King Lear (Quarto 2, 1619)

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

The History of King Lear.
 19171677But Mice and Rats, and such small Deere,
 19181678Hath beene Toms food for seuen long yeare.
 19191679Beware my follower, peace snulbug, peace thou fiend.
 19201680Glost, What, hath your Grace no better company?
 19211681Edg. The Prince of darknes is a Gentleman, modo hee's called,
 19221682and ma hu -------- 
 19231683Glost. Our flesh and bloud is growne so vilde my Lord, that it
 19241684doth hate what gets it.
 19251685Edg. Poore Toms a colde.
 19261686Glost. Go in with me, my duty cannot suffer to obey in al your
 19271687daughters hard commands, though their iniunction be to barre
 19281688my doores, and let this tyranous night take hold vpon you, yet
 19301689haue I venter'd to come seeke you out, and bring you where
 19311690both food and fire is ready.
 19321691Lear. First let me talke with this Philosopher;
 19331692What is the cause of thunder?
 19341693Kent. My good Lord take his offer, go into the house.
 19361694Lear. Ile talke a word with this most learned Theban; wha[t]
 19371695is your study?
 19381696Edg. How to preuent the fiend, and to kill vermine.
 19391697Lear. Let me aske you one word in priuate.
 19401698Kent. Importune him to goe my Lord, his wits begin to vn-
 19411699setle.
 19421700Glost. Canst thou blame him?
 19431701His daughters seeke his death. O that good Kent,
 19441702He said it would be thus, poore banisht man,
 19451703Thou saist the King growes mad, ile tell thee friend,
 19461704I am almost mad my selfe; I had a sonne
 19471705Now out-lawed from my bloud, he sought my life
 19481706But lately, very late, I lou'd him friend,
 19491707No father his sonne dearer, truth to tell thee,
 19501708The greefe has craz'd my wits.
 19511709What a night's this? I do beseech your Grace.
 19521710Lear. O cry you mercy noble Philosopher, your company.
 19541711Edg. Tom's a cold.
 19551712Glost. In fellow there, into th'houell, keepe thee warme.
 19561713Lear. Come, let's in all.
Kent.
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