q₁ F₁ Q₃.
[4126] _Both ... sister._] As in Ff. Two lines in Qq the first ending
_speedy_ in Q₁ Q₃, and _answer_ in Q₂.
[4127] [Aside] Johnson.
[4128] _being_] _she being_ Keightley.
[4129] _in_] Ff. _on_ Qq. _of_ Capell conj.
[4130] _Upon ... tart_] Ff. _Upon ... tooke,_ Qq (in one line).
[4131] [Exit.] Qq. om. Ff.
[4132] _Where ... eyes?_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
[4133] _He is_] _He's_ Pope.
[4134] _on purpose_] Qq F₁ F₂. _of purpose_ F₃ F₄.
_their_] _there_ Q₂.
[4135] _Gloucester ... eyes._] Marked as 'Aside' by Johnson.
[4136] _Gloucester ... know'st._] Arranged as in Ff. Three lines in Qq,
the first two ending _love ... eyes;_ in Q₁ Q₃, and _king, ... friend,_
in Q₂.
[4137] _show'dst_] _shew'dst_ F₁ F₃ F₄. _shewdst_ F₂. _shewedst_ Qq.
[4138] _thine_] Ff. _thy_ Qq.
[4139] _know'st_] F₁ F₃ F₄. _knowst_ F₂. _knowest_ Qq.
[Exeunt.] Ff. Exit. Qq.
[4140] SCENE III.] Pope. The whole of this Scene is omitted in Ff and
Rowe. SCENE IV. Eccles, who here inserts SCENE V.
The French....] Steevens. French Camp under Dover. Capell. om. Pope.
Dover. Theobald.
[4141] _Why ... back_] _The King of France so suddenly gone back!_ Pope.
_Why ... reason?_] Prose in Q₂. Two lines, the first ending _backe,_ in
Q₁ Q₃.
[4142] _the_] Q₁ Q₃. _no_ Q₂.
[4143] _Something ... necessary_] As in Qq. Four lines, ending
_state, ... which ... danger, ... necessary._ in Pope.
[4144] _to_] om. Pope.
[4145] _personal_] om. Pope.
[4146] _Who_] _Whom_ Warburton.
[4147] _Marshal_] _Mareschal_ Pope.
_La Far_] Qq. _le Far_ Pope. _le Fer_ Capell.
[4148] _Did ... of grief?_] _Well; say, sir, did ... of her grief?_
Capell, reading as two lines of verse. _But tell me, did ... of grief?_
Seymour conj.
[4149] _Ay, sir;_] _I, sir,_ Theobald. _I say_ Qq.
_them ... them_] _'em ... 'em_ Pope.
[4150] _Her ... her._] As in Pope. Two lines, the first ending
_passion,_ in Qq.
[4151] _Over_] _over_ Q₂. _ore_ Q₁ Q₃.
_who_] _which_ Pope.
[4152] _Not to a rage_] _Not to rage_ Q₃. _But not to rage_ Pope.
_strove_] Pope. _streme_ Qq.
[4153] _Who_] _Which_ Pope.
[4154] _her ... way:_] Omitted by Pope.
[4155] _like_] _linked_ Jackson conj.
_a better way:_] _a better way,_ Q₁ Q₃. _a better way_ Q₂. _a wetter
May._ Theobald (Warburton). _an April day._ Heath conj. _a better day._
Steevens. _a better May:_ Malone. _a chequer'd day._ Dodd conj. _the
better day._ Becket conj. _like; a better way._ Singer (Boaden conj.)
_a bitter May._ Lloyd conj. _'em;--a better way._ Keightley.
_happy_] _happiest_ Pope (ed. 2).
_smilets_] _smiles_ Pope.
[4156] _seem'd_] Pope, _seeme_ Qq.
[4157] _As pearls ... it._] As in Qq. Capell, reading _In brief, sir,_
ends the lines at _sorrow ... all ... it._ Steevens (1778), omitting
_sir,_ follows Capell's arrangement.
[4158] _dropp'd_] _dropping_ Steevens conj.
[4159] _question_] _quests_ Hanmer. _quest_ Warburton.
[4160] _Faith,_] om. Pope, ending line 24 at _twice._ _Yes,_ Theobald.
[4161] _Shame ... father! sisters!_] Omitted by Pope.
[4162] In Q₁ Q₃ _Kent_ is printed in italics with full stop.
_Kent!... What_] Ken. _Father Sisters_ Gen. _What_ Capell.
