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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, 


LEGAL INSTRUMENTS, 
THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR, 
AND 
A SMALL FRAGMENT OF HAMLET, 
FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS. OF 


WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE. 


MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS 


AND 


LEGAL INSTRUMENTS 


UNDER THE HAND AND SEAL OF 


WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE: 


INCLUDING THE TRAGEDY 


OF 


KING LEAR, 


AND A SMALL FRAGMENT 


HAMLET, 


FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS, 


IN THE POSSESSION OF 


SAMUEL IRELAND, 
OF NORFOLK STREET, 


*“Quop oprantr DivuM PROMITTERE NEMO 
‘© AUDERET, VOLVENDA DIES EN ATTULIT ULTRO.”? 


Ain. IX. 6. 


London : 


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Printed by Cooper and Grauam, Bow Street, Covent Garden. 

Publifhed by Mr, Ecerron, Whitehall; Meffrs. Wuire, Fleet 
Street; Meffrs. Leico and Soruesy, York Street, Gavent 
Garden; Mr. Rosson, and Mr. Fautper; New Bond Street; 
and 1 Mr. SAEL, oppofite St. Clement’s Church, 


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PREFACE. 


THE Editor of this Volume here prefents the 
Public with a part of that valuable treafure of our 
SHAKSPEARE, which, having been by accident 
difcovered in MS., has fince been depofited in his 
hands. From the firft moment of this difcovery 
to the prefent hour, Mr. Ireland has inceffantly 
laboured, by all the means in his power, to inform 
himfelf with refpect to the validity of thefe in- 
terefling papers. 


Throughout this period there has not been an 
ingenuous character, or difinterefted individual, in 
the circle of Literature, to whofe critical eye he has 
not been earneft, that the whole fhould be fubjected. 
He has courted, he has even challenged, the critical 
judgment of thofe, who are beft {killed in the Poe- 
try and Phrafeology of the times in which Shak- 
{peare lived; as well as thofe, whofe profeffion or 
courfe of ftudy has made them converfant with 
ancient deeds, writings, feals and autographs. 
Wide and extenfive as this range may appear, and 
it includes the Scholar, the Man of 'Tafte, the Anti- 
quarian, and the Herald, his enquiries have not 
refted in the clofet of the Speculatift; he has been 


vi PREFACE. 


equally anxious that the whole fhould be fubmitted 
to the practical experience of the Mechanic, and 
be pronounced upon by the paper-maker, &c., as 
well as the Author. He has ever been defirous of 
placing them in any view, and under any light, 
that could be thrown upon them ; and he has, in 
confequence, the fatisfaction of announcing to the 
Public, that, as far as he has been able to colle@ 
the fentiments of the feveral claffes of perfons above 
referred to, they have unanimoully teftified in fa- 
vour of their authenticity ; and declared, that, where 
there was fuch a mafs of evidence, internal and 
external, it was impoflible, amidft fuch various 
fources of detection, for the art of imitation to 
have hazarded fo much without betraying itfelf; 
and, confequently, that zhe/e Papers can be no other 
than the production of Shak/peare himfelf. 


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It may be expected, that fomething be faid by 
the Editor, of the manner in which thefe papers 
came into his hands. He received them from his 
fon, Samuel-William-Henry Ireland, a young man 
then under nineteen years of age; by whom the 
difcovery was accidentally made at the houfe of a 
gentleman of confiderable property. 


Amongtft a mafs of family papers, the Contracts 
between Shakfpeare, Lowine, and Condelle, and 


a a ln lt. a 


PREFACE. Vil 
the Leafe granted by him and Hemynge to Michael 


Frafer, which was firft found, were difcovered ; 
and foon afterwards the Deed of Gift to William 
Henry Ireland, (defcribed as the friend of Shak- 
{peare, in confequence of his having faved his life 
on the river Thames, when in extreme danger of 
being drowned) and alfo the Deed of Truft to John 
Hemynge, were difcovered. In purfuing this 
fearch he was fo fortunate as to meet with fome 
deeds very material to the interefts of this gentle- 
man, and fuchas eftablithed, beyond all doubt, his 
title to a confiderable property: deeds of which 
this gentleman was as ignorant, as he was of his 
having in his pofieffion any of the MSS. of Shak- 
fpeare. In return for this fervice, added to the 
confideration that the young man bore the fame 
name and arms with the perfon who faved the life 
of Shak{peare, this gentleman promifed him every 
thing relative to the prefent fubject, that had been 
or fhould be found either in town, or at his houfe 
in the country. At this houfe the principal part 
of the papers, together with a great variety of books, 
containing his MS. notes, and three MS. plays, 


with part of another, were difcovered. 


Fortified as he is with the opinion of the unpre- 
judiced and intelligent, the Editor will not allow 
that it can be prefumption in him to fay, that he 


Viil PREFACE. 

has no doubt of the truth and authenticity of that, 
which he lays before the Public. Of this fact he 
is as fully fatisfied, as he is with the honour that 
has been obferved towards him throughout the 
whole communication made to him upon this fub- 
jet. So circumftanced, he fhould not feel juftified 
in importuning or any way requefting a gentleman, 
to whom he is known only by obligation, and not 
perfonally, to fubject himfelf to the impertinence 
and licentioufnefs of literary curiofity and cavil, 
unlefs he fhould himfelf voluntarily come forward. 
But this is not all. It was not till after the 
mafs of papers received became voluminous, that 
Mr. Ireland had any idea of printing them: he 
then applied to the original poffeflor for his per- 
miffion fo to do; and this was not obtained but 
under the ftrongeft injunction, that his name 
fhould not appear.— This injunction has, through- 
out all the ftages of this bufinefs, been uniformly 
declared: and, as this gentleman has dealt moft 
liberally with the Editor, he can confidently fay, 
that in his turn he has with equal opennefs and 
candour conducted himfelf towards the Public; 
to whom, immediately upon every communication 
made, every thing has been fubmitted without 
referve. 


But, it is faid, that the difclofure of the name 


PREFACE. ix 


of the gentleman, from whom thefe papers came 
would remove all doubts, and fettle all men’s minds 
upon the fubjeét. He believes, and is confident, 
that with fome it would. But who is it that fays 
this? It cannot be the real Critic, or Antiquarian. 
He will not fay, that his art or fcience amounts to 
nothing, and that his lucubrations are idle and ufe- 
lefs. But if the point cannot finally or fatisfac- 
torily be decided either by the thing written, its 
paper or parchment vehicle, or feals appendant, or 
the other circumftances under which it was intro. 
duced, and muft depend wholly upon the place and 
perfon from whom they came, what becomes of 
the acumen of the Critic, or the {kill and labour 
of the Antiquarian? By this rule it is a queftion 
for another jurifdiction; and the occupation of the 
Critic and Antiquarian is gone. 


Many authors, poffeffed of rare and extraordi- 
nary talents, have been occafionally imitated; but, 
fo fuperior and tranfcendant is the Genius of 
Shakfpeare, that fcarce any attempts to rival or imi- 
tate him, and thofe too contemptible to notice, 
have ever been made. With a wit fo pregnant, an 
imagination fo unbounded, fuch an intuitive know- 
ledge of the workings of the human heart, fo fim- 
ple and fo fublime, it ia that the feal of 


Ps PREFACE. 


heaven had been ftamped on the production of his 
mind, and that 


«© Nature herfelf was proud of his defigns, 
“© And joy’d to wear the dreffing of his lines.” | 


To the man of tafte, and lover of fimplicity, to 
the found Critic, it is conceived, upon: collating 
them, it will appear, that the alterations made in 
the printed copies of Lear are manifeftly introduced 
by the players, and are deviations from,that {pon- 
taneous flow of foul and fimple diction; which, fo 
eminently diftinguifh this great Author; this Child 
of Nature; and that the additions and alterations 
interfperfed, which, in the eyes of the players, 
were, no doubt, fplendid improvements, have not 
unfrequently been introduced at the expence of the 
natural courfe of the narrative, the regular detail of 
the fact, and uniformity of the author’s ftyle; 
which, whether it is employed on great things or 
{mall, in exprefling humble or lofty images, 1s in- 
variably without labour or effort, and without.any 
thing like hardnefs or inverfion. ‘Thefe too are 
among tft the reafons that have perfuaded the Editor, 
that thefe papers are genuine; for, it is prefumed, 
the MS. here prefented to the Public muft have 
been the original, and, probably, the only one by 
the author. 


PREFACE. XI 


Next to the crime of attempting to impofe on 
others, and inviting them to countenance the im- 
pofition, is the cruel and unmanly charge of taxing 
another with fo unworthy adefign. . To the Editor 
that charge has been imputed: and to this he can 
with truth reply, that no. confideration fhould, 
under fuch circumftances, have induced him to 
practife fuch a fraud, had the ety of the thing 
pretended. been ever-fo excellent; and that, had-even 
the poffibility of forging. thefe papers been in his 
eftimation within,the reach of art, they never fhould 
have met the public ‘eye. The contrary opinion 
having been eftablifhed by the beft and aes 
judgments, he has been emboldened with the fullett 
confidence thus to, grati ify his private wifhes, as 
well asa duty, which he feels he owes. to. the 
Public, in fubmitting them to their infpedction. 


It was the great object of the Editor to obtain 
the fair and free fuffrages of the literary world, 
that they fhould. {ee sak their own eyes, and 
judge with. their, own underftandings,; and with 
this view he dedicated his.timeto.them. Should 
it; therefore, be poflible that either artifice or in- 
fluence has been ufed to prevent any one from gra- 
tifying that curiofity, fo natural, to the mind of 
man upon a fubject - fo interefting, no one can be 


fo weak as to be afra lofsto me the. motive. 
b 2, 


xu PREFACE. 


And if any one, whofe difpofitions and ftudies 
have throughout life engaged and riveted him in 
thefe fafcinating purfuits, fhall be found to have 
been diverted by fuch means, be affured that fome- 
thing more than Truth and candid Criticifm muft, 
in fuch inftance, have been the object of him who 
could condefcend to occupy himfelf in offices, at 
any rate, fo unbecoming and ungenerous. Above 
all, if any one, who has ufed fuch mifchievous 
activity, has himfelf never feen the papers which 
he pronounces {purious, and yet labours to prevent 
conviction reaching the eyes and underftandings of 
iis friends, the Editor might have been well ex- 
cufed, could he have forefeen fo illiberal an oppo- 
fition to this great and national difcovery, had he 
declined to devote near twelve months of his time 
to the Public, and to have embarked fo large a fum 
in this undertaking, as yet to fubject him to a 
confiderable lofs. 


In the original MS. of Lear no punctuation Is 
any where'to be found ; nor are there ftrokes to the 
?s or dots to the 7’s. Thefe laft, which may affift 
the reader, and cannot poflibly difturb or affe& the 
fenfe, the Editor has fupplied; but in every other 
refpect he has left the text’ precifely as he found 
it. In the MS. there are many notes vifible on the 
backs of the fheets, figned W.S. or W™. Shak- 


PREFACE. xii 


fpeare: great, pains have been ufed to decypher 
them, but the pen has been croffed over with fo 
much care, that it has been found impracticable. 


The {mall fragment of Hamlet, as far as it goes, 
will produce reflections in the mind of the reader 
fimilar to thofe which muft have fuggefted them- 
{elves upon the perufal of the Lear; and conftrain 
us the more fincerely to regret the lofs of the reft 
of thefe fimple, yet impreflive, effufions of his 
natural and eafy vein. 


In this view it is, that the Editor cannot help 
confidering the recovery of the original of one of 
Shak{peare’s plays as not an event of mere curiofity, 
but as an important acceflion to the Literature of 
his Country... While it lays before them the cha- 
racteriftic features of the ftyle of this greate Author, 
it furnifhes the Scholar and Antiquarian with fure 
grounds, on which he may deduce the hiftory of 
his native tongue. It prefents a ftyle, as undreffed 
as it is uniform; ‘and fo’ much fo, that the Editor 
is thoroughly affured, that whoever will give him- 
felf the trouble of collating a few fcenes, muft, 
if he has the fmalleft critical fagacity, be able to 
pronounce for himfelf with certainty as to almoft 
every inftance, in which the general ftyle of the 
Author is departed from and a new one fubftituted ; 


XiV PREFACE, 

and that, inftead of his fimple phrafeology, and 
fentences framed according to their natural order 
and conftruction, the obvieus general features of 
his own writings, there will be found at intervals 
tumor: and andy trappings, and -hardnefs,.and 
inverfion. 


By way of example, the Editor here lays before 
the Public one,or two inftances: p. 59, line 1153. 


‘¢ Stew 'Tript mee behynde beynge downe ‘in- 
“© fultedde raylde 
‘* ande putte onne hymme foe muche o the Manne 
‘© Thatte worthyedde hymme ande gotte hymme 
‘« prayfes o the Kynge 
« Ande forre the Attempt of thys bys fofte Jub- 
‘* dud exployte 


«¢ Drewe oune mee here agayne.” 


ry 


In the Quarto Edition of 1608 ;. and in the Mo- 
dern Editions, AcT II. Scene II. 


«¢ S7ew. Tript me’ behinde, being downe, | ‘in- 
“© fulted, raild, 
«And -put upon bin Juch a deale of mar, 
GF es “That worthied him, gor-praifes of the King; 
“For himiattempting who was felfe fubdued, 
‘© And in the flechuent of this hi oe 
** Drew on mee heere againe.” 


PREFACE; xv 


In the following {cene, in Edgar’s fpeech; p. 63, 


line 1219. 


‘© Edge Blankette mye loynes pape alle mye 
‘* hayre in Knottes 

‘© Ande zune Adam lyke Nakeddeneffe oute face 

‘© The Winde ande perfecutyonne o the Skye.” 


In the Quarto Edition of 1608 ; and Modern Edi- 
| tions, ScENE III. 


‘‘ Fdg Blanket my loines, e//é all my hair with 
‘< knots; >) 

<< And with prefented nakednes out-face 

<« The winde, and pérfecution of the fkie.”” 


Again, in p. 68, line 1433; the fame SCENE. 


«© Eeare I woud divorce thee fromme thye Mo- 
“« therres Wombe 
‘© Ande faye the Motherre was an Adultreffe.” 


In the Quarto Edition of 1608; the fame ScENE. 


‘* Tear 1 woud divorce me from thy mothéts 
<< zoombe, 


< Sepulchring an adultrefe.” 


XVI PREFACE. 


And again, in p. 140, line 2759. 


‘© Edm Sir I thoughte itte fyszenne toe fende the 
‘* oulde Kynge 
“ Toe clofe retennetyonne.”’ 


In the Quarto Edition of 1608; Act V. Scene Il. 


«« Baft, Sir, I thought it jz 
“ To fend the olde and miferable King 
“© To fome retention, and appointed guard.” 


