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.
 26572471Gent. Neere and on the speed for't, the maine descries,
 26582472Stands on the hourely thoughts.
 26592473Edg. I thanke you sir, thats all.
 26602474Gent. Though that the Queene on speciall cause is heere,
 26612475His army is mou'd on.
 26622476Edg. I thanke you sir. Exit
 26632477Glo. You euer gentle gods take my breath from me,
 26642478Let not my worser spirit tempt me againe,
 26652479To dye before you please.
 26662480Edg. Well pray you father.
 26672481Glo. Now good sir what are you.
 26682482Edg. A most poore man, made lame by fortunes blowes,
 26692483Who by the Art of knowne and feeling sorrowes
 26702484Am pregnant to good pitty. Giue me your hand,
 26712485Ile lead you to some biding.
 26722486Glost. Hearty thankes, the bounty and benizon of heauen
 26742487to boot, to boot.
 
 26752488Enter Steward.
 
 26762489Stew. A proclaim'd prize, most happy; that eyles head of thine
 26772490was first framed flesh to raise my fortunes. Thou most vnhappy
 26782491Traitor, briefely thy selfe remember, the sword is out that must
 26802492destroy thee.
 26812493Glo. Now let thy friendly hand put strength enough to't.
 26832494Stew. Wherefore bolde pezant darst thou support a publisht
 26842495traytor, hence least the infection of his fortune take like hold on
 26862496thee, let go his arme.
 26872497Edg. Chill not let go sir without cagion.
 26892498Stew. Let go slaue, or thou diest.
 26902499Edg. Good Gentleman goe your gate, let poore volke passe:
 26912500and chud haue been zwaggar'd out of my life, it would not haue
 26922501bene zo long by a vortnight: nay come not neere the olde man,
 2502keepe out cheuore ye, or ile try whether your costard or my bat
 26942503be the harder, chill be plaine with you.
 26962504Stew. Out dunghill. They fight.
 26972505Edg. Chil pick your teeth zir, come no matter for your foines.
Stew.

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King Lear (Quarto 2, 1619)