[3460] weak] 'wake Hanmer.

seem so] deem't so Warburton.

[3461] month] F₄. moneth Qq F₁ F₂ F₃.

[3462] I am] I'm Pope.

[3463] To wage ... owl,—] Theobald transposed these lines.

[3464] wage] wage war Keightley.

o' the] oth' F₁ F₂. o' th' F₃ F₄. of the Qq.

[3465] owl,—] owle, or owl, Qq Ff. howl Collier (Collier MS.)

[3466] hot-blooded] Pope. hot-bloodied Ff. hot blood in Qq (bloud Q₂).

[3467] took ... brought] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[3468] knee] knee to Anon. conj. MS. See note (V).

beg] bag Q₂.

[3469] [Pointing ...] Dyce. Looking on the Steward. Johnson.

[3470] I] Ff. Now I Qq.

[3471] that's in] Ff. that lies within Qq.

[3472] boil] Malone. byle Q₁ F₁ F₂ Q₃. bile Q₂ F₃ F₄.

[3473] A ... In my] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[3474] plague-sore] Hyphened in F₃ F₄.

an] Qq. or Ff.

[3475] call it] callit Q₂ (Dev.)

[3476] thunder-bearer] thunder-beater Warburton.

[3477] takes] tailes Q₂.

high-judging Hyphened in Ff.

[3478] Not ... passion] Arranged as in Ff. Four lines, ending yet, ... welcome, ... those ... passion, in Qq.

[3479] altogether so] Ff. altogether so sir Qq. all together Pope. allto so Seymour conj.

[3480] look'd] Ff. looke Qq.

[3481] sir] Q₂ Ff. om. Q₁ Q₃.

[3482] your] you F₂.

[3483] you old] Ff. you are old Qq.

so—] Rowe. so, Qq Ff.

[3484] spoken] Ff. spoken now Qq.

[3485] what, fifty] Rowe. what fifty Qq Ff.

[3486] sith that] since Pope.

[3487] Speak] F₃ F₄. Speake F₁ F₂. Speakes Qq.

one house] Ff. a house Qq.

[3488] almost] om. Seymour conj.

[3489] Why ... you,] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

chanced] chanc'd Ff. chancst Q₁. chanc'st Q₂. chancest Q₃.

you] Qq. ye Ff.

[3490] you will] you'll Pope.

[3491] For ... danger,] Put in parenthesis in Q₁ Ff Q₃.

[3492] but] om. F₃ F₄.

[3493] all—] Rowe. all. Qq Ff.

[3494] kept] keep F₃ F₄.

follow'd] Pope. followed Qq Ff.

[3495] What] om. Pope.

[3496] twenty, Regan?] Capell. twenty, Regan, Q₁ Q₃. twentie, Regan Q₂. twenty? Regan, Ff.

[3497] speak't] speak it Capell.

[3498] wicked ... wicked] wrinkled ... wrinkled Warburton.

[3499] look] seeme Q₁ Q₃. seem Q₂.

[3500] the] om. Pope.

[3501] [To Gon.] Hanmer.

[3502] art] hast Pope.

[3503] need] needs Q₁ Q₃. needes Q₂.

[3504] need] deed Qq.

[3505] life's as] Q₁ Q₃. life as Q₂. life is Ff.

beast's] Capell. beasts Qq F₃ F₄. beastes F₁ F₂. beasts' Hanmer.

[3506] wear'st] Ff. wearest Qq.

[3507] warm. But ... need,—] warm; but ... need,— Warburton. warme, but ... need, Qq Ff.

[3508] that patience, patience] that patience which Pope. that: patience, patience Jennens. patience:—patience Mason conj. patience!—that or that patience that Ritson conj. that patience Grant White (Malone conj.) but patience! that Collier MS. but patience that Collier conj. your patience that Nicholson conj.

[3509] man] fellow Qq.

[3510] stirs] F₄. stirres Q₁ Q₂ F₁ F₂ F₃. stirrs Q₃. stir Rowe.

[3511] so] Ff. too Q₁. to Q₂ Q₃.

[3512] tamely] lamely Qq.

[3513] And let] O let Qq.

[3514] [Storm heard at a distance. Capell conj. MS.

[3515] shall—] Q₁ Ff Q₃. shall, Q₂.

things,—] Capell. things, Qq Ff.

[3516] earth.] earth; Q₁ Q₃ F₃. earth, Q₂ F₄. earth? F₁ F₂.

[3517] No ... flaws,] Arranged as by Steevens (1778). Two lines, the first ending weeping, in Qq Ff.

[3518] I have] Though I have Hanmer, dividing as Qq Ff, and reading with Pope.

but this] This Pope.

[3519] into a hundred thousand] Ff. in a 100. thousand Q₂. in a thousand Q₁ Q₃. into a thousand Pope.

flaws] flowes Qq.

[3520] Or ere] Q₂ F₁ F₂. Ere Q₁ Q₃. Or e'er F₃ F₄.

I'll] ile Qq. Ile F₁. I F₂ F₃ F₄.

[Exeunt ... Fool.] Q₁ Q₃, substantially. Exeunt Lear, Leister, Kent.... Q₂. Exeunt. Ff. Exeunt ... Gentleman, and Fool. Capell.

[3521] Corn.] Ff. Duke. Qq.

withdraw; 'twill] withdraw us; it will Keightley.

[Storm and tempest.] Ff, after weeping, line 281. Transferred by Pope. Omitted in Qq. Storm heard at a Distance. Capell, after 'Exeunt ... Fool.'

Scene xii. Pope. Scene xiii. Warburton.

[3522] Let ... folly.] As in Qq Ff. Four lines, ending house ... cannot ... put ... folly, in Capell. Keightley ends them storm ... people ... blame; ... folly.

[3523] little] small Pope.

and his] Qq. an'ds F₁. and's F₂ F₃ F₄.

[3524] bestow'd] Ff. bestowed Qq.

[3525] blame; hath] Boswell. blame hath Qq Ff. blame, he 'ath Hanmer. blame; he hath Capell.

[3526] And] He Collier MS.

[3527] Gon.] Ff. Duke. Qq.

purposed] puspos'd Q₂.

[3528] So ... Gloucester?] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[3529] Corn.] Ff. Reg. Qq.

Follow'd] Pope. Followed Qq Ff. Follow Johnson (1771).

Re-enter....] As in Dyce. Enter.... Qq Ff, after line 291. Re-enter.... Capell, after line 291.

[3530] rage. Corn. ... whither.] As in Ff. rage, and will I know not whether. Qq.

[3531] Whither] F₃ F₄. Whether F₁ F₂.

[3532] whither] F₃ F₄. whether F₁ F₂.

[3533] Corn.] Ff. Reg. Q₁ Q₃. Re. Q₂.

best] good Qq.

[3534] bleak] Q₂. bleake Q₁ Q₃. high Ff.

[3535] Do ... bush.] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[3536] ruffle] Ff. russell Q₁ Q₃. russel Q₂. rustle Capell.

[3537] There's] There is Q₃.

scarce] not Qq.

[3538] to] too Q₁ F₁ Q₃.

[3539] wild] wil'd F₁ F₂.

[3540] Regan] Reg Q₂.

o' the] oth' F₁ F₂. o' th' F₃ F₄. ath Q₁ Q₃. at'h Q₂.

[Exeunt.] Exeunt omnes. Q₁ Q₃.