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)
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The History of King Lear.
 24022253The wayes are dangerous.
 24032254Stew. I may not Madam, my Lady charg'd my dutie in this
 24042255businesse.
 24052256Reg. Why should she write to Edmund? Might not you
 24062257Transport her purposes by word, belike
 24072258Something, I know not what, Ile loue thee much,
 24082259Let me vnseale the Letter.
 24092260Stew. Madam ide rather ------- 
 24102261Reg. I know your Lady does not loue her husband,
 24112262I am sure of that: and at her late being heere
 24122263She gaue strange aliads, and most speaking lookes
 24132264To Noble Edmund, I know you are of her bosome.
 24142265Stew, I Madam.
 24152266Reg. I speake in vnderstanding, for I know't,
 24162267Therefore I do aduise you to take this note:
 24172268My Lord is dead, Edmund and I haue talkt,
 24182269And more conuenient is he for my hand,
 24192270Then for your Ladies: you may gather more,
 24202271If you do finde him, pray you giue him this,
 24212272And when your mistris heares thus much from you,
 24222273I pray desire her call her wisedome to her, so farewll,
 24242274If you do chance to heare of that blinde traitor,
 24252275Preferment fals on him that cuts him off.
 24262276Stew. Would I could meet him Madam, I would shew
 24272277What Lady I do follow.
 24282278Reg. Fare thee well. Exit.
 
 24302279Enter Gloster and Edmund.
 24312280Glo. When shall we come to'th top of that same hill?
 24322281Edg. You do climbe it vp now, looke how we labour?
 24332282Glo. Me thinkes the ground is euen.
 24342283Edg. Horrible steepe: hearke, do you heare the sea?
 24362284Glo. No truly.
 24372285Edg. Why then your other senses grow imperfect
 24382286By your eies anguish.
 24392287Glo. So may it be indeed,
 24402288Methinkes thy voice is altered, and thou speakst
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