[4264] Gone, sir:] Gon sir, Qq. Gone sir, F1. Good sir, F2 F3 F4. Gone, sir? Jennens. Gone, sir. Knight. Go on, sir; Jackson conj. Going, sir, Grant White conj.
[4265] And yet ... past.] Marked as 'Aside' by Capell.
[4266] may] my Q2.
[4267] treasury] treasure F2 F3 F4.
[4268] had thought] thought had Q1 Q3.
[4269] Ho, ... speak!] Hoa, you, hear you, friend! Sir! Sir! speak! Theobald. Ho, you sir, you sir, friend! Hear you, sir? Speak: Capell.
friend] om. Qq.
Hear] heare Qq F1. here F2 F3 F4.
speak] speak, speak Keightley.
[4270] Thus ... revives.] Marked as 'Aside' by Capell.
[4271] Hadst ... air,] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
gossamer] goss'mer Pope. gosmore Qq. gozemore Ff. gossemeer Capell.
feathers,] feathers and F2 F3 F4.
[4272] Thou'dst] F1. Thoud'st F2 F3 F4. Thou hadst Qq.
[4273] not;] not? Jennens.
speak'st] F1 F2. speakst Q1 Q3. speakest Q2. speak F3 F4.
sound.] sound? F4.
[4274] at each] Qq Ff. at least Rowe. attacht Pope. on end Johnson conj. a-stretch Jennens conj. at reach Steevens conj. at end Jackson conj. at eche Singer (ed. 2). at eke Grant White conj. at length Jervis conj. at lash Anon. conj.
[4275] fell] fallen Rowe.
[4276] no?] no I Q2.
[4277] summit] Rowe (ed. 2). summet F2 F3 F4. somnet F1. summons Q1 Q3. sommons Q2.
bourn.] bourn! Pope. bourn F3 F4. bourne F1 F2. borne, Qq.
[4278] a-height] Hyphened by Warburton.
shrill-gorged] shrill-gorg'd F1. shrill gorg'd Qq. shrill-gor'd F2 F3. shrill gor'd F4.
[4279] up.] up? Q2.
[4280] death? 'Twas] death twas Q2.
[4281] arm:] arme? Q2.
[4282] How is't? Feel] how feele Qq.
[4283] o' the] o' th' F1. oth' F2 F3 F4. of the Qq.
cliff, what] cliffe, what Q1 Q3. cliffe what Q2. cliffe. What Ff.
[4284] unfortunate] unfortune F2.
beggar] bagger Q2.
[4285] methought] Q1. me thought Ff Q3. me thoughts Q2.
[4286] he had] Ff. a had Qq.
[4287] whelk'd] Hanmer. welkt Q1 Q3. welk't Q2. wealk'd F1 F2. walk'd F3 F4.
enridged] Qq. enraged Ff.
[4288] clearest] F3 F4. cleerest Qq F1 F2. clarest Pope.
make them] Ff. made their Qq.
[4289] die] dye (in italics) Capell.
die. That] die that Q2.
[4290] 'twould] Ff. would he Q1 Q3. would it Q2.
[4291] 'The fiend, the fiend:' he] The fiend, the fiend—he Rowe. The fiend, the fiend, he Q1 Ff. The fiend the fiend, he Q2. The fiend, the fiend he Q3.
[4292] Bear ... here?] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
Bear free] F3 F4. Beare free F1 F2. Bare, free Q1 Q3. Bare free Q2.
Enter Lear ...] Capell. Enter Lear mad. Qq (after thus, line 82). Enter Lear. Ff (after thoughts). Enter Lear, drest madly with Flowers. Theobald (after thoughts).
[4293] Scene vii. Pope.
[4294] The ... thus.] As in Ff. One line in Qq.
[4295] safer] sober Warburton. saner Johnson conj.
will] would Hanmer.
[4296] coining] coyning Qq. crying Ff.
[4297] side-piercing] Hyphened in Ff.
[4298] Nature's] F1. Nature is Qq. Natures F2 F3 F4.
[4299] crow-keeper] cow-keeper Rowe (ed. 2).
[4300] piece of] om. Qq.
do't] doo't Ff. do it Qq.
[4301] well flown, bird] well-flown bird Eccles conj.
[4302] bird! i' the clout, i' the clout:] bird: i' th' clout, i' th' clout: Ff (ith' F2 F3 F4). birde in the ayre, Qq (bird Q2). barb! i' th' clout, i' th' clout: Theobald (Warburton).