It is not in the vain expectation of recalling the 
innovating and critical Genius of the prefent age 
to the manly plainnefs and fimplicity of their an- 
ceftors, that this doctrine, fo oppofite to the trade 
of conjectural Criticifm, is advanced ; but a hope 
is indulged by the Editor, that that idea may ever 
be freth and indelible in the breafts of his country- 
men, which one, worthy of being a commentator 
on the Merits and Genius of Shakfpeare, has fo 
nobly. expreffed, that, 


«© Whilft to the fhame of flow endeav’ring art 
‘<< His eafy numbers flow, and that each heart 
<¢ Hath from the leaves of his unvalu’d book 
‘¢ Thofe Delphic lines with deep impreffion took,” 


PREFACE, XV 


this impreffion may neither be weakened nor ef- 
faced by the rafh hand of officious friendfhip, or 


Over-weening vanity ° 


With refpect to the improvement which this 
copy prefents, Mr. Ireland refts not fo much on 
the feveral beautiful paffages here given in addition 
to the printed copies, as he does on the natural 
courfe of the dialogue and turn of the thought ; 
which, injurioufly to the reputation of Shakfpeare, 
has, he affirms, been frequently in thofe copies 
diverted and varied to anfwer the purpofes already 
pointed out. To the intelligent reader it muft be 
unneceflary to enumerate them. ‘The opinion en- 
tertained by the Author of the copies printed in his 
own life time, (unlefs it can be fhewn that this 
Work is a mere fabrication) is afcertained by the 
Deed of Truft to John Hemynge, inferted in this 


work; in which he fays, 


‘* & fho*. they bee everr agayne Impryntedd 
‘¢ J] doe orderr thatt theye bee foe donn from thefe 
** mye true writtenn Playes & nott from thofe nowe 


‘* prynted.” 


In the Lear three leaves are unfortunately want- 
ing in the original MS.; thefe the Editor has 
fupplied from the Quarto Edition of 1608; and 


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XVI PREFACE. 


they will be found in pages 49, 50, 51, $2, 53; 
and s4, marked with inverted commas. ‘The 
Editor, in the pages following the Preface, has 
ventured to fupply fuch words or letters as he con- 
ceives to have been accidentally the omiffion of the 
Author in writing this play; and this mode, he 
flatters himfelf, will be thought preferable to in- 
ferting them in the body of the work. It may 

not be improper to add, that in the paper, on which 
isi Play is written, more than twenty different 
water marks appear 

The Editor informs the Public, that (befides 
the Play of Vortigern, now preparing for reprefen- 
tation at Drury-Lane Theatre) another, and more 
interefting, hiftorical P Jay has been difcovered: 
amonegft the other papers, in the hand writing of 
Shal{peare: this will in due time be laid -before 
the public. He likewife e acquaints them, that he 


is in Beeston of a great part of Shalsigee ire’s Li- 


1 gre 
brary, in which are many books with Notes in his 
own hand, and thofe of a very curious nature. 
Some of thefe he, moft probably, will reprint: 
they exhibit him in a new character,—unite with 
the Bard, the Critic and the Moralift, and difplay 
an acute and penetratit ng judgment, with a difpo- 
fition amiable and obs as his Genius was tran- 
{cendant. Such aview of our immortal Poet mult 


PREFACE. i¢ 


prove highly acceptable to every fincere admirer, 
who will doubtlefs concur with the Editor, that 
nothing fhould be loft, fcarce even 


‘* One drop which fell from Shakfpeare’s pen.” 


6 soe tp, 


Ge serpent ante amie 
tien aie aie 


Words and Letters fupplied that appear to have been 


Page. Line. 
13, 1945 
27, 404, 
26; 428, 
27> 443, 
31, 509s 
— 520, 
33, 558, 
342 570s 
cig nee We 
46, G04, 
— 612, 
37> 634, 
— 643, 
40, 682, 
43, 738; 
44> 759s 
485 930; 
se 938, 


wanting in the MS. 


KING LEAR. 


for gedd read good 

for zhs read thys: the fame word often occurs in the MS., 
and appears to be an abbreviation 

after /bould read mot, and after have read been 

for J read Aye: this was the Author’s ufual mode of 
writing 

after /f read thou 

z is omitted in Coun/ayle 

for wits read with 

after awaye read if 

for getts read fetes 

for Layerre read Lawyerre 

z is omitted in coun/ayld 

for when read were 

omit lye 

quere? if for fyre read fye 

for uffe read curfe 

for ouregarde read o'erguarde 

for 930 read 830 

for m/fe read mu/te 


495 50, 515 §25 53, and 54 of the MS. are loft, and are here inferted 


1097» 
1058, 
1063, 

1083, 
1086, 
1138, 
41953 
12745 

1380, 
1438, 
1449, 

1475; 
1475, 
1484, 
Igits; 
1517; 
1518, 


from the Quarto Edition of 1608, marked with in- 
verted commas 

for difomme read bofomme 

for confaylle read counfaylle 

for were read where 

for iffe read ifte 

after maye read make 

for hafboure read harboure 

for looke read tooke 

for withinne read with 

for 1380 read 1280, and fo on 

for gulytye read gualytye 

for the read then 

for /Aalt read fall 

after mye read curfe 

after mye read manne 

the word in J¢a/ics is underfcored in the MS. 

for fqure read /quire 

after foote read rather 


Words and Letters fu »plied that appear to have been 


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WANTLIA @ ih the LV. S. 


43,, 108 Reg read Regan 
pee y » Terr 4 wh 
1562, for fitbe read Soft 
1556, for coutenaunce read cowmtenaunce 


— 1558, after gave read it 
q 47, ‘Orr, after xorre read bufh 
Hy — 1617, after have read his 
art ies a 
a 81, 1692, a dot over the7in the MS,, the only one that has yet 
i occurred 
ii 88, 1827, after whore read uot 
Nh — . 1831, 7 omitte ed in ferving 
OI, 1888, after brynge read you 


92, 1906, for thruibe vead truthe 
ad 1907, 0 thys hathe is repe ated 
94, 1940, for anid read fatherre 
1941, for apprehe/younne “read apprebenfyoune 
95, 1958, for wores read awhores 
96, 1984, for thorowinge read throwinge 
98, 2023, after pinnyonne read him, and after like read a 
99>, 2040, for guckenne read ¢ Gus ichenite 
100,. 2055, have is repeated 
103, 2113, for were read where 
oa, 1120.) zu nS fhould be 2140: this error in the numeration in 
the MS. is continued to page 125, where it is recti- 
gree at 2520 
105, 164, after Brynge read me 
106, 1179, after /Loud read Like 
107, 1207, after goode read Lorde 
108, I2I 35 for threate read thereat 
one IZ21, after fro mme read pour jifer 
110, 1252, after “Moth ber read Earth 
112, 1290, after muche read come 
115, 1335, for Edm read Edg 
—— I341, a period ufed 
116, 1361, for fahomme read fathomme 
118, 1400, after like read a 
after they read Lye 
120, 1432, que.? fhould not zoe read from 
— 1437, for fralle read /bould 
121, 1442, for were Sis where: in fame line, after are read they 
122, 1463, after that read whore 
123, 1494, Lear {peaks, be t the word Lear is omitted 
1205) 2034, after on read thee 
— 2544, for S$ ape read sycke 
— 2547, after ab Leo read me 
127, -2559, for remebered read remembered 
—— 2565, after oe read Wife 


Words and Letters Supplied that appear to have been 


Page. 
128, 
531, 
132; 


e332 


1345 


Line. 

25793 
2614, 
03's. 
2663, 


2672 
2673, 


2089, 


27445 
27549 
2701, 
2907, 


wanting in the MS. 


after your read hand 

after wakes fhould not it be read zow, not Sow ? 

after Leare read Pray 

for d read Ed; 2604, for g read Reg; 2666, before 
Inne read Edm; 2667, betore Butte read Reg 5 2668, 
before Noe read Edm; 266g, before J read Reg; 2670, 
before Feare read Edm; 2671, for elle read Welle ; 
2672, for be read The; 2673, for home read Whome 

for wihe read witbe 

from this line to 2695, part of the MS. is rorn off, and 
the following words are fupplied from the Quarto of 
1608 ; 2689. for Jb read 4/b: 2690, for g read Edg; 
2692, before Fare read 4/6; 2694, for eread Harde; 
2695, for e read Bee 

for /balte read /balle 

for marde read marke 


for bofomme ‘read bloffamme 
for d/pofe read di/pofe 


2785,6,7, part of the words are loft in the MS., and the follow~ | 


2788, 
2799» 
2811, 
2812, 


2894, 
2964, 
301 Le) 
3029; 
3038, 
3048, 


ing words fupplied : 2785, for mu read Edm ; 2786, 
for /b read Alb ; 27875 for eg read Ldm 
Albany {peaks, but the name is not inferted 
after xaught read lefs 
after Trumpette read then read out this 
before [fe read Herald: and in fame line, for ga/ytye 
read gualytye 
line 2850 fhould be 2840, but after follows 2860 
after dydde read hate 
for qucklye read quicklye 
for welconne read welcomme 
for Breathe read Brezke 
for Freyx/ds read Freynds 
after wee read feel 


HAMLET. 


after is read it 
Kylle a is repeated. 


as A ho: SHOE PUD eT ON 


Queen Elhizabeth’s Letter, 


WEE didde receive youre prettye Verfes 
goode Mafterre William through the hands 
off oure Lorde Chambelayne ande wee doe 
Complemente thee onne theyre greate excellence 
Wee {halle departe fromme Londonne toe 
Hamptowne forre the holydayes where wee 
Shalle expecte thee withe thye befte Adtorres 
thatte thou mayfte playe before ourefelfe toe 
amufe uffe bee notte flowe butte comme toe 
uffe bye Tuefdaye nexte affe the lorde 
Leifcefterre wille bee withe uffe 


Elizabeth R 


Thys Letterre I dydde receyve fromme 
mye mofte gracyoufe Ladye Elyzabethe 
ande I doe requefte itte maye bee 

Kepte withe alle care poflyble 


W™ Shakfpeare 


For Mafter William 
Shak{peare 
atte the Globe bye 
Thames 


Extrads from Myfcellaneous Papers. 


Inne the Yeare o Chrytfte 


FORRE oure Trouble inne goynge 
toe Playe before the Lorde Leycefterre 


ats houfe and oure greate 


ep pe RR 


Expenneces thereuponne 19 poundes 
Receyvedde ofs Grace the Summe 
o 50 Poundes 


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FORRE oure greate Trouble inne gettynge alle 
inne orderre forre the Lorde Leycefterres Comynge 
ande oure Moneyes layde oute there 
uponne 59 Shyllynges 

Receyvedde o Mafterre Hemynge forre thatte 
Nyghte 3 Poundes 

Mafterre Lowinne 2, Shyllynges moure forre hys 
Goode Servyces ande welle playinge 


Ww. S. 


eee 


Note of Hand. 


ONE Moneth from the date hereof I doe pro- 
myfe to paye to my good and Worthye Freynd 
John Hemynge the fume of five Pounds and five 
fhillings Englifh Monye as a recompenfe for hys 
greate trouble in fettling and doinge much for me 
at the Globe Theatre as alfo for hys trouble in 
going downe for meto ftatford Witnefs my Hand 


W™ Shakfpere 


September 
the Nynth 1589 


RECEIVED of Mafter W™ Shak{peare 
the Sum of five Pounds and five 
Shillings good Englifh Money thys 
Nynth Day of October 1589 


Jn° Hemynge 


ha cA PERC A A nS ns ps a Naeger a 


Letter to Anna Hatherrewaye 


Deareffte Anna 


AS thou hafte alwaye founde mee toe mye Worde 
motte trewe foe thou fhalt fee I have ftry lye kepte 
mye promyfe I praye you perfume thys mye poore 
Locke withe thye balmye Eyles forre thenne in- 
deede fhalle Kynges themmefelves bowe ande 
paye homage toe itte I doe affure thee no rude 
hande hathe knottedde itte thye Willys alone hathe 
done the worke Neytherre the gyldedde bawble 
thatte envyronnes the heade of Majeftye noe norre 
honourres mofte weyghtye wulde give mee halfe 
the joye as didde thyfle mye lyttle worke forre 
thee The feclinge thatte dydde nearefte approache 
untoe itte was thatte whiche commethe nyghefte 
untoe God meeke ande Gentle Charytye forre thatte 
Virrtue O Anna doe I love doe I cheryfhe thee 
inne mye hearte forre thou arte afs a talle Cedarre 
ftretchynge forthe its branches ande fuccourynge 
{maller Plants fromme nyppynge Winneterre orr 
the boyfteroufe Wyndes Farewelle toe Morrowe 
bye tymes I wille fee thee tille thenne Adewe {weete 
Love Thyne everre 


W™ Shak{peare 


Anna Hatherrewaye 


Verfes to Ana Hatherrewaye 


i 

IS there inne heavenne aught more rare 
Thanne thou fweete Nymphe of Avon fayre 
Is there onne Earthe a Manne more trewe 


Thanne Willy Shak{peare is toe you 


2. 
Though fyckle fortune prove unkynde 
Stille dothe fhe leave herre wealthe behynde 
She neere the hearte canne forme anew 
Norre make thye Willys love unnetrue 


3 
Though Age withe witherd hand doe ttryke 
The forme motte fayre the face mofte bryghte 
Stille dothe fhe leave unnetouchedde ande trewe 


Thy Willys love ande freynfhyppe too 


4 
Though deathe with neverre Patete blowe 


Dothe Manne ande babe alyke brynge lowe 
Yette doth he take naughte butte hys due 
Ande firikes notte Willys hearte ftille trewe 


5 


Synce thenne norre forretune deathe norre Age 
-—Canne faythfulle Willys love affwage 
Thenne doe I live ande dye forre you ~ 


Thy Willye fyncere ande motte trewe 


Leiter to the Earl of Southampton. 


Copye of mye Letter toe bys grace offe Southampton 
Mye Lorde 


DOE notte efteeme me a fluggarde nor tardye 
for thus havynge delayed to anfwerre or rather toe 
thank you for youre greate Bountye I doe affure you 
my gracioufe ande good Lorde that thryce I have 
effayed toe wryte and thryce mye efforts have benne 
fruitleffe I knowe notte what toe faye Profe Verfe 
alle all is naughte gratitude is alle I have toe utter 
and that is tooe greate ande tooe fublyme a feeling 
for poore mortalls toe expreffe O my Lord itte is a 
Budde which Blloffommes Bllooms butte never 
dyes itte cherifhes fweete Nature ande lulls the 
calme Breafte toe fofte fofte repofe Butte mye 
goode Lorde forgive thys mye departure fromme 
mye Subjecte which was toe retturne thankes and 
thankes I Doe retturne O excufe mee mye Lorde. 
more at prefente I cannotte 


Yours devotedlye and withe due 
re{pecte 


W" Shakfpeare 


The Earl of Southampton’s Anfwer. 


