King Lear (Folio 1, 1623)

Introduction
2. Textual Introduction
Texts of this edition
1. King Lear (Folio, 1623)
3. Modern
5. Extended modern
7. Old-spelling transcription
8. King Lear (Quarto 1, 1608)
10. Modern
12. Extended modern
14. Old-spelling transcription
15. King Lear (Quarto 2, 1619)
17. Old-spelling transcription
Contextual materials
1. Sources for the Lear story
3. Holinshed on King Lear
5. The History of King Leir
7. Albion's England (Selection)
9. Hardyng's Chronicle (Selection)
11. Kings of Britain
13. Chronicles of England
15. Faerie Queene
17. The Mirror for Magistrates
18. Sources for the Gloucester plot
20. The Arcadia
22. A Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures
23. Literary, political, and social contexts
25. Aristotle on tragedy
27. The Book of Job (Selections)
29. The Monk's Tale (Selections)
31. The Defense of Poetry
33. The First Blast of the Trumpet
35. Basilicon Doron
37. On Bastards
39. On Aging
40. King Lear's afterlife
42. King Lear (Adapted by Nahum Tate)
Facsimiles

[Scene 10 in Quarto]
 1751Scaena Tertia.
 1752Enter Gloster, and Edmund.
 1753Glo. Alacke, alacke Edmund, I like not this vnnaturall
 1754dealing; when I desired their leaue that I might pity him,
 1755they tooke from me the vse of mine owne house, charg'd
 1756me on paine of perpetuall displeasure, neither to speake
 1757of him, entreat for him, or any way sustaine him.
 1758Bast. Most sauage and vnnaturall.
 1759Glo. Go too; say you nothing. There is diuision be-
 1760tweene the Dukes, and a worsse matter then that: I haue
 1761receiued a Letter this night, 'tis dangerous to be spoken,
 1762I haue lock'd the Letter in my Closset, these iniuries the
 1763King now beares, will be reuenged home; ther is part of
 1764a Power already footed, we must incline to the King, I
 1765will looke him, and priuily relieue him; goe you and
 1766maintaine talke with the Duke, that my charity be not of
 1767him perceiued; If he aske for me, I am ill, and  gone to
 1768bed, if I die for it, (as no lesse is threatned me) the King
 1769my old Master must be relieued. There is strange things
 1770toward Edmund, pray you be carefull.  Exit.
 1771Bast. This Curtesie forbid thee, shall the Duke
 1772Instantly know, and of that Letter too;
 1773This seemes a faire deseruing, and must draw me
 1774That which my Father looses: no lesse then all,
 1775The yonger rises, when the old doth fall.  Exit.

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