Kent. I have a journey, fir, fhortly to go; h My mafter calls, and I must not fay, noi. * Alb. The weight of this fad time we must obey, "[Exeunt with a dead march. h So the qu's; the reft calls me, I must not, &c. i Here all but the qu's and H. make Kent die. But this direction is juftly left out; for Kent only declines the share in the government offered him by Albany, on account of his age: how unexpectedly and aukwardly would he die, after faying only, he had a journey bortly to go, and without bidding farewel, or difcovering any symptoms of death. k The fo's and R. give this fpeech to Edgar. 1 The two last lines, as they stand, are filly and falfe; and are only inferted that any one may alter them for the better if he can. H. has not made them a jot better by the following alteration, The oldeft hath born most; we that are young Shall never fee fo much, live c'er fo long. The qu's read have for bath. This direction is not in the qu's. FINI S. |