Deare Willam 


I CANNOT TE doe leffe than thanke you forre , 
youre kynde Letterre butte Whye deareft Freynd 
talke foe muche offe gratitude mye offerre was 
double the Somme butte you woulde accepte butte 
the halfe thereforre you neede notte fpeake foe | 
muche onn thatte Subjectte as I have beene thye 
Freynd foe will I continue aughte thatte I canne 
doe forre thee praye commande mee ande you fhalle 
fynde mee 


Yours 
— Fulye the 4 
Southampton 


To the Globe Theatre 
Forre Maft' Willam 
Shak{peare 


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Profeffion of Faith. 
I BEYNGE nowe offe founde Mynde doe hope 


thatte thys mye wyfhe wille atte mye deathe bee 
acceeded toe as I nowe lyve in Londonne ande as 
mye foule maye perchance foone quitte thys poore 
Bodye it is mye defire thatte inne fuche cafe | maye 
bee carryed to mye native place ande thatte mye 
Bodye bee there quietlye interred wythe as little 
pompe as canne bee ande I doe nowe inne theefe 
mye {eyrioufe Moments make thys mye profefiione 
of fayth and whiche I doe mofte folemnlye believe 
I doe fyrfte looke toe oune lovynge and greate God 
ande toe hys glorioufe fonne Jefus I doe alfoe be- 
leyve thatte thys mye weake ande frayle Bodye 
wille retturne toe dufte butte forre mye foule lette 
God judge thatte as toe hymifelfe fhalle feeme 
meete O omnipotente ande greate God I am fulle 
offe Synne I doe notte thynke mytfelfe worthye offe 
thye grace ande yette wille I hope forre evene the 
poore pryfonerre whenne bounde with gallyng Irons 
evenne hee wille hope for Pittye ande whenne the 
teares offe {weete repentance bathe hys wretched 
pillowe he then looks ande hopes forre pardonne 
thenne rouze mye Soule ande lette hope thatte 
fweete cherifher offe alle afforde thee comforte 
alfoe O Manne whatte arte thou whye confiderefte 
thou thyfelfe thus greatelye where are thye greate 
thye boafted attrybutes buryed lofte forre everre 
inne colde Deathe. O Manne whye attempteft 


Profeffion of Faith, 


thou toe fearche the greatenefle offe the Almyghtye 
thou dofte butte loofe thye labourre more thou 
attemptefte more arte thou lofte tille thye poore 
weake thoughtes arre elevated toe theyre fummite 
ande thence as {nowe fromme the leffee Tree droppe 
ande difftylle themfelves tille theye are noe more 
O God Manne as Iam frayle bye Nature fulle offe 
Synne yette greate God receyve me toe thye 
bofomme where alle is fweete contente ande 
happyneffe alle is blyffe where difcontente, iffe 
neverre hearde butte where oune Bonde offe freynd- 
fhippe unytes alle Menne Forgive O Lorde alle 
oure fynnes ande withe thye grete Goodneffe take 
uffe alle to thye Breafte O cherifhe uffe like the 
{weete Chickenne thatte under the coverte offe herre 
fpreadynge Wings Receyves herre lyttle Broode 
ande hoveringe oerre themme keepes themme 
harmlefie ande in fafetye 


wn Shakfpeare | 


<i atte, pena cereal —— . lena 
teh ae see wT a igi ip ne St AB 


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Letter to Richard Cowley. 


Worthye Freynde 


HAV YNGE alwaye accountedde thee a Pleafaynte 
‘ande wittye Perfonne ande oune whofe Companye 
I doe muche eftceme I have fente thee inclofedde 
a whymfycalle conceyte whiche I doe fuppofe 
thou wilt eafylye difcoverre butte fhoudft thou 
notte whye thenne I {halle fette thee onne 


mye table offe loggerre heades 


Youre trewe Freynde 
Marche 
nynthe 
Pd 


W™ Shak{peare 


Toe Mafterre Richard Cowleye 
dwellynge atte oune Mafterre 
Hollifs a draperre inne 
the Wattlynge Streete 
Londonne 


a on 


Deed of Gift to Ireland. 


I WILLIAM Shakspeare of Statford on Avon 
butt nowe livyng in London neare untoe a Yard 
calledd or knowne bye the name of Irelands yarde 
in the Blackfryars London nowe beyng att thys 
preafaunte tyme of founde Mynde ande enjoyinge 
healthe of bodye doe make ande ordeyne thys as 
ande for mye deede of Gyfte for inn as as muche 
as life is moufte precyoufe toe alle menne foe 
thoulde bee thatte perfonne who att the peryle of 
hys owne fhalle fave thatte of a fellowe Createure 
Bearyng thys inn Mynde ande havyng beene foe 
favedde myefelfe I didd withe myne owne hande 
fyrfte wryte on Papere the conntennts hereof butte 
for the moure fecurytye ande thatte noe dy{pute 
whatever myghte happenne afterre mye deathe I 
have nowe caufedd the fame toe bee written onn 
Parchemente and have heretoe duly fett and 
affyxedd mye hande and Seale Whereas onne or 
abowte the thyrde daye of the lafte monethe beyng 
the monethe of Auguite havynge withe mye goode 
freynde Mafterre William Henrye Irelande ande 
otherres taene boate neare untowe myne houfe 
afowrefayde wee dydd purpofe goynge upp 
Thames butte thofe thatte were foe toe connducte 
us beynge muche toe merrye throughe Lyquorre 
theye didd upfette oure fowrefayde bayrge alle 
butte myefelfe favedd themfelves bye {wimmyng 

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Deed of Gift to Ireland. 


for though the Waterre was deepe yette owre be- 
ynge clofe nygh toe fhore made itte lyttel dy fiy- 
culte for themm knowinge the fowrefayde Arte 
Mafterre William henrye Irelande notte feeynge 
mee dydd afke for mee butte oune of the Com- 
panye dydd anfwerre thatte I was drownynge onn 
the whyche he pulledd off hys Jerrekynne and 
Jumpedd inn afterre mee withe muche paynes he 
draggedd mee forthe I beynge then nearelye deade 
and foe he dydd fave mye life and for the whyche 
Service I doe herebye give hym as folowithe!!! 
fyrfte mye writtenn Playe of Henrye fowrthe 
Henrye fyfthe Kyng John Kyng Leare as allfoe 
mye written Playe neverr yett impryntedd whych 
I have named Kyng henrye thyrde of Englande 
alle the profytts of the whych are whollye toe bee 
for fayde Ireland ande atte hys deathe thenne toe 
hys fyrfte Sonne namedd alfoe William henrye 
ande atte hys deathe toe hys brother ande foe onne 
butte inn case of faylure of Iffue thenne toe the 
nexte of kynn ande foe on for everre inn hys lyne 
Ande I doe alfoe give untoe fayde Ireland the Sum 
of ten Pounds as a preefaunte oute of the whyche 
I doe require hym toe buye oune Rynge asa Re- 
membraunce In Witneffe whereof I have toe thys | 
mye deede of Guyfte fette mye hand and Seale in 
the preafaunce of the twoe Witnefles whofe Names 


Deed of Gift to Ireland. 


are alfoe affyxedd toe the backe hereof thys fyve 
ande twentyethe daye of Octoberre beynge in the 
Yearé of oure Lorde one thoufande fix hundrethe 
ande foure ande in the feconde Yeare of oure So- 
veraygne Lorde Kynge James 1604 


William Shak{peare 
(L. S.) 


Sealed and delyveredd in 
the prefaunce of us 
Pelt Jo: Edwards 
Jos: Byggett 


Deede of guyftte from Shak{peare 
toe Irelaunde 
: 2, James: 


Tributary Lines to Ireland. 
GIVENNE toe mye moutfte worthye 


ande excellaunte Freynde Matfterre 
William Henrye Irelande inne 
Remembraunce of hys havynge 
Savedde mye life whenne onne 
Thames 


WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE 


Inne life wee 
wille live togetherre 
Deathe 
{halle forre a lytelle 
parte uffe butte 
Shakfpeares Soule refteleffle 
inne the Grave fhalle uppe 
Agayne ande meete hys freynde hys 
IRELAND 


Inne the Blefte Courte of Heavenne 


O Modelle of Virretue Charytyes fweetefte 
Chylde thye Shak{peare thanks thee 
Norre Verfe norre Sygh norre Teare canne 
paynte mye Soule norre faye bye - 
halfe howe muche I love thee 
Thyne 
W™ SHAKSPEARE © 


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Agreement with ‘fobn Lowine 


ARTICLES of Agreemente Indented made and 
Agreed upon the feaventh day of November in the 
Yeare of the reigne of our foveraigne Lord James 
by the grace of God King of Englande Scotlande 
Fraunce and Irelande defendo" of the faythe. &c 
Viz. of England Fraunce and Ireland the fixth 
And of Scotlande the two and fortieth @ettwene 
John Lowine of London Gent of the one pte and 
William Shak{peare late of Stratford on Avon in 
the CoY. of Warwicke Gent. butte who is nowe 
refydynge in London of the other pte Witneflech 
that the s*. Jn. Lowine.in confideration of the co- 
venaunts and agreements herein after contayned 
doth bind hymfelfe to and with the fayd W™ Shak- 
{peare for the {pace or term of four Yeares to playe 
upon the Stage for the s*. W™. Shakfpeare as well 
thofe Comedyes and Tragedyes which he has al- 
readye produced as thofe whiche he may at anye 
tyme hereafter brynge forward ande likewife any 
other Playes which he the faide W™. Shak{peare 
maye at anye tyme caufe to be played not written 
oer compofd bye hymfelfe but whiche are the 
Writyngs or compofityons of others Ande the s°. 
W™. Shakfpeare his Exs. Ads’. Affigns doth here- 
bye covenaunte ande agree to and eth the s4. Jn°. 
Lowine thatte he the s‘*. W™. Shak{peare will paye 
untoe hym y° fayd Jn°. Lowine the fumme of 
oune Pounde ande ten Shillings per Week forre hys 


Agreement with “fohn Lowine. 


the s?. Jno. Lowines fervices before ment*. Butte 
it is herebye agreed thatte in cafe of Sickneffe or 
anye other Impedymente thatte maye at anye tyme 
hereafter happenne thatte thenne the s*. Jn°. Low- 
ine fhall notte be called upone to playe as afore- 
fayd butte fhalle more over receive the fayd Salarye 
And Ualtipve itte is herebye agreed betweene them 
thatte in cafe the s?. Jn°. Lowine fhoulde at anye 
tyme breake anye of the Covenaunts herein before 
agreed uponne thenne thatte he the s*. Jn°. Lowine 
fhalle paye untoe the s¢. W™. Shakfpeare the fumme 
of oune hundred Pounds and the s¢. W™. Shakfpeare 
doth Covenaunte ande declare to and with the s‘. 
Jn°. Lowine to keepe alle the Covenaunts herein- 
before agreed upon ande dothe alfoe promife toe 
paye untoe the fayde Jn°. Lowine the s*. Summe 
everye Saturdaye duringe the s', Terme before 
twelve offe the Clocke at Nighte 9in Mitnefle 
whereof the s‘. ptyes toe thefe prefants there handes 
and Seales have interchangeablye fette the daye and 
Yeare firfte above writtenne 


Willam Shakf{peare Fn. Lowine 
CLS.) (L.S.) 
Sealed ande delyvered in the prefence 

Or 


Ro: Willington 
Alex: Amcotte 
“th Nov: 6th Jam. 


NE mete 


Agreement with Henry Contelle. 


ARTICLES of agreement Indented and 
agreed upon this twentieth day of Maye in 
the Yeare of the Raigne of oure Soveraigne ' 
Lorde James by the grace of God Kinge of Eng- 
lande Scotlande Fraunce and Irelande defend". of 
fayth &c Viz‘. of Englande Fraunce and Ire- 
lande. the eyghth and of Scotlande the five ande 
fortyeth Mettucene Henrye Condelle of Londonne 
Gen‘. of thone pt. and W™®. Shakefpeare late of 
Stratford on Avon in the Coy. of Warwicke Gent: 
butte nowe livinge in Londonne of tother pte 
Witnelleth that the s*¢. HY. Condelle in Confidera- 
tion of the Covenaunts and agreements herein after 
conteyned doth bynde hymfelfe to and with the 
sa. W™. Shakefpeare for the further {pace or terme 
of three yeares to play upon the Stage for the s,. 
W,. Shakfpeare alle Comedyes ande tragedyes 
whiche he the s*, W™. Shak{peare may at any tyme 
during the s*. terme caufe to be played not written 
or compofed by hymfelfe butte are the Writings or 
Compofytyons of others Ande the s?. W™. Shake- 
fpeare hys Executors Adminiftrators ande Affigns 
doth herebye covenaunte ande agree to ande withe 
the fayd Henrye Condelle thatte he the fayd Wil- 
liam Shakefpeare wille paye untoe hym the fayd 
Henrye Condelle the Summe of oune Pounde and 
oune Shillynge per Weeke for hys the fayd Henrye 
Condelles Services before mentyoned yt it is 

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Agreement with Henry C ondelle, 


herebye agreed thatte in cafe of Sicknefle or any 
other Impedymente thatte maye happenne thatte 


“thenne the fayde Henrye Condelle fhalle notté be 


called upon to playe as aforefayd butte fhalle not- 
withftandynge receyve the fayd Salarye And 
Pattipe it is hercbye agreed betweene them thatte 


in cafe y®. s‘. HY. Condelle fhoulde at any tyme 
reake anye of the Covenaunts hereinbefore agreed 


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upon then thatte he fhalle paye untoe the s4 own. 


Shakefpeare the fumme ‘of oune hundred Poundes 


and the fayd W™. Shakfpeare for hymfelfe hys 
Ex’: Ads: and affigns doth covenaunt promife 
ande agree to ua all the Covenaunts hereinbe- 
fore agreed upon ande doth alfoe promife to paye 
hym the fayd Hy’. Con delle the fayd fumme every 
Saturdaye durynge the fayd terme before twelve 
of the Clocke at Nyghte Sin Witnefie whereof 
the fayd pts to thefe Prefents have Interchange- 
ablye fett theyre hands & Seals the daye & Yeare 


firtt above Writtenne 


William Shakf{peare H?. Condeile 
( Liss, ) (L.S.) 


Sealed and delyvered in the 
Prefence of 
Jn°. Bruce 


Jne. Slye 
of, Maye oi Jam’: 


Leafe to Michi. Frafer and Eliz. bis Wife. 
CHGS Fndenture made the fourteenth daye 


of July in the yeares of the raigne of our Soveraigne 
Lord James by the grace of God of England 
Scotland France and Ireland Kinge Defendor of 
the fayth viz'. of England France and Ireland 
the eight and of Scotland the forty forth 
Betivecne Willam Shakefpeare of Stratford on 
Avon in the County of Warwick Gent but now 
refidynge in London and John Hemynge of Lon- 
don Gent of thone Pte and Michael Frafer and 
Elizabeth hys Wife of the othere Pte ADittneficth 
that they the faid Willam Shakefpeare and John 
Hemynge have demifed leafed graunted and to 
ferme letten and by thefe prefents do demife grant 
and to ferme lett unto the faid Mich!. Frafer and 
Elizabeth hys Wife all thofe his two Meffuages or 
tenements abutting clofe to the Globe theatre by 
Black Fryers London fometyme in the tenure or 

occupation of Henry Holland Gent and late of 
John Gregory Gent or his aflignee or Affignees 
And alfo all thofe two Gardens on the North fide 
of the fame which appertayne or belong thereto 
and which conteyne fix Acres and an half’ be they 
more or lefs And all and fingular Cellars Sollars 
Lights Eafements Homes Profits Commodityes 
and appurtenaunts whatfoever to the faid dwelling 
houfes or tenements belonging or in any wife ap- 
pertyning €o have Wud ta bold the faid dwel- 

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ling houfes tenements and all and fingular other 

the premifes in thefe prefents before ment*. to be 

demifed and part and parcel thereof with their 

appurts unto the {aid Mich! Frafer and Elizabeth 

hys Wife their Ex', Adm’. and Affigns from the 

Feaft day of Saint Michael the Archangel which 

will next come after the date hereof unto and for 

the ende and terme of fixty foure yeares from thence 

next enfuing & fullie to bé compleate and ended 
without impeachm‘'. of wafte Pielding and papiig 
therefore Yrly and every Year during the faid term 
unto the faid Willam Shakefpeare & John Hem- 
ynge the fum of forty and foure Pounds of good 
Money of Englande to be payd half yrly the next 
payment to commence on the Feaft day next follow- 
ing the date of theis Prefents. Provided always 
that if the s*. Mich’. Frafer and Eliz, hys 
Wife theyr Ex’. Ads. or Affigns or any of them doa 
well and truly perform and Keep all & fingular the 
s¢. covenaunts hereinbefore agreed upon that then 
+t fhall and may be lawfull to and for the s*, M'. 
Frafer and Eliz". hys Wife to enter into and enjoy 
the fame but in cafe of non performance or non 
paym’, of the fame that then it fhall be lawfulle 
to & for the sé. Willam Shakefpeare and John 
Hemynge again to have & enjoy the fame Sut 
for the better performance of ys cov’. & agreem™. 


herein Conteyned he the s¢. Mic!. Frafer & Eliz™. 