_storm? i' the night_] _storme ith night_ Qq. _storm of night_ Pope.
[4163] _pity not be believed_] _pitty not be beleev'd_ Q₁ Q₃. _pitie
not be beleeft_ Q₂. _pity ne'er believe it_ Pope. _it not be believed_
Capell. _pity not believe it_ Jennens.
_There_] Then Pope.
[4164] _And clamour moisten'd:_] Capell. _And clamour moistened
her,_ Qq. _And, clamour-motion'd,_ Theobald. _And clamour motion'd
her._ Becket conj. _And, clamour-moisten'd,_ Grant White. _And
clamour-moistened:_ S. Walker conj. _And clamour softend:_ Cartwright
conj. _And choler masterd her:_ Anon. conj.
_And ... started_] _And then retired_ Pope, reading _And ... alone_ as
one line.
[4165] _It is the stars,_] Omitted by Pope.
[4166] _It ... conditions:_] Arranged as by Theobald. One line in Qq.
[4167] _self mate_] _self-mate_ Pope. _and mate_] Q₁ Q₃. _and make_ Q₂.
[4168] _You spoke not_] _Spoke you_ Pope.
_since?_] Q₁ Q₃. _since._ Q₂.
[4169] _Well, sir_] om. Pope.
_Lear's i' the_] _Lear's ith_ Qq. _Lears in_ Pope. _Lear is i the_
Capell. _Lear is in_ Hanmer.
[4170] _sometime_] Q₁ Q₃. _some time_ Q₂. _sometimes_ Pope.
_tune_] _lune_ Becket conj.
[4171] _What ... daughter._] Arranged as by Pope. One line in Qq.
[4172] _so elbows him: his own_] _so so bows him, his_ Pope. _so bows
him: his own_ Capell. _so awes him, his own_ Seymour conj. _soul-bows
him: his own_ Jackson conj. _so embows his own_ Badham conj. _sole bars
him: his own_ Bailey conj.
[4173] _from his_] _from her_ Johnson (1771).
[4174] _To ... Cordelia_] Arranged as by Johnson. Two lines, the first
ending _minde,_ in Qq.
[4175] _sting His mind_] _sting him_ Pope, ending the lines _him ...
him ... Cordelia._
[4176] _from_] _From his_ Pope.
[4177] _not?_] Q₁ Q₃. _not._ Q₂.
[4178] _so;_] _so,_ Pope. _so_ Qq. _said_ Warburton. _so deliver'd me:_
Seymour conj.
_afoot_] Q₃. _afoote_ Q₁. _a foote_ Q₂.
[4179] _Lending ... me._] Arranged as by Steevens (1778). One line in
Qq. Two lines, the first ending _acquaintance,_ in Delius.
_I ... Along_] _Pray along_ Pope, reading _Lending ... with me_ as one
line. _Pray you, along_ Capell, reading as one line.
[4180] [Exeunt.] Pope. Exit. Qq.
[4181] SCENE IV.] Pope. Scena Tertia. Ff. SCENE V. Eccles.
The same. A tent.] Capell. A Camp. Rowe. A tent in the Camp at Dover.
Steevens (1773).
Enter....] Enter ... Cordelia, Gentlemen, and Souldiours. Ff. Enter
Cordelia, Doctor, and others. Qq. Enter Cordelia, Physician, and
Soldiers. Pope.
[4182] _mad as_] _made_ F₃ F₄.
_vex'd_] _vext_ Ff. _vent_ Qq.
[4183] _fumiter_] _fumiterr_ Theobald, _femiter_ Qq. _Femitar_ Ff.
_fumitory_ Hanmer.
_furrow-weeds_] _farrow weeds_ Boucher conj.
[4184] _bur-docks_] Hanmer. _hor-docks_ Qq. _Hardokes_ F₁ F₂.
_Hardocks_ F₃ F₄. _harlocks_ Steevens, 1778 (Farmer conj.) _charlocks_
Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. LVI. 214). _hoar-docks_ Collier, _hediokes_
Nicholson conj.
_nettles_] _nettle_ Johnson.
[4185] _sustaining corn._] _sustaining, Corne,_ Q₁ Q₃. _sustayning,
corne,_ Q₂.
_A ... forth;_] _Send forth a cent'ry:_ Pope.
_century_] Q₁ Q₃ F₃ F₄. _centurie_ Q₂. _centery_ F₁ F₂. _sen'try_
Johnson.
_send_] Ff. _is sent_ Qq.
[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.