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.
 3168.162977Edg. Kent sir, the banisht Kent, who in disguise,
 3168.172978Followed his enemy king, and did him seruice
 3168.182979Improper for a slaue.
 31692980Enter one with a bloody knife.
 31702981Gent. Helpe, helpe.
 31712982Alb. What kinde of helpe? what meanes that bloody knife?
 31742983Gent. Its hot, it smokes, it came euen from the heart of ----- 
 31762984Alb. Who man? speake.
 31772985Gent. Your Lady sir, your Lady; and her sister
 31782986By her is poyson'd: she has confest it.
 31792987Bast. I was contracted to them both, all three
 31802988Now marry in an instant.
 31832989Alb. Produce theie bodies be they aliue or dead:
 31852990This iustice of the heauens that makes vs tremble,
 31862991Touches not with pity. Enter Kent
 3186.12992Edg. Here comes Kent sir.
 31872993Alb. O tis he, the time will not allow
 2994The complement that very manners vrges.
 31892995Kent. I am come to bid my King and master aye good night,
 31912996Is he not heere?
 31922997Alb. Great things of vs forgot. Speake Edmund, where's the
 31932998king, and wher's Cordelia? Seest thou this obiect Kent?
 31842999The bodies of Gonorill & Regan are brought in.
 31953000Kent. Alacke, why thus.
 31963001Bast. Yet Edmund was belou'd: the one the other poisond for
 31973002my sake, and after slew her selfe.
 31983003Alb. Euen so, couer their faces.
 32003004Bast. I pant for life: some good I meane to do despight of my
 32013005owne nature. Quickly send, bee briefe, into the Castle for my
 32023006Writ, tis on the life of Lear, & on Cordelia: nay, send in time.
 32053007Alb. Run, run, O run.
 32063008Edg. To who my Lord? who hath the office?
 32073009Send thy token of repreeue.
 32083010Bast. Well thought on, take my sword, giue it the Captaine.
 32103011Alb. Hast thee for thy life.
 32113012Bast. He hath commission from thy wife & me, to hang Cor
 32123013delia in the prison, and 3213to lay the blame vpon her own despaire,
Alb.
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