Leafe to Mich'. Frafer and Eliz". his Wi ife. 


hys wife do bind themfelves hymfelf & herfelf in 
the fum of 200! in cafe of neglect or default of 
any of the agreements herein before conteyned And 
the s4, W. Shakefpeare & John Hemynge for 
themfelves theyr H*. Ex®. Ad’. & Affigns fhall & 
will clearlye exonerate & difcharge from tyme to 
tyme the s4. Ml. Frafer & Eliz. hys wife from 
the Paym'. of fuch Rent & well & fufficientlye 
keep harmlefs the s*. M'. Frafer & Eliz". hys 
wife theyr Ex* Ad’. & Affigns & every of them 
of & from all incumbres whatfoever by them the 
st, W™. Shakefpeare & Jn°. Hemynge at any tyme 
before committed or done except the fee or fees toa 
the cheef Lord of the Premes for or in refpecte of 
his Segnorye onlie to be due & done Fin twittnelle 
whereof the s‘. Ptes to thefe Indres Interchangeablie 
have fett their hands & Seales the daye & yeare 
firtt above Written: Anno-Dom (1610) 


William Shak{peare 7 Mic!, Frafer 
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Jo: Meer 
W™, Danee 


r4t® July. 8 Jam’. 


Deed of Truft to Sohn Hemynge. 
I WILLIAM Shak fpeare being of Stratforde 


on Avon but now living in Londonn doe make 
and orderr this as and for mye Deede of gifte 
Having founde muche wickednefs amongtfte thofe 
of the lawe and not liking to leave matterrs at theyre 
wills I have herein named a trufty and tried friende 
who fhall afterr mye dethe execute. withe care 
myne orderrs herein given ut in cafe 1 fhoulde 
att any tyme hereafterr make a Will as perrchaunce 
I {hall in manner of forme I have lefte fome things 
nott herein given or difpofedd of thatt maye ferve 
toe fylle upp faid aiff and therebye caufe no hynd- 


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gifte ut tho’. I nott chaunce make a will thenn 
I doe give all fuche thyngs afs*. nott herein ment?, 
unto mye lovynge Daughterr and herr heyres for 
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moneys whyche be nowe laynge onn Accompte 
of the Globe Theatre inn the hands of Mafter John 
Hemynge Wifaer I doe give herr mye fuyte of greye 
Vellvett edged withe Silverr tog" withe mye lyttelle 
Cedarr Trunke in wyche there bee three Ryngs 
oune lyttell payntyng of myfelfe in a filverr Cafe 
& fevenn letterrs wrottenn to her before oure Mar- 
ryage thefe I doe beg herr toe keepe fafe if everr 


Deed of Truft to fobn Hemynge. 


fhe dydd love me—Toe mye deare Daughterr who 
hathe alwaye demeaned herrfelfe well I doe give 
as folowithe the fomme of twentye Pounds and 
fevenne fhyllyngs thys mufte bee payde herr with- 
inne two Months afterr mye dethe & for rayfyng 
s4. fumme of 20'. & fevenne fhyllyngs I doe here- 
bye orderr Mafterr hemynge toe fell mye fhare of 
the two houfes neare the Globe butt fho?. thatt nott 
bee enough thenne I doe orderr him toe make itt 
upp oute of the Moneys inn hys hands onne Ac- 
compte of the Theatre— I doe allfo give herr mye 
fuyte of blacke filke & the Rynge whyche I doe 
alwaye weare givenne toe mee bye hys Grace of 
Southampton thys I doe beg herr as fhe dothe love 
mee neverr toe partefromm ‘Toe mye good Cow- 
leye whom I muche efteeme & who hathe alwaye 
loved mee I doe orderr as folowithe thatt Mafterr 
Hemynge doe paye toe hym the fomme of five 
Pounds & thatt he doo alfoe delyverr toe hymm 
fromm the Oakenn Chefte att oure Globe Theatre 
mye Playes hereafter ment’. Mye Tempefte Mye 
Mydfomerrs dreme. Mackbethe. Henrye viii 
& mye altered Playe of ‘Titus Andronicus all writ- 
ten bye myefelfe & placed inn s¢. Chefte as of 
ufuage att oure Theatre & fho*. they bee everr 
agayne Impryntedd I doe orderr thatt theye bee foe 
donn from thefe mye true writtenn Playes & nott 
from thofe nowe prynted all the profytts comynge 


Deed of Truft to ‘fohn Hemynge. 


from fuche newe pryntyng thefe s are wholly toe 
belonge toe Cowleyea nd hys hrs for everre. . Toe 
Matterr Lowmne oure sefte Actorr I doe orderr as 
folowithe y*. lyke fomm of 5'. to be p‘. bye 
Hemynge. & ra hee delyverr toe hymm .the 
Playes that doe followe Mye moche adoe aboute 
near The Wives of Windfore: Rycharde 
y’ 3°: as allfo mye Coryolanus All thefe 4 I.doe 
sive inn fame manner & withe fame powerrs as. to 
Cowleye. ‘Toe Mafterr Conndell who hathe done 
e ferrvices I doe orderr as folowithe thatt 
hee bee allfo p’. y*fomm of «'. & thatt) hee bee 
forrgivenn y* debte of 3'. & g fhyllyngs thatt hee 
dothe owe toemee & thatt he Rememberr mee afterr 
mye dethe I doe herebye orderr hymm a plaine 
Golde Rynge of y* worthe of 20 fhyllyngs Toe 
mye good Kempe I doe give 3'. & a gold Rynge 
itt mufte bee lyke Value 20°, Toe Mafterr Bur- 
bage I give as folowithe from the Chefte afs. mye 

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Revells ye ‘fis one pryntyng fame toe bee 
whollye for s'. Burbage & hys hrs fhoulde hee 
thynke fyttenne foe toe doc. ‘Toe mye pleafaunte 
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of 51. toe bee p*. toe hymme bye mye Mafterr 
Hemynge Toe Mafterr Shancke I doe give 37 
fhyllyngs as allfoea Rynge Value 18 fhyllyngs itt 
mufte allfoe bee of Golde. ‘Toe Mafterr Ryce I 
doe give 49 fhyllyngs as allfoe mye greene floppd 
| Suyte of Vellvette. Toe Matter Greggs inn y* 
Borowgh I doe give y* fomm of 3!. as allfoe mye 
two Clothe fuytes whyche bee nowe inn hys howfe. 
Toe hys little fonne namedd Jonas Greggs I doe 
give 15 fhyllyngs for ye troble he hathe hadd inn 
goynge often tymes withe letterrs toe ye Globe 
All thefe fomms toe bee p* bye John Hemynge 
withinne 3 Moneths afterr mye dethe And laftlye 
toe mye freynde John Hemynge who hathe yé 
manygyng all mye matterrs att ye Globe & toe 
whofe trufte I give thys mye deede of Guyfte 
truftyng hee will fee itt faythfullye executed & 
performe evry thynge accordynge toe mye defyres 
payinge evry fomm herein ment*, att y*, fev!. tymes 
& toe y* fev'. Perrfons herein namedd Secondlye 
thatt hee doe give upp y* fev'. Playes wrytten bye 
myefelfe & whiche I have herein difpofed of Allfoe 
thatt hee doe fee ys fev'. Ryngs fuytes & evry 
otherr thynge givenn accordyng toe mye withe. 
And as a Recompence forr y* troble hee will have 
in feeynge thys mye deede ryghtlye executedd I doe 
herebye orderr thatt hee doe take for hymfelf 
y° fomm of 10! & 20 fhyllyngs toe buye hymm 
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Deed of Truft to ‘fohn Hemynge. 


a Golde Rynge I allfoe give hymm oute of s¢, Cheftt 
y° Playes folow%. Mye Gentlemenn’ of Verona 
alterrd mye Meafure for Meafure Comedye of 
Errorrs Merrchaunte of Venice Togetherr withe 
mye newe Playe neverr yette imprynted called 
Kynge Hy. vii thefe toe bee whollye for s*. J. Hem- 
ynge And as there wille ftille remayne in hys hands 
2371. & 14 fhyllyngs I furtherr orderr hym toe 
brynge upp thatt Chylde ‘of whom wee have 
{pokenn butt who mufte nott be named here & to 
doe fame I defyre hym toe place qwte s*. Moneye 
in y® befte waye he cann doe tylle s*. Child fhall 
be of Age fyttenn toe receyve s*. Moneye & withe 
whatte fhall comm uppon s‘. Moneye foe toe In- 
ftructe hym as aforefayde I allfo orderr Matfterr 
Hemynge toe felle mye three howfes inn y° Bo- 
rowghe & toe putt oute y’. Moneye comynge from 
fame forr s’. Childe I allfoe give toe s4. Chylde 
y° eyghte Playes thatt bee ftylle inne s4. Chefte as 
allfo mye otherr Playe neverr yett Impryntedd 
called Kynge Vorrtygerne thys as allfo y° otherr 
eyghte toe bee whollye forr y* benyfytte of s?. 
Chyldeas welle y* pryntynge as playinge fame and 
fhoulde I chaunce write more as bye Gods helpe 
& grace I hope toe doe I herebye give y* Profytts 
of evry Kynde comynge fromm anye fuche newe 
playes orr otherr Wrytyngs unntoe s?, Chylde & 
hys heires forr everre truftynge toe mye freynde 


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John Hemynges honorr and allfo onn hys promys 
of beynge cloufe of {peeche inn thys lafte Matterr 
Ihave toe thys mye deede of gifte dulye fette mye 
hande & feale in the prefaunce of three Witnefles 
this 23°. daye of februarye beynge the nynthe Yere 
of oure foveraygne Lord Kynge James & in y° Yere 
of Chrifte 1611 


Ly me William Shak{peare 
(L. S.) 


Signed Sealed & delyvered 


in y° prefaunce of us 


W™, Fenere 
Sam!', Jordon 
W™. Leiche 


Deede of Guyfte fromm 
Shakefpeare toe otherrs 


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1611 


TRAGEDYE 


OF 


KYNGE LEARE 


Ifse fromme Mafterre Hollinnefhedde I have 
inne fomme lyttle deparretedde fromme 
hymme butte thatte Libbertye will notte 
I trufte be blamedde bye mye gentle 


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KYNGE LEARE. 


Enterre Kent Glofter ande Edmunde 


Kent I thoughte oure Kinge had more affec- 
tedde the 
Duke of Albanye thanne Cornwalle 
G/o So didde itte everre feeme to ufse Butte nowe 
inne the divyfyonne of the Kyngdomme itte ap- 
peares notte 


which of thefe Dukes he Values mofte forre Qua- 
lytyes 
are foe weyghd thatte curyofytye inne neytherre 
canne make choyce of thothers Moietye 
Kent Is notte thys youre Sonne Mye Lorde 
Glé Hys bryngyng uppe Sir hathe layd atte 
mye Charge 
I have foe oftenne blufhd toe acknowlegdge 
hymme thatte 10 
Nowe I am brayzd tot 
Kent I doe notte conceyve you 
Glo Goode Sir thys younge fellows Motherre 
could uponne 
the whyche fhe became rounde wombd ande hadde 
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indeede Sir a Sonne forre herre cradle eere fhe 
had a hufbande forre herre Bedde Doe you nowe 
{melle the faulte 
Kent I nere canne wifhe the faulte undonne Its 
Iffue 
beynge thufse properre 
Glo Butte I have * a Sonne Sir bye orderre of 
Lawe olderre 20 
bye Yeares thanne thys who is no dearer inne mye 
Accounte 
though thys Knave came fomewhatte fawcylye 
intoe the 
World eere he was fente forre yette was hys 
Motherre 
fayre there was excellente {porte atte hys makynge 
Ande the Whorefonne mufte bee acknowleggedde 
Knowe you 
thys Nobleman Edmonne 
Edm Noe mye goode Lorde 
Glo Mye Lorde of Kente 
Ande Rememberre hym hereafterre as my honour- 
able Freynde 
Edm Mye dutye toe youre Lordfhyppe 30 
Kent I mufte love you ande knowe toe fue you 
betterre 


Edm Sir I thalle ftudye defervynge 


* @ is omitted in the MS. 


KYNGE LEARE. 5 


Glo He hathe beene abfente nyne Yeares ande 
agayne he 
Shalle hye hymme .' The Kynge ifse comynge 


Enterre Kynge Cornwalle Albanye Gonerille 
Reganne Cordelia ande Attendaunts 


Leare Attende the Lordes of Fraunce and 
Burgannedye 
G/o I fhalle mye Lorde Glofterre Exitte 
Leare Meane tyme wee fhalle make knowne 
oure darkerre Purpofe 
Give mee the Mappe here Knowe thatte wee have 
parcelledde 
Intoe three oure Kyngdomme Ande tis oure fixt 
Intente 
Toe fhake alle Cares ande Bufynefse fromme oure 
Age : 40 
Difpofynge themme onne Youngerre Strengthes 
while wee 
Unburthennd- crawle towarde Deathe Oure Sonne 
of Cornwalle 
Ande you oure noe lefse lovynge Sonne of Albanye 
Thys houre we fhalle our conftante Will make 
knowne 
Oure Daughterrs feveralle dowerres thatte future 
Strife 


6 KYNGE LEARE. 


Maye bee prevennetedde nowe The Prynce of 
Fraunce ande Burgandye 
Greate Ryvalles inne oure Y oungerre Daughterres 
love 
Long inne oure Courte have made theyre amo- 
roufe fojourne 
And fhalle ftreyghte be anfweredde Telle me mye 
Daughterres 50 
Synce wee fhalle nowe divefte ufse both of Rule 
Cares of State ande Interefte of Terrytorye 
The whiche of you thenne dothe love ufse mofte 
Thatte wee oure greatefte bounty maye extende 
Where nature doth withe meritte Challenge 
Oure eldefte borne fpeake fyrfte 
Gon Sir I love you more thanne Word canne 
wielde the Matter 
Dearere thanne eye Syghte fpace ande Libertye 
Beyonde whatte canne bee valuedde riche or rare 
Noe lefse thanne life withe beautye healthe grace 
honoure 
As mucheas Childe cere lovd or Fatherre founde 60 
A love thatte makes breathe poore ande Speeche 
unable 
Naye beyond alle things of fo muche I love you 
Cor Whatte mufte Cordelia faye Love ande be 
filente 
Leare Of alle thefe boundes fromme thys lyne 
evenne toe thys 


KYNGE LEARE. - 
With fhadowaye Foreftes and withe Cham- 


pyonnes rich 
Withe plenneteoufe Riverres ande wide fkirtedde 
Meades 
Wee make thee Ladye To thyne ande Albanys Iffues 
Bee thys perpetualle Whatte fayes oure feconde 
Daughterre 
Our dearefte Reganne Wife of Cornwalle 
Reg I am made of thatte felfe Metalle as mye 
Syitterre 
Ande prizemee atte herre worthe In mye true hearte 
I fynde fhe Names mye verye deede of Love 
Onlye the comes too fhorte thatte I protefse 
Myeselfe an Enemye toe alle otherre joyes 
Whiche the motte pee se {quare of Senfe pro- 
fefsefse 
Ande fynde I am alone felyfytate 
Inne youre dear hyghnefse love 
Cor Thenne poore Cordelya 
Ande yette notte foe fynce I amme fure mye loves 
More ponnederoufe thanne mye tongue 
Leare Toe thee ande thyne heredytarye everre 
Bee thys ample thirde of oure Kyngdomme 
Noe lefe inne fpace valydytye ande Pleafure 
‘Thanne thatte confeerd onne Gonerylle Nowe 
oure Joye 
Allthough oure lafte ande leafte toe whofe younge 
love 


