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.
 2868.32686It toucheth vs, as France inuades our land
 2868.42687Not bolds the king, with others whom I feare,
 2868.52688Most iust and heauy causes make oppose.
 28692689Bast. Sir you speake nobly.
 2690Reg. Why is this reason'd.
 28702691Gon. Combine together gainst the enemy,
 28712692For these domesticke doore particulars,
 28722693Are not to question heere.
 28732694Alb. Let vs then determine
 2695With the Ancient of warre on our proceedings.
 2874.12696Bast. I shall attend you presently at your Tent.
 28752697Reg. Sister youle go with vs?
 28762698Gon. No.
 28772699Reg. Tis most conuenient, pray you go with vs.
 28782700Gon. O ho, I know the Riddle, I will go. Exit
 
 28802701Enter Edgar.
 28812702Edg. If ere your Grace had speech with one so poore,
 28822703Heare me one word.
 28832704Alb. Ile ouertake you, speake.
 28842705Edg. Before you fight the battell, ope this Letter,
 28852706If you haue victory let the trumpet sounde
 28862707For him that brought it, wretched though I seeme,
 28872708I can produce a Champion, that will prooue
 28882709What is auouched there. If you miscarry,
 28892710Your businesse of the world hath so an end,
 28902711Fortune loue you.
 28912712Alb. Stay till I haue read the letter.
 28922713Edg. I was forbid it,
 28932714When time shall serue let but the Herald cry,
 28942715And Ile appeare againe. Exit:
 28952716Alb. Why fare thee well, I will looke ore the paper.
 
 28962717Enter Edmund.
 28972718Bast. The enemy's in view, draw vp your powers,
 28982719Hard is the guesse of their great strength and forces
 28992720By diligẽt discouery, but your hast is now vrgd on you
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