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.
 20541822Take vp to keepe, and follow me that will to some prouisio[n]
 20561823Giue thee quicke conduct.
 2056.11824Kent. Oppressed nature sleepes,
 2056.21825This rest might yet haue balmed thy broken sinewes,
 2056.31826Which if conuenience will not allow, stand in hard cure,
 2056.41827Come helpe to beare thy Master, thou must not stay behinde.
 2056.51828Glost. Come, come, away. Exit.
 2056.61829Edg. When we our betters see bearing our woes,
 2056.71830We scarsely thinke our miseries our foes.
 2056.81831Who alone suffers, most i'th minde,
 2056.91832Leauing free things and happy showes behinde,
 2056.101833But then the minde much sufferance doth ore-skip,
 2056.111834When griefe hath mates, and bearing fellowship:
 2056.121835How light and portable my paine seemes now,
 2056.131836When that which makes me bend, makes the King bow;
 2056.141837He childed as I fatherd, Tom away,
 2056.151838Marke the high noises, and thy selfe bewray,
 2056.161839When false opinion, whose wrong thoughts defile thee,
 2056.171840In thy iust proofe repeals and reconciles thee,
 2056.181841What will hap more to night, safe scape the King,
 2056.191842Lurke, lurke.
 
 20581843Enter Cornwall, Regan, Gonorill, and Bastard.
 
 20601844Corn. Poste speedily to my Lord your husband, shew him this
 20611845 Letter,
 1846The army of France is landed, seeke out the villaine Glocester.
 20631847Reg. Hang him instantly.
 20641848Gon. Plucke out his eyes.
 20651849Corn. Leaue him to my displeasure, Edmund keepe you our si-
 20661850ster company. The reuenge we are bound to take vpon your trai-
 20671851terous father, are not fit for your beholding, aduise the Duke
 20681852where you are going to a most festuant preparation, wee are
 20691853bound to the like.
 1854Our poste shall be swift and intelligence betwixt vs;
 20701855Farwell deare sister, farwell my Lord of Glocester.
 20731856How now, wheres the King?
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King Lear (Quarto 2, 1619)