With this thin helm? ( Mine f enemy's dog,

Though he had bit me, should have stood that night

Against my fire. And was thou fain, poor father,
To hovel thee with fwine and rogues forlorn,
In short and musty straw? alack, alack!
'Tis wonder, that thy life and wits, at once,
Had not concluded 1 all. He wakes; speak to him.

h

Phyf. Madam, do you i, 'tis fittest.

Cor. How does my royal lord? how fares your majefty? Lear. You do me wrong to take me out o'th' grave. Thou art a foul in blifs, but I am bound

Upon a wheel of fire; that mine own tears
Do fcald like molten lead.

Cor. Sir, do you know me?

Lear. You are a fpirit I know: m when did you
Cor. Still, ftill, far wide-

Phyf. He's fcarce awake; let him alone awhile.

die?

Lear. Where have I been? where am I? fair day-light? I'm mightily abus'd. I should e'en die with pity,

n

To fee another thus. I know not what to say;

I will not fwear thefe are my hands. Let's fee,
I feel this pin prick: 'would I were affur'd
Of my condition.

e T. W. and J. read my very enemy's, &c.

f The qu's read injurious for enemy's.

g H. reads alack! but once.

h W. reads ah! for all. See Heath in loc.

i After you H. adds speak.

The 1ft q. reads fir know me; the 2d fir, know

ye me?

The ft q. reads yar; the 2d y'are.

m The 1ft q. and 1ft and 2d fo's read where for when. PH. reads much abus'd.

Cor.

°

Cor. O look upon me, fir.

And hold your

hands in benediction o'er me.

9 No, fir, you must not kneel.

Lear. Pray, do not mock r me?

I am a very foolish, fond, old man,

Fourfcore and upwards; and, to deal plainly,
not in my perfect mind.

I fear I am

u

Methinks, I should know you, and know this man;
Yet I am doubtful; for I'm mainly ignorant,
What place this is; and all the skill I have,
Remembers not thefe garments; w nor I know not
Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me,
For, as I am a man, I think this lady

To be my child Cordelia.

Cor. And fox I am; I am.

Lear. Be your tears wet? Yes, 'faith. I pray you,

weep not.

If you have poison for me, I will drink it ;

I know, you do not love me; for your fifters
Have, as I do remember, done me wrong.
You have fome caufe, they have not.

o H. reads on me.

P So the qu's; the reft hand.

¶ The fo's and R. omit no, fir.

The ift q. omits me.

s After upward, the fo's and R. add not an hour more, nor lefs.

After plainly, H. adds with you.

The qu's read not perfect in my mind.

w So all before P. who alters nor to nay; followed by the rest.

* The qu's read I am but once.

R. first inferts you; followed by all after.

Cor. No caufe, no caufe.

Lear. Am I in France?

Kent. In your own kingdom, fir.

Lear. Do not abuse me.

Phyf. Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, You fee is cur'd in him and yet 'tis danger

b

c To make him even o'er the time he has loft.

Defire him to go in; d trouble him no more
Till further fettling.

Cor. Will't please your highness walk ?

Lear. You must bear with me;

Gent. Holds it true, fir, that the duke of Cornwall was so

flain?

Kent. Moft certain, fir.

Gent. Who is conductor of his people?

Kent. As 'tis faid, the baftard fon of Glofter.

Gent. They fay, Edgar, his banifht fon is with the earl

of Kent in Germany.

The fo's and R. read kill'd for cur'd.

a What is in italic is omitted in the fo's, R. P. and H.

b The qu's read it is; T. W. and J. 'twere.

• To make him even, &c.] i. e. to reconcile it to his apprehenfion. W. Before trouble, P. and H. insert and.

• The qu's omit you.

f This remaining part of the scene is omitted in the fo's, R. P. and H.

Kent.

Kent. Report is changeable. 'Tis time to look about; the powers of the kingdom approach apace.

Gent. The arbitrement is like to be bloody.Fare you

well, fir.

[Exit Gentleman.

Kent. My point and period will be throughly wrought, Or well, or ill, as this day's battle's fought.

[Exit Kent.

NOW of the duke, if his laft purpose hold;

KNOW

Or whether fince he is advis'd by aught, To change the courfe? He's full of alteration,

b

And felf-reproving. Bring d his conftant pleasure.
Reg. Our fifter's man is certainly mifcarried.
Edm. 'Tis to be doubted, madam,

Reg. Now, fweet lord,

You know the goodness I intend upon you;

Tell me but truly-but then fpeak the truth,
Do you not love my sister?

Edm. In honour'd love.

• Reg. But have you never found

To the fore-fended place?

f Edm. That thought abufes you.

a So the qu's, which feems fufficient, as no particular gentleman appears. W. and J. read gentleman and foldiers; the rest gentlemen and foldiers for and their powers.

b The ft q. reads abdication.

c P. reads and self-reproving brings his confiant pleasure.

di. e. his fettled refolution. J.

J. omits the four following fpeeches, without giving notice. f The two following fpeeches are omitted by all but the qu's.

Reg.