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.
 27352542Of my huge sorrowes, better I were distract,
 27362543So should my thoughts be senced from my greefes,
 27382544And woes by wrong imaginations, lose
 27392545The knowledge of themselues.
 27372546A Drumme afarre off.
 27402547Edg. Giue me your hand:
 27412548Farre off methinkes I heare the beaten drum.
 27422549Come Father Ile bestow you with a friend. Exit
 
 27442550Enter Cordelia, Kent, and Doctor.
 27452551Cor. O thou good Kent,
 27462552How shall I liue and worke to match thy goodnesse,
 27482553My life will be too short, and euery measure faile me.
 27502554Kent. To be acknowledg'd Madam is ore-paid,
 27512555All my reports go with the modest truth,
 27522556Nor more, nor clipt, but so.
 27542557Cor. Be better suited,
 2558These weeds are memories of those worser houres,
 27552559I prethee put them off.
 27562560Kent. Pardon me deere Madam,
 27572561Yet to be knowne shortens my made intent,
 27582562My boone I make it that you know me not,
 27592563Till time and I thinke meet.
 27602564Cor. Then be it so: my Lord how does the king.
 27622565Doct. Madam sleepes still.
 27632566Cor. O you kinde Gods,
 27642567Cure this great breach in his abused nature,
 27652568The vntun'd and hurrying senses, O winde vp,
 27662569Of this childe-changed Father.
 27672570Doct. So please your Maiesty, we may wake the King
 27682571He hath slept long.
 27692572Cor. Be gouern'd by your knowledge, and proceede
 27702573Ith sway of your owne will: is he array'd?
 27722574Doct. I Madam, in the heauinesse of his sleepe,
 27732575We put fresh garments on him.
 27742576Kent. Good Madam be by when we do awake him,
 27752577I doubt not of his temperance.
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