8 KYNGE LEARE. 


The vines of Fraunce ande Milke of Burgannedyé 
Strive toe bee Interefte nowe Whatte doe you faye 
toe drawe 
A thirde more opulente thanne youre Syfterres 
{peake 
Cor Nothynge mye Lorde 
Leare Nothynge go - 
Cor Noe Noethynge 
Leare WNoethynge wille come of noethynge 
fpeake agayne 
Cor Unhappe thatte I amme I cannotte have 
Myc hearte intoe mye Mouthe I love your Majeftye 
Accordynge toe mye bonde noe more norre leffe 
Leare How nowe Cordelya Looke you mende 
your Speeche a lyttle 
Leafte you marre youre Fortunes 
Cor Goode mye Lorde 
You dydde begette mee you bredde mee ande 
lovd mee 
I retturne thofe dutyes backe afs are ryghte fitte 100 
Obeye you love you and mofte honourre you 
Whye have mye Sifterres hufbanndes iffe theye faye 
'Theye love you alle Happylye whenne I {halle 
wedde 
'Thatte Lorde whofe hand mufte take mye plyghte 
fhalle carrye 
Halfe mye love with hymme halfe mye Care ande 
Dutye 


KYNGE LEARE. 9 


Sure I fhalle neverre marrye lyke mye Syfterres 
Leare Butte goes thye hearte with thy {se 
Cor Aye mye goode Lorde 
Leare Whatte foe younge ande fo unnetennederre 
Cor Soe Younge mye Lorde ande true 1IO 
Leare Lette itte bee foe thye truth thenne bee 
thye dowerre 
Forre bye the facredde raydyaunce of the Sunne 
The myftyryes of Hecate ande the Nyghte 
Bye alle the Operatyonnes of the Orbs 
Fromme whome wee doe exifte ande ceafe toe bee 
Here [ difclayme alle mye Paternalle care 
Propinnequitye ande Propertye of bloode 
Ande afsea Straungerre toe mye hearte ande mee 
Hold thee fromme ufs forre everre The Barbaroufe 
Seythyanne . 
Or hee thatte makes hys generatyonne Mefses 120 
Toe gorge hys Appetyte fhalle toe mye bofomme 
Bee as welle neyghbourde Pyityedde ande releyvd 
As thou mye fometyme Daughterre 
Kente Goode mye Leiyge 
Leare Peace Kente 
Come notte betweene the Dragonne and hys wrathe 
I lovd herre moufte ande thoughte toe fette mye 
re{te 
Onne herre kynde nurferye hence ande avoyde mye 
{yghte 
Soe bee mye Grave mye Peace as here J give 
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Her Fatherres hearte fromme herre call Fraunee 
who ftyrres 130 
Call burgannedye C ornewalle ande Albanye 
Withe mye twoe Daughterres dowerres dygefte 
the thyrde | 
Lette Pride whiche fhe calls playneneflemarrye herre 
I doe invefte you joyntelye with mye Powerre 
Domynyonne Ande alle the large Effects 
Thatte troope withe Majeftye Ourfelfe bye Month- 
lye courfe , 
Withe referrevaytyonne of an hundredde Knyghtes 
bye you toe bee fuftaynd fhalle oure abode 
Make wythe you bye due turne onlye wee fhalle 
retayne 
The Nayme ande alle the addytyonne toe a Kynge 
the Swaye 140 
Revennue Executyonne of the refte 
Belovedde Sownes bee youres whyche toe conne- 
fyrme 
Thy{se Coronette parte betweene you 
Kent Royal Syre 
Whom I have everre honourde as a Kynge 
Lovdas mye Fatherre as mye Mafterre followed 
Ande as mye Patronne thoughte onne inne mye 
Prayerres 
Leare The Bowe is bente thereforre awaye 
fromme the Shafte 
Kente Lette itte falle ratherre though the Forke 
invade 


KYNGE LEARE. Il 


The Reygonne of mye hearte be thou unmannerlye 
Kente 
Whenne Leare is madde whatte wouldit thou doe 
old Manne 150 
Thinkft thou thatte dutye fhalle have dreade toe 
{peake 
Whenne Powerre toe flatterye bowes 
Toe Playnnefse honnours bownde 
Whenne the Kynge falls toe follye referve thye State 
Ande the befte confideratyonne checke 
Thys hydeoufe rafhenefse anfwerre mye life mye 
Judgemente 
Thye Youngeste Daughterre dos notte love thee 
leaste 
Norre are those windye heartedde whose lowe 
soundes 
Reverrebe noe hollowneffe 
Leare Kente onne thye life noe more 160 
Kente Mye life I neverre helde butte as a pawne 
Toe wage agaynste thyne-enemtyies neere feare toe 
lose itte 
Thye safetye beynge motive 
Leare Quitte mye Syghte 
Kente See betterre ande lette mee stylle remayne 
The trewe blanke of thyne Eye 
Leare Nowe bye Apollo 
Kente Nowe bye Apollo Leare 
Thou swearste the Goddes inne Vayne: 
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12 KYNGE LEARE. 


Leare O vaffalle miffecreante 170 
Alb Deare Sir forrebeare 
Kente Kylle thye Physycyanne ande thye fee 
bestowe 
Uponne the Soule dysease revoke thye Gifte 
Orre whilste I canne vente clammourre fromme 
mye throate 
Ille saye thou doste Evylle 
Leare Weare mee vile Slave onne thyne Alle- 
gyaunce heare mee 
Thatte thou haste soughte toe make ufse breake 
oure Vowes 
Whiche wee durfte neverre yette ande with ftraynde 
Pride 
Troe come betwixte oure Sennetaunce ard oure 
Powerre 
Whiche neytherre Nature norre oure Place canne 
beare 180 
Oure Potencye made godde take thye rewarde 
Five dayes wee doesgive thee forre provyfyonne 
Toe keepe thee fromme dyfafterres of the Worlde 
Ande uponne the fyxthe toe turne thye haytedde 


backe 

Uponne oure Kyngdomme iffe the tenthe daye 
followinge 

Thye banyfhedde trunke be founde inne our 
Domynyonnes 


Thatte momente ifse thye Deathe awaye bye 
Apollo 


KYNGE LEARE. 13 


Thys fhall notte bee revokedde 
Kent Fare thee welle Kinge fythe thufse thou 

wilt appeare 

Fredommie lives hence ande banyfhmenteis here 1gQ 

The Gods toe theyre deare Shelterre take thee 
mayde 

Thatte juftlye thynkes ande hathe moutfte rightlye 
fayde 

Ande youre large Speeches maye youre deedes 
approve 

Thatte godd Effects maye {prynge fromme Words 
of Love 

Thufse Kente thenne Prinneces biddes you alle 
adieu 

Hele fhape hys oulde courfe inne a Countrye newe 


Enterre Glofterre withe Fraunce ande Burgannedye 
and Atiennedauntes 


Cor Heres Fraunce and Burgannedye mye 
noble Lorde 
Leare Mye Lorde of Burgannedye 
Wee firfte addrefse towarde you who withe thys 
Kynge 
Hathe ryvalld forre oure Daughterre whatte inne 
the leafte 
Wille you require inne prefente Dowre withe 
herre 200 


14 KYNGE LEARE. 


Orre ceafe youre quefte of Love 
Bur. Motte Royalle Majefsetye 
I wille noe more thanne whatte youre hyghnefse 
offerrde 
Norre wille you tenderre lefse 
Leare Ryghte noble Burgannedye whenne fhe 
was deare toe uffe 
We helde herre foe 
Butte nowe herre worthe ifse fallenne Sir there fhe 
{tands 
Ife aught withinne thatte lyttle feemynge Subftance 
Or alle of itte with oure dyfpleafure peacd 210 
Ande noethynge more maye fittelye lyke youre 
Grace 
Shefe there ande fhee ifse youres 
Bur 1 knowe noe anfwerre 
Leare Wille you withe thofe Innefyrmytyes fhe 
owes 
Unnefreynnededde newe adoppetedde toe oure hate 
Dowrd with oure @Grfe and ftrannegerde with oure 
Oathe : 
Take leave or leave herre 
Bur Pardonne mee Royalle Sir 
Electyonne makes notte uppe onne fuche Conne- 


dytyonnes 
Leare Thenne leave herre Sir forre bye the 
powerre thatte made me 2.20 


I telle youalle herre Wealthe Forre you greate Kynge 


KYNGE LEARE. 5 


I woulde notte fromme youre love make fuche a 
{traye 

Toe matche you where I hate thereforre be- 
feeche you 

Toe turne youre lykynge a more worrethyerre waye 

Thanne onnea Wretche whome Nature ifse afhamd 

Almette t’acknowleydge herre 

Fra 'Thys ifse mofte {trange 

Thatte fhee who butte nowe was youre befte 
Objectte 

The argumente of youre Prayfe balme of youre Age 

The befte the dearyfte fhoude inne thys tryce ofte 


tyme 
Commyttee a thynge foe monftroufe toe dyf- 
mantle 230 


Soe many foldes offe favourre fure herre aie 

Mutte bee offe fuche unnenaturalle degree 

Thatte Monfterres itte Or youre fore-voucht af- 
fectyonne 

Falle intoe taynte whiche toe beley ve offe herre 

Mufte bee a faythe .thatte Réafonne withoute 
Mirracle ' 

Shoulde neverre plante inne mee 

Cor I yette befeeche youre Majeftye 

Iffe forre I wante thatte glibbe ande Oylye Arte 

Toe fpeake ande purpofe notte fince whatte I wille 
innetende 

[’'ll dot cere I {peake thatte you make knowne 240 


16 KYNGE LEARE. 


Itte ifse noe vycyoufe blotte Murtherre or Foulenefse 
Noe unnechafte Actyonne or dyshonorredde Steppe 
Thatte hathe depryvedde mee of youre Grace ande 
favoure 
Butte fore wante of thatte alone fore whiche I 
amme richerre 
A ftille folycytynge Eye ande fuche a Tongue 
Thatte Tamme gladde I have notte though toe have 
itte notte 
Hathe lofte mee inne youre lykynge 
Leare Betterre thou hadft notte beene borne 
‘Thanne notte toe have pleasd mee betterre 
Fra lfse itte thenne butte thys A tardynefse in 
Nature 250 
Whiche oft tymes leaves the Hyftorye unnefpoke 
Thatte itte innetendes toe doe mye Lorde of Bur- 
gannedye 
Whatte faye you toe the Ladye Loves notte Love 
Whenne tis mingledde withe regardes thatte ftande 
Aloofe fromme theginnetyre poynte wille you have 
herre 
She ifse herfelfe a Dowrye 
Bur Royalle Kynge 
Give butte thatte portyonne whiche yourefelfe 
proposd 
Ande here I take Cordelya bye the Hande 
Dutchefse offe Burgannedye 
Leare Nothynge I have {worne ande ftill I ana 


fyrme 


KYNGE LEARE. 17 


Bur Tamme forrye thenne thatte you have foe 
lofte a Fatherre 
Thatte you mufte lofe a Hufbande 
Cor Peace bee withe Burgannedye 
Synce thatte refpecte ande forretunes are hys love 
Itte willes mee notte toe bee hys wife 
Fra Fayrefte Cordelya thou arte mofte riche 
beynge poore 
Mofte choyce forrefaykenne ande mofte lovd 
defpisd 
Thee and thye Virretues here doe I feyze uponne 
Bee itte lawfulle I take uppe whats cafte away 270 
O Goddes Tis ftrange thatte fromme theyre coldtt 
neglecite 
My love fhould Kynnedle toe innflaymedde re- 
{pecte 
Thye dowerrelefse Daughterre Kynge throwne toe 
mye chaunce 
I{se Queene of ufse of ourfe ande oure fayre Fraunce 
Notte alle the Dukes of warifhe Burregannedye 
Canne buye thys unnepryzedde Mayde of mee 
Bydde themme farewelle Cordelya though unne- 
kynde 
Thou loofefte here a betterre where toe fynde 
Leare Take herre Fraunce ande lette herre be 
thyne for wee 
Have noe fuche Daughterre norre fhalle everre 
fee 280 


18 KYNGE LEARE. 


Thatte face of herfe agayne thereforre bee gone 
Withoute oure love oure Grayce orre benyzonne 
Come Noble Burregannedye 
Fra Bydde farewelle toe youre Syfterres 
Cor The Jewelles offe oure Fatherre with wafhd 
Kyete 
Cordelya leaves you I knowe you hatte you are 
And lykea Syfterre amme moutte loathe toe calle 
Youre faults as theye are namedde Love welle oure 
Fatherre 
Toe youre profeffedde bofommes I commyte 
hymme 
Butte yette ftoode I withinne hys Grayce 290 
I woulde preferre hymme toe a betterre place 
Soe farewelle toe you bothe 
Reg Spare uffe wee knowe oure dutye 
Gonne Lette youre Studye 
Bee toe connetente youre Lorde who hath receyved 


you . 

Atte fortunes Almes you have ‘obedyence 
fcannetedde 

Ande welle are worthe the wante thatte you have 
wantedde 


Cor Tyme fhall innforme what plyghtedde 
cunnynge hydes 
Who coverres faultes atte lafte with fhame derydes 
Welle maye you profperre 300 
Fra Comme thenne fayrefte Cordelya 


wisi ns ua cHllin iD xia NGS AP iE it BOE ayy en sito pare ipama icra isiennniileameseeaal eT ee eee eee 


KYNGE LEARE. 19 


Gonne Syfterre itte iffe notte lyttle I have toe faye 
Offe whatte moufte nearelye appertaynes toe uffe 
bothe 
I thynke oure Fatherre will hence toe Nyghte 
Reg 'Thatts mofte certayne ande with you butte 
nexte with ufse 
Gon Doe you marke how hys Age changes 
whatte Obferrevatyonne 
We have made oft hath beene fmalle hee everre 
lovd oure 
Syfterre moufte ande withe whatte fhallowe 
Judgemente 
Hee hathe nowe cafte herre offe appeares but too 
eroflelye 
Reg Thatts the Innefyrmytye ofs Age yette 
hath he alwaye | 
butte flennederrelye knowne hyméfelfe 310 
Gonne The befte ande foundefte of hys tyme 
hath benne butte 
rafhenefse whiche innefyrme ande cholerycke 
Yeares 
brynge withe themme 
Reg Suche unneconneftante ftartes affe thys of 
Kentes 
banyfhemente are wee lykelye toe have fromme 
hymme 
Gonne Yette more Commeplemente iffe there 
twixt Fraunce ande 
D2 


2,0 KYNGE LEARE. 


