A TRAGEDY. EDITIONS COLLATED. ift Quarto. M.William Shak-speare: his True Chronicle Hiftorie of the Life and Death of King Lear, and his three Daughters. With the unfortunate Life of Edgar, Sonne and Heire to the Earle of Glofter, and his fullen and affumed humor of Tom of Bedlam: as it was played before the King's Majestie at Whitehall upon S. Stephans night in Christmas Hollidayes. By his Majefties fervants playing usually at the Gloabe on the Bancke-fide. London, Printed for Nathaniel † Butter, and are to be fold at his fhop in Pauls Church-yard at the fign of the Pide Bull near St. Auftins Gate, 1608. 2d Quarto. M. William Shake-fpeare, his true Chronicle History, &c. (as in the 1ft) Printed for Death *P. and all after call it, The Life and Death of King Lear; which is, to be fure, nearer to the title of the qu's: but it is evi. dent this is not a proper title, as the play takes in but a small part of Lear's life. The fo's call it, The Tragedy of King Lear. And R. King Lear, a Tragedy. 7. calls him Butler. Nathaniel Nathaniel Butter, (without any direction to the place of fale) 1608. [These two Quarto's, though of tlie fame date, appear to be different editions, not only as the one has not the place of fale fet down in the title page, which is fet down in the other; but as they have different readings; and the pages do not tally together. In the course of collating this play, I have had reafon to think that the quarto which I have marked the ft, is the older edition of the twọ. And it may be observed, that the folio's read more after the ift than the 2d.] The four folio's; and the modern editions of Rowe, Pope, Theobald, Hanmer, Warburton, and Johnson, to which references are made by the initial letters of the editors names. DRA Æ. DRAMATIS PERSONE. LEAR, King of Britain, King of France, Duke of Albany, Earl of Glofter, Earl of Kent, Edgar, Son to Glofter, Edmund, Baftard Son to Curan, a Courtier, Doctor, Fool, Ofwald, Steward to Gonerill, A Captain employed by } Gentleman, Attendant on Act II. Sc. 4, 6, 11, 12,, Sc. 8, 10, 11. Act I. Sc. 2, 3, 15, 16. A& IV. Sc. 2. A V. Sc. 1, 2, 6, Act I. Sc. 1, 2, 3, 7. 7, 10, 11, 12, 13. 11. Act IV. Sc. Sc. 4. 7, 8, 9, 10. A&t II. Sc. 3, 4, 6, A&t III. Sc. 4, 7, 9, 1, 6, 7, 8, 9.* Act V. A&t I. Sc. 1, 2, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17. Act Act I. Sc. 9. Act II. Sc. 2, 8. A& III. Act I. Sc. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. A& II. Sc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6. 6, 7, 8, 9. A& II. Sc. I. A&t I. Sc. 13, 14, Act I. Sc. 11, 12, A& V. Sc. 5, 7. Act III. Sc. 4, 8, 10. Act V. Sc. 1, 2, 3, 5, 15, 16, 17. A& II. Sc. A&t III. Sc. 2, 3, 5, 6, 16. Act II. Sc. 5, 6. A&t V. Sc. 5, 9, } Aa IV. Sc. 3, 8, 9. A Herald, Regan, Daughters to Cordelia, A& I. Sc. 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 14, 15, 16. A& II. Sc. 12, 13. IV. Sc. 2. A& V. Sc. 1, 6, 7. A& I. Sc. 2, 3, 4. A&t II. Sc. 4, 6, 11, A&t I. Sc. 2, 3, 4, 5. Act IV. Sc. 4, 10. Knights attending on the King, Officers, Meffengers, Sol diers, and Attendants. SCENE lies in BRITAIN. * The qu's spell this Gonerill. A SKETCH |