[4303] hewgh] Ff. hagh Qq.
[4304] with ... They with a white beard? They Ff. ha Regan, they Qq.
[4305] white] Qq. the white Ff. three white Anon. conj.
[4306] every thing that] Ff. every thing Q2. all Q1 Q3.
said!... too was] saide: I and no too was Q1 Q3. saide, I and no toe, was Q2. said: I, and no too, was Ff. said ay and no to, was Grant White (Anon. apud Pye conj.)
[4307] the wind] wind F2 F3 F4.
[4308] 'em ... 'em] them ... them Qq.
[4309] men] women Upton conj.
o' their] F1 F3 F4. otheir F2. of their Qq.
[4310] ague-proof] F4. agu-proofe F1 F2. agu-proof F3. argue-proofe Qq.
[4311] The ... king?] Prose in Qq F4.
[4312] Ay ... cause?] Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.
[4313] every] ever Q2.
[4314] quakes] quake S. Walker conj.
[4315] I pardon ... Adultery?] What was the cause? Adultery. I pardon that man's life. Eccles conj.
[4316] thy] the Pope.
[4317] Adultery?] om. Seymour conj.
[4318] Adultery?... soldiers.] Arranged as in Johnson. Six lines, ending for adultery?... fly ... thrive: ... father, ... sheets ... souldiers, in Ff. Prose in Qq. Capell ends the lines Adultery.— ... No: ... fly ... thrive: ... father, ... sheets ... soldiers.
[4319] die: die for] F3 F4. dye: dye for F1 F2. dye for Q1. die for Q2 Q3.
[4320] Does] do's Ff. do Q1 Q3. doe Q2.
[4321] than] Than were Capell.
[4322] sheets.] sheets, were unto me. Keightley.
[4323] Behold ... inherit,] Arranged as by Johnson. Prose in Qq Ff.
[4324] yond] F1 F2. yon Qq F3. you F4.
[4325] presages] Ff. presageth Qq.
[4326] minces] mimics Collier (Collier MS.)
does] do's F1 F3 F4. dos F2. do Qq.
[4328] name; The] name. The Ff. name to Qq.
[4329] soiled] soyled Qq Ff. stalled Warburton. spoiled Daniel conj. soil'd Keightley, reading To hear ... appetite as two lines, the first ending nor.
[4330] waist] waste Q1 Ff Q3. wast Q2.
they are] tha're Q2. they're Johnson.
[4331] Beneath ... pit,] Arranged as in Globe ed. Prose in Qq Ff. Johnson reads Beneath ... darkness as one line.
[4332] is all] it is all Warburton.
fiends'] Capell. fiends Qq Ff. fiend's Johnson.
[4333] there's the sulphurous] Edd. (Globe ed.) theres the sulphury Qq (ther's Q2). there is the sulphurous Ff.
[4334] Burning] there's burning Keightley, ending the lines stench, ... me ... apothecary ... there's ... thee.
consumption] Ff. consummation Q1 Q3. consumation Q2.
[4335] Give ... thee.] Prose in Qq Ff. Two lines, the first ending apothecary, in Johnson.
civet, good apothecary, to sweeten] Punctuated as in Qq. Civet; good Apothecary sweeten Ff.
[4336] Let me ... mortality] Two lines in Ff. Here ... mortality. Qq (as one line).
[4337] O ... me?] As in Rowe. Three lines in Ff. Prose in Qq.
[4338] Shall] Ff. shold Q1. should Q2 Q3.
nought] naught Qq Ff.
Dost thou] Do'st thou Ff. do you Qq.
[4339] thine] Ff. thy Qq.
[4340] squiny] squint Q3.
at me] Ff. on me Qq.
[4342] the letters] Qq. thy letters Ff.
one] om. F1 F2.
[4343] I would ... at it] As in Theobald. Prose in Qq. Two lines, the first ending report, in Ff. Marked as 'Aside' by Hanmer.
[4344] the case] this case Rowe.
[4345] nor no] nor Q1 Q3.
[4346] a heavy] heavy F3 F4.
[4347] light] light one Keightley.
[4348] goes.] Q2 Ff. goes? Q1 Q3.
[4349] this] Ff. the Qq.
[4350] thine] Ff. thy Qq.
[4351] yond ... yond] Ff. yon ... yon Qq.
[4352] thine] Ff. thy Qq.
[4353] change places, and] Omitted in Qq.