Hymme praye lette uffe fytte togetherre iffe oure 
fatherre 
beare Authorytye whye thyffe lafte furrennederre 


of hys Wille dothe butte offende ufse 


SECOUNDE SCEANE 
Baflerde comes forrewarde 


Bas Thou Nature arte mye Goddefse toe the 

Lawe 320 

Mye ferrevycefse ftande bounde Wherrefore fhoud I 

Refte inne the Plague of Cuftomme ande permytte 

The Curyofytye of Natyonnes toe depryve mee 

Caufe thatte I amme fome twelve orre foureteene 
Moonfhynes 

Lagge of mye brotherre Whye Bafterde wherefore 
bafe 

Whenne mye dymennefyonnes are as welle comme- 
pacte 


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Mye Mynde as generoufe ande mye fhape as true 


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As honefte Manns Iffue whye brande theye thufse 
Withe bafe withe bafenefse bafterdye—bate bafe 
Who inne the luftye ftealthe of Nature take 330 


oe 


More Compofytyonne ande feyrce Qualytye 


ee 


Thanne dothe withinne a dulle {tayle tyredde Bedde 
Goe the creatynge a whole trybe of foppes 
Gotte twixt fleep ande awake Welle thenne 


KYNGE LEARE. at 
Legytymyte Edgarre I mufte have youre Lande 


Oure Fatherres love iffe toe the bafterrede Edmunde 

As toe the legytymate fyne worde legytymate 

Welle mye legytymate iffe thys Letterre fpeede 

Ande mye Innevennetyonne thrive Edmunde the 
bafe 

Shalle toe the legytymate I growe I profperre 340 

Nowe Goddes ftande uppe forre baftardes 


Enterre Gloucefseterre 


G/o Kente banyfhd thus ande Fraunce toe inne 
Cholerre parretedde 
Ande the Kynge gone toe Nyg ghte Prefcribd hys 
powerre 
Confynd toe exhybytyonne Alle iffe gone 
Uponne the Gadde Edmunde howe nowe whatte 
Newes 
Bas Soe Pleafe youre Lordfhyppe none 
Glo Whye woudft thou foe eareneftelye cloake 
thatte Letterre 
B I knowe noe Newes mye Lorde 
Glo Whatte Paperre were you readynge 
B Nothynge mye Lorde 350 
Glo Howe foe whye thenne thatte terrible dys- 
patche of itte noe 
thynge hathe noe fuche neede toe hyde ittefelfe 
Comme 


2,2 KYNGE LEARE. 


Letts fee ift tis naughte I neede_ notte Spectacles 
Bas Praye you parredonne mee Sir itte iffe butte 
fromme mye 
brotherre ande I have notte alle oere reade ande forre 
thatte I have perusd Itte fyttes notte youre oere 
‘ave k Crh 
lookynge 
Glo Give mee the Letterre Sir 
Bas I fhalle offeynde eytherre toe detayne orre 
give itte 


The Connetentes affe inne parte I underftande 
themme 
Are muche too blame 360 
Glo Lets fee Lets fee I faye | 
Bas 1 hope forre mye brotherres goode thys 
was butte anne 
Efsaye forre proofe offe mye Virretue 
Glo Readynge ‘Ths Polycye ande Reverannce 
of Age 
makes the Worlde betterre ande keeps oure for- 
tunes fromme 
ufle tille wee cannotte rellifhe themme I ginne toe 
fynde an Idle ande fonde bonnedage inne the 
weyghte 
of agedde tyrannye who fwayes notte as itte hath 
powerre 
butte as tis fufferedde Comme toe mee thatte of 


a 
I maye fpeake more Iffe oure Fatherre woulde fleepe 


[370 


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KYNGE LEARE. 2 


&. 


tille I wakd hymme you fhould enjore halfe hys 
Revennewe forre everre ande bee the belovedde of 
youre 
brotherre Edgar. Soe Soe Confpyracye Sleepe 
tille I wake hym you fhould enjoye halfe hys Re- 
vennewe 
Mye Sonne Edgar hath hee a hand for ths Ora 
hearte 
toe Fatherre itte Whenne had you ths who 
broughte itte 
Bas Mye Lorde itte was notte broughte mee 
theres the 
cunnynge oft I founde itte throwne inne atte the 
Cafemente of mye Clofette 
Glo You knowe the Characterre toe bee hys 380 
B Ifle theyre Importe were godde mye Lorde 
I durfte {weare 
itte were hys butte inne refpecte of thatte I fayne 
woud 
thynke twere notte 
Glo O tis hys 
B Tis hys hande mye Lorde butte hys hearte 
wills 
Notte the Connetentes 
Glo Hath he nere {poke of ths before 
Bas Neverre mye Lorde butte hee hathe oft 
fayde twere 
fytte thatte Sonnes atte perrefecte Age and Fatherres 


2,4: KYNGE LEARE. 
declynd the Fatherre fhoud bee Warde toe the 


Sonne 


Ande hee manage hys Revennewe 390 
Glo O Villayne The. verye Opynyonne ofs Let- 
terre O detefsetedde 
ande unnenaturalle Villayne worfe thanne brutyfhe 
Goe feeke hym Ie apprehende hym where is hee 
Bas I knowe notte mye Lorde ift fhalle pleafe 
you fuflepende 
awhile youre Innedygnatyonne agaynite mye 
brotherre 
tille you fynde betterre proofe ofs innetente forre 
fhoud you vyolentelye proceede agaynite hymme 
myftakynge ofs purpofe itte woude make a greate 
gappe inne youre honourre ande fhake the hearte 
of ~ 400 
hys obedyence I dare pawne myne owne life thatte 
hee hath writte thys betterre toe knowe mye Love 
toe youre honourre ande toe noe otherre dangerre 
Glo 'Thynke you foe 
Bas Shoud you judge itte meete I wille place, 
you where 
you fhalle heare uffe conferre onne the affayre 
Ande bye Auryculayre afsuraunce fynde Satys- 
factyonne 
ande with noe longerre delaye thanne thys Evenynge 


G/o Edmunde feeke hym oute he is noe fuche 
Montfterre 


KYNGE LEARE. 2.5 


I praye you lette mee well intoe hym ande dot 


afterre 4.10 
Youre owne Wifdomme I would unneftate mye- 
felfe toe 


bee inne due refulutyonne 
Bas I wille feeke hym Sir and forre the bufy- 

nefse acquainte 

You withe alle 

Glo The late Eclypfefse inne the Sunne ande 

Moone portende noe goode 

toe ufse though inne herre wifsedomme Nature 
reafonnes itte thufse 

Love cools Freyndefhyppe dyvides ande brotherres 
are notte foe Inne 

Cytyes Mutynyes inne Countryes dyfcorde inne 
Pallaces Treafonne 

Ande noe bonde twixt Sonne ande Fatherre Thys 
Villayne 

comes underre the predyctyonne thufse thenne iffe 
Sonne agaynit . 

Fatherre the Kynge totterres fromme the byafse 
offe Nature theres 4.20 

Fatherre agaynfte Chylde Wee have feene the 
befte offe oure 

tyme Machynatyonnes treacherye alle ruinoufe 
dyforrederres 

followe ufse difquiettelye toe oure Graves Finde 
ths Villayne 

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Edmunde itte fhalle loofe thee noethynge doe itte 
carefullye 

Aye Ande the noble ande trewe heartedde Kente 
banyfhedde 

Hys Offence beynge butte Honeftye Tis ftraunge 

Bas 'Thys is the excellente fopperye of the 

W orlde thatte 

Whenne wee are fycke inne fortune the furfeytes 
off oure 

owne behavyoure wee make guiltye of oure dys- 


afterres 
Vyllaynes bye nifsefsytye fooles bye compul- 
fyonne Knaves 420 


ande ‘Thieves bye predomynaunce Drunkards 
lLyars ande 

Adulltererres bye Obedyence toe Planetarye inne- 
fluence 

ande alle thatte wee are eville inne bye dyvine 
thruftyng 

onne Admyrable evafyonne of mye Whore Mafterre 

Manne Mye Fatherre componndedde with, mye 
Motherre 

Underre Dragonnes Tayle ande mye Natyvytye 
was 

inderre Urfa Magor foe follows itte I amme 
rough ande 

Lecheroufe I fhould have. thatte. whiche. I amme. 
hadde 


KYNGE LEARE. 27 


the mofte Maydennelye Starre ith F'yrmamente 
twinkledde onne mye bafterdyfynge 430 


Edgarre commes ih orrewarde 


Patte lyke the Cataftrophe of the old Comedye here 
he comes Mye Cue iffe Villaynoufe Melannecholye 
lyke Tom O Bedlamme O thefe Eclypfes doe 
portende 
thefe dyvyfyonnes Fa Sol La Mee 
Edg How nowe brotherre Edmunde whye thys 
feryoufe 
Contemplatyonne 
Bas | amme thynkynge of a predy¢ctyonne I 
reade thys 
otherre Daye onne whatte fhould follow thefe 
Eclypfes 
ande I promife you the effects he writes of fucceede 
unnehappylye butte whenne faw you mye fatherre 
lafte | : 440 
Edg The Nyghte gone bye 
Bas Spake you withe hymme 
Edg I two hours togetherre 
Bas Parretedde you inne goode termes Founde 
you noe 
dyspleafure inne hymme bye worde norre Coun- 
tenaunce 


Edg None atte alle 
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ene CSO oa mean Ae So mney Soren omar a aD ee 


28 KYNGE LEARE. 


Bas Bethynke yourefelfe whereinne you have 
offenndedde 
ande praye you forrebeare hys prefence tille the 
heate of hys dy{pleafure bee quelledde whiche foe 
rageth inne hymme thatte withe the myfchiefe of 
youre 
perfonne itte woulde fcarcelye allaye 450 
Edg Some Villayne hathe done mee wronge 
Edm Thats mye feare Therefore praye you 
forrebeare 
tille hys rag e flowerre ande retyre withe mee 
toe mye Lodgynge where you fhall fytley heare 
mye Lord fpeake theres mye Keye ande 
fhoud you ftyrre praye you goe armedde 
Edg Armd Brotherre 
Bas Tamme noe honefte Manne if there bee anye 
godde meanynge toe you I praye you thenne 460 
awaye 
Edg Shalle I heare fromme you anonne 
Edm Thuffe doe I ferve inne ths bufynefle 
A Creduloufe Fatherre ande a brotherre noble 
Whofe Natures are foe farre fromme doinge harmes 


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honeftye 
Mye Practyceffe ryde eafye I fee the bufyneffe 
Iffe notte bye byrthe thenne lette mee have Landes 
bye Witte 
alle with mee is meete foe I canne fafhyonne itte 


KYNGE LEARE. 29 


SCEANE THYRDE 
Gonnerylle ande Stewarde comme forrewarde 


Gonn Dydde mye Fatherre ftryke mye Genne- 
tlemanne 
forre chydynge hys foole 
Stew I Madamme 4°70 
Gon Bye daye ande Nyghte he wrongs mee 
Everye houre he flafhes into oune grofe cryme or 
otherre 
Thatte tetts uffe alle atte odds He notte innedure itte 
Hys Kyghts growe ryatoufe ande hymfelfe uppe- 
brayds uffe 
Inne everye tryfle whenne he retturnes fromme 
huntynge 
Ille notte {fpeake with hymme faye I amme fycke 
Iffe you come flacke of formerre Serrevyces 
You fhall doe welle the fault [le anfwerre 
Gent Hes comynge Mam I heare hymme 
Gon Putte onne whatte wearye neglygence you 
pleafe 480 
Ide have itte come toe queftyonne iffe he dyfiyke 
itte lette hymme toe oure Syfterre our Myndes 
inne thatte are oune folifhe Age thatte ftylle woud 
Manage thofe Authorytyes hee hath gyvenne awaye 
forre bye mye life olde fooles mufte bee ufedde affe 


30 KYNGE LEARE. 


babyes ande have checkes forre flatteryes whenne 
theye are feene abufd rememberre whatte I telle you 
Gent Verye welle Madamme 
Gon Lette hys Kyghtes have colderre lookes 
too itte 
matterres notte whatte comes oft advife thye fel- 
lowes AgO 
foe Ile write ftraygthe toe mye Syfterre toe 


holde mye verye courfe goe prepare for dynerre 
y J goe } y 


Kente 


Ken Iffe butte afs welle I otherre accentes bor- 

rowe thatte 

canne mye fpeeche defufe thou banyfht Kente iffe 

thou canft ferve where thou doft ftande con- 
demnedde . 

thye Mafterre whom thou lovft fhalt fynde thee 
fulle 

offe laybourre 

Exnterre Leare 


; 
Leare Lette mee notte ftaye a jotte forre dyn- 
nerrre goe gette 
itte readye how nowe whatte arte thou 
Kente A Manne Sir 
Leare Whatte doft profeffe whatte wouldft 
withe uffe 
Kente I doe profeffe naughte more thanne I 
feme toe bee 


sy 


KYNGE LEARE. 31 


trewe toe hymme thatte woude putte mee inne 
trufte toe 
love hymme thatte ifs honefte toe faye with 
hymme | 
thatte ifs wife toe feare Judgemente toe fyghte 
whenne 
I cannotte chufe ande toe eate noe fythe 
Leare Whatte arte thou | 
Kente An honefte heartedde fellowe as pore afs 
the Kynge 
Leare fie bee as poore forre a Subjecte as hee 
foree a Kynge 
thenne arte poore inndeede butte whatte woudit 
thou 510 
Kente Service 
Leare Who wouldft ferve. 
Kente Youe — 
Leare Doft knowe mee fellowe 
Kente Notte I butte you have inne you thatte 
I woude | 
calle Mafterre 
Leare Aye whatts thatte 
Kenre Authorytye 
Leare Whatte canft thou doe 
Kente Keepe honefte coufayle ryde runne 
marre a 520 
tayle in the tellynge itte delyverre a playne 
Meffage bluntlye whatte ordynarye Menne are 


LEARE. 


32 KYNGE 


fytte forre thatte an I qualyfyedde inne butte the 
befte offe mee ifs dylygence 
Leare Howe olde arte thou 
Kente Notte foe Yonge toe love a womanne for 
fyngynge norre 
foe olde toe dote onne herre forre anye thynge 
I have 
Yeares onne mye backe fortye ande eyghte 
Leare Followe thenne thou fhalt ferve mee anne 
I lyke thee no 
worfe afterre dynnerre Ille notte parte with thee 
yette §30 
Whatte ho I faye dynnerre wheres mye knave mye 
foole goe calle mye foole hytherre firra wheres 


Mye Daughterre 
Enterre Stewarde 


Stew Soe pleafe you 
Leare Whatte fayes the fellowe there calle the 
clotte 
pole backe mye foole I faye I thynke the Worldes 
afleepe ho wheres mye munnegrelle 
Kente He fayes mye Lorde youre Daughterre 
ifs notte welle 
Leare Wherefore came hee notte whenne I calld 
hymme 
Ser He annefweredde roundlye thatte he would 
notte 


KYNGE LEARE, 33 


Leare He woud notte 540 
Ser Mye Lorde I knowe notte whatte the Mat- 
terre iffe 


butte toe mye judgmente youre Hyghneffe iffe notte 
receyvedde with the affe¢tyonne you were wonte 
therfe greate abatemente appeares afs welle inne 
depennedaunts as inne the Duke hymfelfe ande 
youre Daughterre 
Leare Ha fayft thou foe 
-Ser Pardonne I doe befeeche mye Lorde Iffe I bee 
Myftakenne forre mye dutye cannotte bee fylente 
whenne I doe thynke youre Hyghneffe wrongd 550 
Leare Thou butte rememberefte mee of myne 
owne 
conneceptyonne I have percey veddea faynte neglecte 
of late whiche I have the ratherre afs mine owne 
Jealoufe curyofytye I wille looke fartherre intoe itte 
butte wheres thys foole I ha notte feene hymme thys 
two dayes 
Ser Synce mye Younge Ladyes goynge intoe 
Fraunce | 
Sir hee hath muche pynd awaye 
Leare Noe more of thatte I have notedde itte 
goe telle mye 
daughterre I woulde {peake wits herre goe too calle 
hytherre mye foole O you Sir come you hytherre 
Who am I Syrre 560 
Stew Mye Ladys fatherre 
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KYNGE LEARE. 


