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.
 2843.72651Kent in Germany.
 2843.82652Kent. Report is changeable, tis time to looke about,
 2843.92653The powers of the kingdome approch apace.
 2843.102654Gent. The arbitrement is like to be bloody, fare you well sir.
 2843.112655Kent. My point and period will be throughly wrought,
 2843.122656Or well, or ill, as this dayes battels fought.
 
 28452657Enter Edmund, Regan, and their powers.
 28472658Bast. Know of the Duke if his last purpose holde,
 28482659Or whether since he is aduisd by ought
 28492660To change the course , he is full of alteration
 28502661And selfe-reprouing, bring his constant pleasure.
 28512662Reg. Our sisters man is certainly miscarried.
 28522663Bast. Tis to be doubted Madam.
 28532664Reg. Now sweet Lord,
 28542665You know the goodnesse I intend vpon you:
 28552666Tell me truly, but then speake the truth,
 28562667Do you not loue my sister?
 28572668Bast. I honor'd loue.
 28582669Reg. But haue you neuer found my brothers way,
 28592670To the forefended place?
 2859.12671Bast. That thought abuses you.
 2859.22672Reg. I am doubtfull that you haue beene coniunct
 2859.32673And bosom'd with her, as farre as we call hers.
 28602674Bast. No by mine honor Madam.
 28612675Reg. I neuer shall endure her,
 2676Deere my Lord be not familiar with her.
 28632677Bast. Feare me not, she and the Duke her husband.
 
 28642678Enter Albany and Gonorill with troopes.
 2864.12679Gon. I had rather loose the battell
 2864.22680Then that sister should loosen him and me.
 28652681Alb. Our very louing sister well be-met,
 2682For this I heare the King is come to his daughter
 28662683With others, whom the rigour of our State
 28682684Forc'd to cry out. 2868.1Where I could not be honest
 2868.22685I neuer yet was valiant: for this businesse
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