b Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate fin with gold, Arm it with rags, ca pigmy's firaw doth pierce it. To fee the things thou doft not. f Now, now, now, now. harder. So. Pull off my boots. Harder, Edg. O matter and impertinency mixt! Lear. If thou wilt weep my fortunes, take my eyes. Thou know't, the first time that we fmell the air, and. The 1ft q. reads tottered. Before tatter'd the 3d and 4th fo's infert * So the qu's; all the reft cloaths. The fo's and R. read great for fmall. z The qu's read hides. a What is in italic is omitted in the qu's. The fo's and R. read place fins for plate fin. So plate is P.'s emendation; reads fins; T.'s duodecimo fin. followed by the reft; but P. b So T.'s duodecimo, W. and J.; the rest fins. CR: reads and for a. d H. omits none. eable] An old phrafe, fignifying to qualify, or uphold them. So Scogan, 'contemporary with Chaucer, fays, Set all my life after thyne ordinance, And able me to mercie or thou deme, H. reads abfolve. f The qu's read no, now, pull off, &c. W. We We wawle and cry. I will preach to thee. Mark ↳ me. Glo. Alack, alack the day! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great ftage of fools.This a good i block? It were a delicate ftratagem to k fhoe A troop of horfe with felt; m I'll put't in proof; . Gent. O, here he is, lay P hands upon him.-Sir, 'Your most dear daughter t Lear. No refcue? What, a prifoner? I am even The natural fool of fortune. Ufe me well, i 7. propofes reading flock for block, as a more eafy transition to feit, in the next fentence, where Lear talks of shoeing horses therewith. * The qu's read shoot for shoe. 1 The qu's read fell for felt. The qu's omit I'll put't in proof. The qu's read ftole. The 1st q. ft f. and R. read fon-in-laws; the three last fo's fons-inlaws. P So the qu's; the reft hand. 4 The qu's read upon him, firs. The 2d q. omits your moft dear daughter, The 1ft q. omits daughter. The qu's read eene, You You fhall have u ranfom. Let me have w a furgcon, I am cut to th' brains. Gent. You shall have any thing, Lear. No feconds? all myfelf? Why this would make a man, a man of falt; To use his eyes for garden-water-pots, * Ay, and laying autumn's duft. y Gent. Good fir. Lear. I will die bravely like a z bridegroom, what? I will be jovial; come, come, I am a king, 2 My mafters, know you that? Gent. You are a royal one, and we obey you. Lear. Then there's life in it. b Nay, с d come, an you f Sa, fa, fa, fa. f [ & Exit king running. Gent. A fight most pitiful in the meanest wretch, h Paft fpeaking of in a king. Thou haft one daughter, Who redeems nature from the general curfe Which twain have brought her to. Edg. Hail, gentle fir. Gent. Sir, fpeed you. What's your will? The ad q. reads a ransom. w The 1ft q reads a churgion; the ad a chirurgeon; all the reft furgeons. * All but the qu's omit ay. The fo's and R. omit the whole hemistick. y All but the ad q. omit this fpeech. 7 All but the qu's read a smug bridegroom. The fo's and R. omit my. b So the qu's; the reft omit nay. The qu's omit come. The ad q. reads if for an So the qu's; the reft by for with. The qu's omit sa, sa, fa, fa. So the direction in the qu's; the rest only Exit. So the qu's, T. W. and J.; the rest a for one. Edg. Edg. Do you hear aught, i fir, of a battle toward? Edg. But by your favour, How near's the other army? Gent. Near, and "on fpeedy foot. The main defcry • Stands on the hourly P thought. Edg. I thank you, fir. q That's all. Gent. Though that the queen on fpecial caufe is here, Her army is mov'd on. Edg. I thank you, fir. Glo. You ever gentle gods, take my breath from me; Let not my worfer fpirit tempt me again To die before you please! Edg. Well pray you, father. Glo. Now, good fir, what are you? t Edg. A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows, Who, by the art of u known and feeling forrows, Am pregnant to good pity. Give me your hand, I'll lead you to fome biding. i The qu's omit fir. The ad q. omits which; the 1ft reads that for which. 1 The qu's read fenfe for found. The qu's read on speed for't. The qu's read deferies. • The ft q. reads ftandft. P. The qu's read thoughts. The ad q. P. and H. omit that's all. The 1ft q. reads hir; the ad his. • P. and H. omit this fpeech. The qu's read made lame by fortune's blows. Cla Glo. Hearty thanks, The bounty and the benizon of heaven to boot. SCENE IX. Enter Steward. Stew. A proclaim'd prize! y most happy! That eyelefs head of thine was first fram'd flesh, Briefly thyfelf remember. The fword is out, That must destroy thee. Glo, Now let thy friendly hand Put ftrength enough to't. Stew. Wherefore, bold peafant, [Edgar interpofes. e Dar'ft thou fupport a publifh'd traitor? Hence, f. Left that th' infection of his fortune take Like hold on thee. Let go his arm. Edg. Chill not let go, 8 zir, without further 'cafion. The 1ft q. reads the bornet and the beniz of heaven to fave thee. * So P. and H. and the 2d q. feems to confirm this reading, for there we read to boot, to boot; where the words were doubled, very likely by the mistake of either the writer or printer. The reft to boot, and boot. Y H. reads this is most happy! The 1ft q. omits firft. a P. and all after omit thou. b The qu's read moft for old. ci. e. quickly recollect the paft offences of thy life, and recommend thyfelf to heaven. IV. So all before P. who omits now; followed by the reft. e The 1ft q. reads durft. 'The qu's read least the infe&tion, &c.; the 1ft F. leaft that the, &c. The qu's fir without cagion, omitting vurther. Edg. |