Leare My Ladys fatherre mye Lords Knave me 
whorfonne dog 

Sew Iam none of thys I praye you pordonne 
mee mye Lorde 

Leare Doe you bandy lookes withe me Knave 

Stew Ile notte bee ftrucke mye Lorde 

Kenre Norre trypt neytherre you bafe foote ball 
Playerre 

Leare Fellow I thanke thee thou fervft mee ande 
I love thee 

Keate Come Sir Ile teache you dyfferences awaye 
awaye 


iffe you wille meafure youre lubberres length agayne 
tarrye butte awaye you have wifdome 57 


Leare Nowe freyndlye Knave I thaynke thee 
theres earneft 


of thye fervyce 


Enterre Foole 


Foole Lette mee hyre hymme too Heres mye 
Coxcombe 
Leare Howe nowe mye prettye Knave how doft 
thou 
Froole Sirra you were befte take mye Coxcombe 
Kente Whye Foole 
Foole Whye forre takynge ownes parte thatts 
oute of favoure 


KYNGE LEARE, 35 


Naye an thou canft notte fmyle as the winde getts 


thout 
catch colde fhortlye- welle take mye Cocks- 
combe 580 


Whye he hath banythd two of daughterres ande 
done the thyrde a bleffynge agaynft hys wille 
iffe thou wilt followe hymme thou mufte needes 
weare my Cock{combe how now nunckle woud 
I hadde two Cockfcombes ande two daughterres 

Leare Whye mye Boye 

foole Iffe I gave themme anye lyvynge Ide keepe 
the Cockfcombe myefelfe theres myne begge 
anotherre of thye daughterres 

Leare Take heede Syrrah the whyppe 590 

foole Truth is a dog thatte mufte toe Kennelle 

whenne . 

mye Ladye ftandes by th Fyre ande ftynkes 

Leare A peftylente Gulle toe mee 

foole Sirra Ile teache thee a fpeeche 

Leare Doe 

foole Marke itte Unnekle have more thanne 
thou fhewefte fpeake lefle thanne thou knowefte 
lende leffe thanne thou owefte ryde more thenne 
thou goefte learne more thenne thou trowefte 
leave thye drynke ande thye hope ande keepe 600 
inne a doore thenne fhalt thou ha more thanne 
twoe tens toe a Score 

Leare 'Thys is nothnge foole 

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foole 'Thenne ift as the breathe of an unnefedde 
Layerre 
You faye mee naught fort canft make noe ufe of 
Noethynge Unckle 
Leare Whye noe noethnge canne bee made o 
nothynge 
O thourt a bytterre foole 
folle Dott knowe the difference boye twixt a 
byttere ande 
a {weete foole 610 
Leare Noe Ladde teache mee 
foole 'Thatte Lorde thatte coufayld thee to give 
thye Lande awaye 
Comme place hymme here bye mee doe thou for 
hymme {tande 
Thenne foone wilte the fweete ande bytterre foole 


appeare 


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thatte 
thou waft borne withe 
Kente 'Thyffe iffe alle toegetherre foole mye 
Lorde 
foole Noe faythe Lordes ande greate Menne 
wille notte 
lette mee have alle foole toe myefelfe theyle 620 
bee fnatchynge give nee an Egge Nunckle ande 


Ile give thee two Crownes 


KYNGE LEARE. 37 


Leare Whatte twoe Crownes {hall theye bee 
jfolle Whye afterre I ha broke the Egge ande eate 
the meate thenne take the twoe Crownes oth Egge 
whenne thou clovefte ande gravefte awaye thye 
Crowne thenne thou hadft lyttle witte inne thye 
baulde Crowne Ictte hymme bee whypt thatte 
fyndes itte notte foe 
Fooles had nere leffe witte inne a Yeare 630 
Forre wife menne are growne foppyfhe 
Theye knowe notte howe theyre Witts doe weare 
‘Theyre Mannerres are foe Apyfhe 
Leare Whenne where you wonte toe bee thuffe 
fulle 
“of Songs Syrra 
foole I have ufedde itte Nunckle everre fynce 
thoud madit . 
thye Daughterres thye Motherre Nunckle forre 
Whenne thou gavit themme the Rodde theye forre 
joye dydde weepe Ande I forre Sorrowe fung 
thatte fuche a Kynge fhoulde playe a bo peepe 
I praye thee Nunckle keepe a Schoole Mafterre 640 
thatte canne teache thye foole toe lye I woulde 
fayne learne toe lye 
Leare Ite you lye lye you fhalle bee whipte 
foole Whatte kynne arte thou ande thye 
Daughterres 
theyl ha mee whypt forre fpeakynge trewe ande 
thou forre lyinge O 1 hadde ratherre be anye 


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thynge thanne a folle yette woud I notte bee 

thou Nunckle thou haft payd thye witte a bothe 
fydes ande lefte noethynge inne the Myddelle 
heere commes oune o the Parynges 650 


Gonnerylle 


Leare Howe nowe daughterre whatte makes 
thatte frontlett onne 
Methynkes you are toe muche a late ith frowne 
foole ‘Thou waft a prettye fellowe whenne thou 
careddefte 
notte forre herre frowne nowe thou arte O withoute 
a figure [ amme a foole thou arte noethynge though 
youre face byddes mee holde mye peace Yette dott 
thou faye noethynge 
Mumme Mumme hee thatte keepes norre Crufte 
norre Crumme 
Wearye of alle fhalle wante forre fome Thatts a 
fheald pefcod 
Gon Notte onlye thys foole you are lycened 
butte otherre offe 660 
the retynewe doe hourelye carpe ande quarrelle ande 
ryotts notte toe bee enneduredde I hadde thoughte 
Sir 
bye makynge thys welle knowne toe you toe have 
Founde a fafe redrefle butte amme fearefulle bye 
youre 


KYNGE LEARE. 39 


late fpeeche ande Acts thatte you doe protecte thys 
courfe 
whiche iffe you fhoulde Sir the faulte wille notte 
{cape 
cennefure norre fhalle redreffe fleepe whiche inne the 
tennederre offe a wholefome weale myghte inne 
workynge 
doe you thatte offence thatte elfe were fhame butte 
thenne 
neceflytye mufte calle dy{creete proceedings 670 
folle Forre you trowe Nunckle the hedge Spar- 
rowe fedde the 
Cookow foe longe thatte itte hadde the heade be 
itte younge 
{foe oute wente the Cannedellé ande wee were lefte 
darklynge 
Leare Are you oure daughterre 
Gon Comme Sir I woudde you make ufe offe the 
wifdomme whereoffe 
I knowe you are fraughte ande putte awaye thefe 
dy{pofyty onnes 
thatte late have transforremedde you fromme 


whatte you are 
foole Maye notte an Afs knowe whenne the 


Carte drawes the horfe 
whoope Juffle I love thee 
Leare Dothe anye here knowe mee thyffe iffe 
notte Leare dothe 


40 KYNGE LEARE. 


Leare walke thuffe fpeake thuffe where are hys 
Eies hys 580 

dy{cerrenynges are letharregye forre fure tis notte 
foe who 

‘ft canne telle mee who I amme Ift Leares 
fhadowe fyre 

I woud learne thatte bye the markes offe fo- 
vereygntye 

ande reafonne I fhould bee falfe perrefwadedde 
I hadde 


daughterres 
Folle Whiche theye wille make anne obedyente 


fatherre 
Leare Thye Name fayre Gennetlewomanne 
Gon 'Thys Admyratyonne favourres of otherre 
newe prankes I praye 
You unnederreftande mye purpofes aryghte as you 


are oulde 

foe fhoud you bee wife heere doe you keepe foure 
hundredde 

Knyghtes ande Squires Menne foe diforrderre- 
lye foe 690 

deboyfte ande bolde Thatte thyffe oure Courte 
innefectedde 

with theyre mannerres fhewes lyke a ryatoule 
Inne bee 


thou defyredde bye herre thatte elfe wille take the 
thynge 


KYNGE LEARE. At 


the beggs a lyttle toe dy{quannetytye youre trayne 
ande 
the remaynderre thatte ftylle depende toe bee fuche 
Menne as maye beeforte youre Age ande knowe 
themmefelves ande you 
Leare Darkneffe ande divels faddle mye horfes 


call mye 

trayne togetherre degenerate baftarde elfe notte 
trouble 

thee yette have I owne daughterre lefte 720 


Gon You ftryke mye People ande youre dys- 
orrederedde rabble 
make fervaunts of theyre betterres 


Duke commes forrewarde 


Leare O Wee thatte toe late repentes uffle O 

Sir you are comme 

Is itte yore wille Wee prepare anye horfes In- 
gratytude 

thou Marble heartedde feynde More hideoufe 
whenne 

thou fhewefte thee inne a Childe thanne the Sea 

Monfterre orre deteffetedde Kyte thou letfen mye 

trayne ande Menne of choyfe who alle partyculars 

of dutye knowe O moutte {malle faulte howe 

uglye dyd{te thou inne Cordelya fhowe thatte 710 

wrencht mye verye frame of nature fromme its fyxt 

fe 


42 KYNGE LEARE. 


place drewe fromme mye hearte alle love ande 
addedde toe the galle O Leare Leare beate atte 
thye gate thatte lette thye follye inne ande thye 
lear judgmente oute goe goe alle mye People 
Duke Mye'Lorde I amme guiltleffe afs Tamme 
lonorante 
Lea ate maye bee foe harke Nature heare deare 
C oddeffe 
fufpende thye pur pofe iffe thou woudft make thys 
Creature fruitefulle intoe herre wombe conveye 
{terylytye drye uppe inne herre the Organnes 
olte 720 
Innecreafe ande lette noe babe fprynge toe honorre 


osteo 
ande lette itte channelle rynkles onne herre browe 
of youthe with accente teares turne alle herre paynes 
toe- rude laughterre ande contempte Thatte thee 
maye 
knowe howe fharpe ande lyke a Serrepentes toothe 
it is 
toe have a thanklefie Chylde goe goe mye People 
Duke Nowe Gods thatte wee adore howe comes 
thyffe 
Gon Aik notte the caufe butte lette hys dyfpo- 
{ytyonne have 
the {cope thatte dotage gives itte 730 


KYNGE LEARE. 43 


Leare Whatte fiftye atte a Clappe ande with- 
inne a fyrtnyghte too 

Duke Whats the Matterre Sir 

Leare Marke mee He telle the life ande deathe 


I amme 
afhamd thou haft powerre toe fhake mye Mann- 
hoode 


thuffe thatte thefe hotte teares thatte breake fromme 
mee perretorce fhoud make worfe blafts ande Foggs 
onne the unnetennederre woundynges of a Fatherres 
ufle playe thys parte agayne Ile plucke ye oute 
ande cafte you with the Waterres thatte you maye 
temperre claye Yea tis come toe thys yette iffe 740 
there oune daughterre lefte whome I amme {ure iffe 
kynde ande commeforretable whenne fhee fhalle 
heare thys of thee with herre Nayles fhele flee thye 
Wolfyfhe Vifage ande thoulte fynde I fhalle 
refume the fhape whiche feemynge I have cafte offe 
Yeffe thou fhalte I warrante thee — Zoes oute 

Gon Doe you marke thatte mye Lorde 

Duke 1 cannotte bee foe partyalle toe the greate 

Love I beare thee 


Gonnerille 
Gon Praye you connetente whatte Ofwalde hoa 
You Sir.more knave thanne foole afterre youre 
Mafterre 
foole Nunckle Leare Nunckle Leare 750 
Tarrye take the foole withe thee 
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A Fox whenne oune has caughte herre 
Ande fuche.a daughterre 
Should fure love the flaughterre 
Iffe mye Cappe woulde buye a halterre 
Soe fhalle the foole followe ire 
Gonn Thys Manne hathe hadde goode counfelle 
A hundredde Knyghtes he maye oureguarde 
Hys dotage with hys powerres “60 
Ande holde oure lives inne Mercye Curane I faye 
Alb Welle you may feare too farre 
Gon Saferre thanne trufte toe farre 
Whatte he hath uttered I have writte mye fyfterre 
Iffe fhe fuftayne hymme: ande hys hundredde 
Knyghtes 
Whenne I have fhewd th unfytneffe 


How nowe Curane 
Haft thou yette wrote thatte Letterretoe mye fyfterre 
Curan I Madamme 


‘ 
Gon 


Take thenne fome Companye ande awaye 
toe horfe 

Inneforme herre fulle off mye partycularre feare 770 
Ande thereto adde fuche reafonnes of youre owne 
Affe maye compacte itte more Gette you gone 
Ande haftenne toe youre retynewe 


KYNGE LEARE. As 


Thys mylkye gennetleneffe ande courfe offe yours 
Though I condemne notte yette underre pardonne 
You are muche more atte tafke forre wante of 
wifdomme | 
Thanne pray{d forre harmfulle myldneffe 
Alb Welle Welle to th evente 


Leare Kente Gentlemanne ande foole 


Leare Goe you before toe Glofterre withe thefe 
Letterres 780 
acquainte mye daughterre noe furretherre withe anye 
thinge you knowe thenne commes fromme herre 
| demande | 
butte of the Letterre iffe youre dylygence bee 
drowfye 
I fhalle bee there before you 
Kente Ille notte fleepe tille I have delyvyredde 
youre Letterre 
foole Iffe a Mans brayns were infheeles wert 
notte inne 
dangerre offe kybes 
Lere 1 boye 
_ foole 'Thenne praye thee bee merrye thye witte 
goes notte 
flyppe fhodde 


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jfoole 'Thoult fee thye otherre daughterre wille 
ufe thee 
welle forre though fhes afs lyke thyffe afs Crabbs 
toe 
an apple yette I canne telle whatte I lyfte 
Leare Whatte canft telle Boye 
foole She wille tafte as lyke toe a Crabb afs does 
thys 
thou knowft whye ounes Nofe ftands ith myddelle 
ons face 
Leare Noe 
Joole Whye toe ones Eyes of fydes ones Nofe 


thatte 
whyche Manne cannotte fmelle oute hee maye 
fee oute S00 


Leare Idydde herre wronge 
foole dofte knowe howe the Oyfterre makes hys 
fhelle 
Leare Noe 
foole Neytherre canne I Yette doe I knowe whye 
a Snayle 
has a houfe 
Leare Ande whye thatte 
Joole ‘Toe hyde hys heade inne notte toe give itte 
awaye 
toe hys Daughterres ande leave hys hornes withoute 
a Cafe 
Leare I wille forregette mye Nature foe kynde 
a Fatherre 


KYNGE LEARE. 47 


whatte hoa there bee mye horfes readye 


foole 'T hye Affes are aboute themme the reafonne 
the feafonneé SIO 


Starres are noe more thanne iffe a prettye reafonne 
Leare Caufe theye are notte eyghte 
foole Werte thou mye foole Nunckle thou 
fhouldft bee | 
beate forre beynge oulde afore thye tyme 
Leare Hows thatte 
foole 'Thou fhoudft notte ha beene oulde tille thou 
hadtte 
beene wife 
Leare Lette mee notte bee madde O f{weete 
heavenne I 
woud notte bee madde O keepe mee inne temperre 
whatte 
Hoa are the horfes readye 
Gent Readye mye Lorde 520 
Leare Comme boye 
foole She thatts a Mayde nowe ande laughs atte 
mye deparreture 
fhalle notte be a Mayde longe unlefle thyngs bee 
fhorterre. 