[4354] justice ... thief] theefe ... Iustice Qq.
[4355] Ay,] I Qq F1 F2. om. F3 F4.
[4356] dog's obeyed] dogge, so bad Q1 Q3. dogge, so bade Q2.
[4357] Thou ... cozener.] Arranged as in Pope. Prose in Qq Ff.
[4358] thine] Qq. thy Ff.
[4359] Thou hotly lust'st] Rowe. thou hotly lusts Ff. thy blood hotly lusts Qq (bloud Q2).
[4360] cozener] cosioner Q2.
[4361] Through ... not.] Arranged as in Rowe. Prose in Qq Ff.
[4362] Through] Qq. Thorough Ff.
tatter'd] F1 F2. tattered Q1 Q3. tottered Q2. and tatter'd F3 F4.
clothes] ragges Q1 Q3. raggs Q2.
small] Q1 Q3. smal Q2. great Ff.
[4363] hide] Ff. hides Qq.
Plate sin] Theobald (ed. 2). Plate sins Pope. Place sinnes F1 F2. Place sinns F3. Place sins F4.
[4364] Plate ... lips.] Omitted in Qq.
[4367] Now, now, now, now] Ff. No, now Q1 Q3. no now Q2.
harder, harder] pull harder, harder Keightley.
[4368] Now ... so.] One line of verse in Pope (ed. 2). Capell reads Pull ... so as one line.
[4369] O ... madness!] As in Ff. One line in Qq.
[4370] impertinency mix'd!] Impertinency mixt, Ff. impertinency, mixt Q1. impertinencie mixt Q2.
[4371] If ... her to. Verse in Ff. Prose in Qq.
[4372] fortunes] Ff. fortune Qq.
[4373] know'st] knowest Q2.
[4374] wawl] wawle Ff. waile Q1 Q3. wayl Q2.
mark.] marke me. Qq. mark—Rowe.
[4375] This's a good block.] Edd. This a good blocke. Qq. This a good blocke: F1 F2. This a good block: F3 F4. This a good block!— Rowe. This a good flock!— Johnson conj. This a good block? Steevens (1778). Tis a good block. Ritson conj. This' a good block:— Dyce (S. Walker conj.) 'Tis a good plot. Collier (Collier MS.)
[4376] shoe] shoo F1. shooe F2 F3 F4. shoot Qq. suit Anon. conj.
[4378] I have] I've Pope.
stol'n] stole Qq.
sons-in-law] sonnes in law Q1 Q3. sonne in lawes Q2. son in lawes F1. sonnes in lawes F2. sons in laws F3. sons-in-laws F4.
[4379] Enter ... Attendants.] Rowe. Enter three Gentlemen. Qq. Enter a Gentleman. Ff. Enter Gentleman, Attendants of Cordelia; and Guard. Capell.
[4380] Scene viii. Pope.
hand] Ff. hands Qq.
him. Sir,] him; sir, Rowe. him sirs. Q1 Q3. him sirs, Q2. him, sir. Ff.
[4381] Your ... daughter—] Ff. Omitted in Q1 Q3. your most deere Q2 (at the end of line 187).
[4382] even] Ff. eene Qq.
[4383] ransom] a ransom Q1 Q3.
a surgeon] Capell. a chirurgeon Q1 Q3. a churgion Q2. surgeons Ff.
[4384] to the] Q2. to 'th Q1 Q3. to'th' F1. toth' F2. to th' F3 F4.
[4385] a man a man] Ff. a man Qq.
[4386] garden] garding Q3.
[4388] die] bid Becket conj.
[4389] Then ... sa.] Prose in Qq and Capell. Two lines, the first ending get it, in Ff.
[4390] Nay, if] nay if Q1 Q3. nay and Q2. Come, and Ff. Come, an Pope. Nay, an Capell. Nay, come, an Jennens.
[4391] by] Ff. with Qq.
Sa, sa, sa, sa.] Omitted in Qq.
[Exit ...] Exit, running; Attendants and Guard follow. Capell. Exit King running. Qq. Exit. Ff.
[4392] one] Qq. a Ff.
[4393] have] Ff. hath Qq. had Anon. conj.
[4394] sir,] Ff. om. Qq.
[4395] Most ... sound.] Divided as in Q2. The first line ends at heares in Q1 Q3; at vulgar in Ff.
[4396] one] ones Q1 Q3.
hears that] F3 F4. heares that F1 F2. heares Q1 Q3. here's that Q2.