King Lear

5.1.3 alteration = F. Q uncorrected = abdication 11 In = F. Q = I, 17 not = F. Q = me not 19 Sir … heard = F. Q = For … heare 24 and particular broils = F. Q = dore particulars 27 proceeding. = F. Q = proceeding. / Bast. I shall attend you presently at your tent. 41 And machination ceases = F. Not in Q loves = F. Q = loue 48 Here = F. Q = Hard guess = F. Q = quesse true = F. Q = great

5.2.1 tree = F. Q = bush 14 SH GLOUCESTER And … too. = F. Not in Q.

5.3.2 first = F. Q = best 26 good years = F. Q = goode 40 down. = F. Q = down. / Cap. I cannot draw a cart, nor eate dride oats, / If it bee mans worke ile do’t. 48 send = F. Q uncorrected = saue retention = F. Q uncorrected = retention and appointed guard 49 had = F. Q = has 60 might = F. Q = should 63 immediacy = F. Q = imediate 67 addition = F. Q = aduancement 70 SH ALBANY = F. Q = Gon. 77 Dispose … thine: = F. Not in Q 84 SH REGAN = F. Q = Bast. thine = F. Q = good 86 thy arrest = F. Q = thine attaint 87 sister = Q. F = sister 88 bar = Ed. F = bare 91 loves = F. Q = loue 94 let … sound: = F. Not in Q 95 person = F. Q = head 97 make = F. Q = proue 101 medicine = F. Q = poyson 116 lists = F. Q = hoast 117 by = F. Q = at 120 SH HERALD = F. Q = Edmund 128–29 Yet … cope = F. Q = yet are I mou’t / Where is the aduersarie I come to cope with all 136–37 my … honours — = F. Q = the priuiledge of my tongue, 140 Despise = F. Q = Despite 143 Conspirant = F. Q = Conspicuate 145 below thy foot = F. Q = beneath thy feet 147 are = F. Q = As 152 tongue = F. Q = being 153 What … delay = F. Not in Q 154 rule = F. Q = right 155 Back = F. Q = Heere 156 hell-hated lie o’er-whelm = F. Q = hell hatedly, oreturnd 157 scarcely = Q. F = scarely 162 war = F. Q = armes wast = F. Q = art 166 stop … sir= F. Q = stople it 167 name = F. Q = thing 172 SH EDMUND = F. Q = Gon. 183 vices = F. Q = vertues 184 plague = F. Q = scourge 200 we = F. Q = with 207 fault = F. Q = Father 211 our = F. Q = my 222 SH EDGAR = F. Q = Alb. 223 SH ALBANY Speak, man. = F. Not in Q 224 SH EDGAR = F. Q assigns line to Albany 226 O, she’s dead! = F. Not in Q 227 Who … man. = F. Q = Who man, speake? 229 confesses = F. Q = hath confest 234 judgement = F. Q = Iustice 235 is this = F. Q = tis 265 you = Q. F = your 281 you, murderers, traitors = F. Q = your murderous traytors 287 SH GENTLEMAN = F. Q = Cap. 290 him = F. Q = them 295 This … sight. = F. Not in Q 298 you that = F. Q = that 302 first = F. Q = life 309 says = F. Q = sees 327 sir. = F. Q = sir, O, o, o, o. 328–29 Do … there! = F. Not in Q 331 SH KENT = F. Q = Lear 342 realm = F. Q = kingdome 345 SH EDGAR = F. Q = Duke

QUARTO PASSAGES THAT DO

NOT APPEAR IN THE FOLIO

Lines are numbered continuously, for ease of reference.

Following 1.2.88:

EDMUND    Nor is not, sure¹.

GLOUCESTER    To his father, that so tenderly and entirely loves him.

Heaven and earth!

Following 1.2.130:

as of unnaturalness⁴ between the child and the parent,

death, dearth, dissolutions of ancient amities, divisions⁵ in

state, menaces and maledictions⁶ against king and nobles,

needless diffidences, banishment of friends, dissipation of⁷

cohorts, nuptial breaches⁸, and I know not what.

EDGAR    How long have you been a sectary astronomical⁹?

EDMUND    Come, come,

Following 1.3.16:

Not to be overruled. Idle¹¹ old man,

That still would manage those authorities

That he hath given away! Now by my life

Old fools are babes again, and must be used¹⁴

With checks as flatteries, when they are seen abused¹⁵.

Following 1.4.131:

FOOL That lord that counselled thee to give away thy land,

Come place him here by me, do thou for him stand¹⁷,

The sweet and bitter fool will presently¹⁸ appear:

The one in motley¹⁹ here, the other found out there.

LEAR    Dost thou call me fool, boy?

FOOL    All thy other titles thou hast given away, that thou

wast born with.

KENT    This is not altogether fool²³ my lord.

FOOL    No, faith, lords and great men will not let me, if I