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Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 4.

DUKE OF ALBANY.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 4. Act IV. sc. 2.

EARL OF KENT.

Act III. sc. 5; sc. 7.

Act V. sc. 1; sc. 3.

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Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 3. Act III. sc. 4; sc. 6. Act IV. sc. 1; sc. 6. Act V. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 3.

EDMUND, bastard son to Gloster.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1; se. 2. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2.

Act III. sc. 3; sc. 5; sc. 7. Act IV. sc. 2.

CURAN, a courtier.

Appears, Act II. sc. 1.

Old Man, tenant to Gloster.

Appears, Act IV. sc. 1.

Act V. sc. 1; sc. 3.

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Appears, Act I. sc. 4; sc. 5. Act II. sc. 4. Act III. sc. 2; sc. 4; sc. 6.

OSWALD, steward to Goneril.

Appears, Act I. sc. 3; sc. 4. Act II. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act III. sc. 7. Act IV. sc. 2; sc. 5; sc. 6.

An Officer, employed by Edmund.

Appears, Act V. sc. 3.

Gentleman, attendant on Cordelia.
Appears, Act IV. sc. 7.

A Herald.

Appears, Act V. sc. 3.

Servants to Cornwall.

Appear, Act III. sc. 7.

GONERIL, daughter to Lear.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 3; sc. 4. Act II. sc. 4. Act III. sc. 7. Act IV. sc. 2. Act V. sc. 1; sc. 3.

REGAN, daughter to Lear.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 4.
Act IV. sc. 5. Act V. sc. 1; sc. 3.

CORDELIA, daughter to Lear.

Act III. sc. 7.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Act IV. sc. 4; sc. 7. Act V. sc. 2; sc. 3.

Knights attending on the King, Officers, Messengers, Soldiers, and

Attendants.

SCENE,-BRITAIN.

The first edition of King Lear' was published in 1608; two other editions were published in the same year. It is remarkable that a play of which three editions were demanded in one year should not have been reprinted till it was collected in the folio of 1623. The text of the folio, in one material respect, differs considerably from that of the quartos. Large passages which are found in the quartos are omitted in the folio: there are, indeed, some lines found in the folio which are not in the quartos, amounting to about fifty. These are scattered passages, not very remarkable when detached, but for the most part essential to the progress of the action or to the development of character. On the other hand, the lines found in the quartos which are not in the folio amount to as many as two hundred and twenty-five; and they comprise one entire scene, and one or two of the most striking connected passages in the drama.

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KING LEAR.

ACT I.

SCENE I.-King Lear's Palace.

Enter KENT, GLOSTER, and EDMUND.

KENT. I thought the king had more affected the duke of Albany than Cornwall.

GLO. It did always seem so to us: but now, in the division of the kingdom, it appears not which of the dukes he values most; for qualities are so weighed, that curiosity in neither can make choice of either's moiety.

KENT. Is not this your son, my lord?

GLO. His breeding, sir, hath been at my charge: I have so often blushed to acknowledge him, that now I am brazed to 't.

KENT. I cannot conceive you.

GLO. Sir, this young fellow's mother could: whereupon she grew round-wombed; and had indeed, sir, a son for her cradle, ere she had a husband for her bed. Do you smell a fault?

KENT. I cannot wish the fault undone, the issue of it being so proper.

GLO. But I have a son, sir, by order of law, some year elder than this, who yet is no dearer in my account: though this knave came somewhat saucily to the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair; there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged.Do you know this noble gentleman, Edmund ?

EDM. No, my lord.

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