King Lear (Quarto 1, 1608)

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)
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The Historie of King Lear.
 2192Moreouer to discrie 2399the strength at'h army.
 24002193Stew. I must needs after him with my letters
 24012194Reg. Our troope sets forth to morrow stay with vs,
 24022195The wayes are dangerous.
 24032196Stew. I may not Madame, 2404my Lady charg'd my dutie in this
 2197busines.
 24052198Reg. Why should she write to Edmund? 2406might not you
 2199Transport her purposes by word, belike
 24072200Some thing, I know not what, ile loue thee much,
 24082201Let me vnseale the letter.
 24092202Stew. Madam I'de rather--- 
 24102203Reg. I know your Lady does not loue her husband
 24112204I am sure of that, and at her late being here
 24122205Shee gaue strange aliads, and most speaking lookes
 24132206To noble Edmund, I know you are of her bosome.
 24142207Stew. I Madam.
 24152208Reg. I speake in vnderstanding, for I know't,
 24162209Therefore I doe aduise you take this note,
 24172210My Lord is dead, Edmund and I haue talkt,
 24182211And more conuenient is he for my hand
 24192212Then for your Ladies, you may gather more
 24202213If you doe find him, pray you giue him this,
 24212214And when your mistris heares thus much from you
 24222215I pray desire her call her wisedome to her, so farewell,
 24242216If you doe chance to heare of that blind traytor,
 24252217Preferment fals on him that cuts him off.
 24262218Ste. Would I could meet him Madam, I would shew
 24272219What Lady I doe follow.
 24282220Reg. Fare thee well.
 Exit.
 24302221Enter Gloster and Edmund.
 24312222Glost. When shall we come toth' top of that same hill?
 24322223Edg. You do climbe it vp now, looke how we labour?
 24332224Glost. Me thinks the ground is euen.
 24342225Edg. Horrible steepe, 2435harke doe you heare the sea?
 24362226Glost. No truly.
 24372227Edg. Why then your other sences grow imperfect
 24382228By your eyes anguish.
 24392229Glost. So may it be indeed,
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King Lear (Quarto 1, 1608)