Baftarde ande Curanne 


Bas Save thee Curanne 
Cur Ande you Sir I have beene withe youre 
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Ande givenne hymme Notyce 
Thatte the Duke off Cornwalle ande Regan hys 
ducheffe 
Wille bee here with hymme thys nyghte 
Bas Howe comes thatte 
Cur Naye I Knowe notte you have hearde o the 
Newes 930 
abroade of the eare buffynge Arregumennts 
Bas Notte I praye you whatte are theye 
Cur You maye learnne ére longe farewelle Sir 
Bas The duke bee here toe Nyghte the betterre 
bette 
Thyffe weaves ittefelfe perforce intoe mye bufynefle 
mye fatherre hath fette guarde toe take mye 
brotherre 
And I have oune thynge of a queafye queftyonne 
Whiche I mfte acte briefenefle andé forretune 
helpe mee 


Edgarre 


Brotherre a worde O flye thys place 

Defcennde brotherre I faye mye fatherre watches 940 

Innetellygence is givenne where you are hydde 

You have the goode advantage of the Nyghte 

Haft thou notte fpokenne gainft the duke of 
Cornwalle 


Knowfte thou notte hes comynge hytherre ith hafte 


KYNGE LEARE. 49 


Ande Reganne withe hymme have you nothynge 
fayd 
Uponne youre partye gaynft the duke of Albanye 
Advife thyfelfe I faye 
‘¢ Hdg. Tam fure on’t not a word. 
‘* Baftard, | heare my father comming, pardon 
‘* me in crauing, I 
‘¢ muft draw my {word vpon you, feemme to de- 
‘* fend your felfe, now 
quit you well, yeeld, come before my father, 
‘* light heere, heere, 
flie brother flie, torches, torches, fo farwell ; 
‘* fome bloud drawne 


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on me would. beget opinion of my more fierce 
“* endeuor, I haue 

feene drunkards do more then this in {port ; 
‘* father, father, ftop, 

{top, no helpe? 


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‘* Ghft. Now Edmund, where’s the villaine ; 

‘* Baft. Heere ftood he in the darke, his {harpe 
‘< {word out, 

warbling of wicked charmes, coniuring the 
‘¢ Moone to ftand his 

auf{picious Miftris. 

‘* Gift. But where is he ? 

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KYNGE LEARE. 


‘* Baft. Looke fir, I bleed. 

aloe Wh rere is the villaine, Edmund ? 

s way fir, when by no means 
(«he putalieia tuts 
Y7, UE arenes 

‘* Gloft. Puriue him, go after, by no meanes, 
‘© what? 

‘© Baft. Perfwade me to the murder of your 
‘¢ Lordfhip, but that 

I tolde him the reuengiue Gods, gainft Paracides 

5 Id 

‘¢ did all their 

thimdere hend {nok i 

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many fould 

e a bond 

the child wa att yund to the father; fir, in a fine, 
cs te eing how loth- 

ly op e I ftood to his vnnaturall purpofe, 
<< with fell motion 

with his prepared {word, he charges home my 
As vnprouided bo- 

dy, launcht mine arme; but v vhen he faw my 
‘© beft alarumd {pirits 

quarrels right, rouzd to the en- 
‘¢ counter, or whether 

gafted by the noife 1 made, but fodainly he 
hi fled. 

Gift. Let him flie farre, not in this Land 

‘© fhall he remaine vn- 


caught and found; difpatch, the Noble Duke . 


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worthy Arch and Patron comes to night, by his 
‘«* authority [I will 
proclaime it, that he which findes him fhall 
‘¢ deferue our thankes, 
bringing the murderous caytiffe to the ftake, he 
‘¢ that conceales 
him, death. 
‘< Baft. When I diffwaded him from his intent, 
<< and found him 
pight to do it, with curft fpeech I threatned to 
‘© difcouer him ; he 
replied, Thou vnpoffefling baftard, doft thou 
‘¢ thinke, if I would 
ftand againft thee, could the repofure of any truft, 
<*- vertue, or 
worth in thee make thy words faith’d? no: 
‘© what I fhould deny, 
as this I would, I, thogh thou did{t produce 
‘< my very character, 
ide turne it all to thy fuggeftion, plot, and 
‘© damned pretence, and 
thou muft make a dullard of the world, if they 
‘* not thought the 
profits of my death weré very pregnant and 
‘* potentiall {purres to 
make thee feeke it. 
‘© Gloft. Strong and faftened villaine, vould he 
‘¢ deny his letter? 
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52 KYNGE LEARE. 


‘* I neuer got him: harke, the Dukes trumpets, 
‘“* I know not why he 

comes ; all Ports ile barre, the villaine fhall not 
‘* fcape, the Duke 

muft grant me that: befides, his picture I wil 


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‘* fend far and neere, 

‘* that all the kingdome may haue note of him, 
‘* and of my land, 

(loyall and naturall boy) ile worke the meanes 


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‘¢ Enter the Duke of Cornwall. 


‘* Corn. How now my noble friend, fince I 


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came hether, which 


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‘* IT can call but now, I haue heard {trange newes. « 


‘“< Reg. If it be true, all vengeance comes too 
‘© fhort which can 
‘ purfue the offender ; how doft my Lord? 
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‘ Reg. What, did my fathers godfon feeke 
‘* your life? he whom 

‘‘ my father named your Edgar 2 

‘< Gloft. I Lady, Lady, fhame would haue it hid. 

‘* Reg. Was he not companion with the ryotous 
‘* Knights that 

tends vpon my father ? 


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‘* Ghft. I know not Madam, tis too bad, 
‘“ too bad. 
‘* Baft. Yes madam, he was. 
Keg. No maruaile then though he were ill 
‘< affected, 
Tis they haue put him on the old man’s death, 
Leo: hi 
I haue this prefent euening from my fitter 
Beene well inform’d of them, and with fuch 


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cautions, 
That if they come to foiourne at my houfe, ile 
‘* not be there. 
Duke. Nor I, affure thee Regan; Edmund, I 
‘* heard that you haue 
fhewne your father a child-like office. 
‘¢ Baf?. Twas my duty fir. 
‘* Gloft. He did betray his practice, and receiued 
This hurt you fee, ftriuing to apprehend him. 
Duke. Is he purfued ? © 
Gloft. I my good Lord. 
‘ Duke. If he be taken, he fhall neuer more be 
‘“* feard of doing 
harme, make your owne purpofe how in my 
‘* atrength you pleate ; 
for you Edmund, whofe vertue and obedience 
‘¢ doth this inftant 
fo much commend it felfe, you fhalle be ours, 


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‘«< truft, we fhall much need, you we firft feize’on. 
‘<< Ba/t, 1 fhall ferue you truely, how euer elfe. 

| ‘© Glof?. For him I thanke your Grace. 

EN || ‘© Duke. You know not why we came to vifite 

i Bi) Bs you? 


‘Ss Regan. Thus out of feafon, threatning darke 
; | | ‘* eide night, | 
nt Ni ‘© Occafions noble Glocefler of fome prize, 


hi i} i ‘© Wherein we muft haue vfe of your aduice, 

Ht : ‘* Our father he hath writ, fo hath our fifter, 

; ‘© Of defences, which I beft thought it fit,” 

Toe anfwerre fromme oure hande the feveralle 
Meffengers 


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Laye comforte toe youre bifomme ande beftowe 


Youre Needefulle confaylle toe youre bufynefiefs 

Whiche craves oure inftaunte ufe 
Glo I ferve you Madamme youre Graces are 
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_ Stew Goode even toe thee freynde arte of the houfe 
Kente I 

Stew Were maye wee fette oure horfes 
Kente Inne the Mire 

Stew Prithee an thou love mee telle mee 


KYNGE LEARE. 55 


Kente I love thee notte 
Szew Whye thenne I care notte forre thee 
Kente Watt butte inne Lipfburye Penfolde Ide 
make 
thee care forre mee 
Stew Wherefore doft thou ne mee thufs 
knowe thee 1070 
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Kente Fellowe I knowe thee 
Stew Whatte doft thou knowe mee forre 
Kente A Knave a rafcalle who eates brokenne 
Meates 
a bafe proude begearrelye three fhewtedde hundredde 
Pounde -a whorefonne Glatle a gazynge fuper- 
fynycalle 
Rogue oune Trunke inneherytynge flave thatte 
oe bee a bawde inne waye off goode Service 
ande arte noethynge butte the compofytyonne of a 
Knave Cowarde 
ande Panderre whome I wille beate intoe whyn- 
ynge iffe thou 
denye the fmallefte Syllable of the addytyonne 1080 
Stew Whye whatte a Montftrous fellowe thou 
arte toe rayle onne 
oune who knowes notte thee norre iffe knowne of 
thee 
Kente Brazenne facd Varlette doft denye thou 
knowft mee ifie 


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notte butte two dayes fynce I beate thee ande 
tript thee 
before the Kyng drawe you Rogue though itte 
bee Nyghte 
yette the Moon fhynes thatte I maye a foppe 
otie thee 
drawe you whorefon cullye drawe 
Stew Awaye I have noethynge toe doe with thee 
Kente Drawe I faye thou haft Letterres agaynit 
the Kynge 


ande take Vanytye the Puppetts parte agaynft the 


R oyal tye I ogo 
of therre fatherre drawe orre Ile foe Carbonadoe 
youre 


fhankes drawe thenne I faye 


Stew Helpe ho Mirtherre Helpe 


Enterre Edmunde Glofterre duke ande ducheffe 


Bas Howe nowe whatts the Matterre 

Kenre Withe you goodman boye ile fleafhe 
you mye younge 
Mafterre 

Duke Peace onne youre lives he dies thatte 
{trykes agayne 

Reg "The Meflengerre fromme oure Syfterre 
ande the Kynge 

Duke Whats youre difference fpeake 


KYNGE LEARE. 57 


Stew Im fearce inne breathe mye Lorde 
Kente Noe marvaile notte thou haft foe beftird 
thye 
Valoure thatte Nature declaymes inne thee the 1100 
Taylorre | 
Duke Thou arte a {traunge fellowe a Taylorre 
make a Manne 
Kente Sir a Stone Cutterre orre a Paynterre coud 
notte ha made 
hymme foe ille hadde he workd butte oune 
houre 
Glos Speake howe grewe the quarrelle 
Stew Thys ancyente Ruffyan Sir whofe life I 
{pard atte 
fuite of hys greye Bearde 
Kente O Thou Whorefon Zedde thou unnecef. 
farye Letterre 
if you wille give mee leave mye Lorde Ile treade 
thys Villayne intoe waterre ande daube the 
Walls of a Jaques with hymme {pare mye 
greye . IL1O 
Bearde you Wagtayle 
Duke Peace beaftlye Knave thou hafte noe Re- 
veraunce 
Kente Yefle butte angerre has a Pryvyledge 
Duke Whye arte angrye I faye 
Kente ‘That fucha flave as thys fhoud weare a 
Sworde 


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KYNGE LEARE. 59 


Hee mufte fpeake truthe ande theye wille take 
itte foe 

Iffe hees notte playne thefe kynde of Knaves | 
knowe 

Whiche inne thys playnneffe has boure more crafte 

ande far more corrupte Endes thenne twentye 
illye duckynge | 

obfervaunts thatte {tretche theyre dutyes nicelye 1140 

Kente Sir inne goode foothe 
Underre the allowaunce of youre greate Afpecte 


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Whofe inneflue eerie wreathe of radyente fire 
Glytterynge fromme Phebus fronte 
Duke Whatte meanft thou bye thys 
Kenté Toe goe fromme mye dyalogue whiche 
you didde 
nme noe flattererre hee 
yeouilde you with fi eda le accente was a 
playne Knave whic ch parte I wille notte aéte 1150 
though I fhoud winne ae dyfpleafure 
Duke Wats the offence you gave hymme 
Stew I nere gave a anye itte pleafd the 
Kynge hi Matterre 
Verye late toe ftrike atte mee uponne hys mifcon- 
fiructyonne 
Wenne hee conjunct ande flatterynge hys dyf- 
pleafure 
Tript mee behynde beynge downe infultedde raylde 


ande putte onne hymme foe eee o the Katine 


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Thatte worthyedde hymme ande gotte hymme 
prayfes o the Kynge 
Ande forre the Attempte of thys hys fofte fubdud 
exployte 
Drewe oune mee here agayne 
Kente Nonne O thefe Rogues ande fooles butte 
Ajax is theyre Knave 


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Duke Whatte ho the ftocks 


You ftubborne Mifcreante you unreverente bra garte 
UN7 AT] re tye eam, Rep Pee 
vveite teacne you 

Kente 1 am toe ouldé to learne calle notte youre 


ae 


n | eae tae epee ee 
OCOCKS TOr mee 


I ferve the Ky mge onne W hofe Em ploymentes I was 


7 g ae Rs | ee cerry |, , 
You fhould doe {malle re{fpect ‘e toe mye Matterre 


1 é ot oh, e, | J 
Stoppynge thus hys Graces Mefi engeire 


7 


Duke Fetche forthe the ftockes 


As I have life ande honoure there fhalle fitte tille 


Noone Ii7o 
Reg Tille Nyghte mye Lorde ande alle Nyghte 
toe 
Kente If I were youre fatherres dog Madam 


You coud notte ufe mee foe 
Reg Sir beynge hys Knave thenne I wille 
Duke Thys is a fellowe o the Nature oure Sif- 
terre {peakes of 
Glos Lette mee befeeche youre Grace notte to 
doe foe 


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KYNGE LEARE. 61 


Hys. faulte is niuche ande the goode Kynge hys 
Mafterre 
Wille checke hymme fort thys is fuche meane 
Correctyonne 
As mofte common trefpaffes are punyfht withe 
The Kynge mufte take itte tlle thatte hes foe 
flyghtlye valud I1SO 
Ifte you. hys Meffenger fhould have thus reftraynd 
Duke Wie anfwerre thatte 
Reg Mye Sifterre wille receive itte ftille muche 
worle 
Toe have her Gentlemanne abufd affaultedde 
For followinge her affayres putte inne hys legos 
Come mye Lorde awaye 
Glos Tamme forrye forre thee freynde tis the 
Dukes pleafure 
Whofe dy{pofytyonne alle the worlde welle knowes 
Wille notte bee rubd norre {topt yette Ile intreate 
for thee 
Kente doe notte I praye you Sir I have watcht 
ande travayled harde 1190 
Some tyme I wille fleepe the refte Ile whiftle 
For a goodmanns fortune Sir maye growe oute 
ats heels 
Give you goode Morrowe Sir 
Glos Inne thys innedeede the Dukes toe blame 
An I feare twille bee butte ille looke 


a a ee 


TARTS Pp en OF epee Rep ree 
Butte Miferye I knowe tis 


62 KYNGE LEARE. 


he ‘ ; » 4 aera BP aie i ¥ 
Kente Goode Kynge thatte mufte approve the 
common fawe 
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Who oute of Heéa ied usistrieieetenl 
Nno oute of reavens den edy yet yonne comeite 


re 3 AS ae eee ee a @) hha 
§oe the warme Vunne 


i 1 ra Wels -~ > 2 ey Bel Se ae ee ‘ a» 
Awproache thou beacon toe thys unnederre Globe 
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‘Thatte bye t nye alle rady aunte beames | m aye 1200 
nd or 
ty. re L 7 ett * {¢ 
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Perule thys er ce noetl ynge dees mye 
wracke 


grplitlw av tromme C or dely 2 
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Who moufte haplye hath beene nereiny 
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Cyt TY +} {1 y { Courfe ay dq a tine Tbe. a ae Hurtry 
Ox mye obicul LL CW OULIC ande om | LALLC : y raitie CY me 


From thys enormous ftate feekynge to oe 
Loffes theyre remedyes alle wearye ande oere watc ht 
Take vantage Heavye Eyes notte toe beholde 
Thys fhameful lodgynge e Farewelle fortune 
Smyle ande turne thye weele ounce more 

Edg LF / C 
[ heare myefelfe proclaymed 1210 


Ande | bye the ha ppye hollow of a Tree 

Efcapt the hunte Noe place noe porte is free 
Thatte guarde ande moufte unneufvalle Vigylaunce 
Doft notte attende m lye takynge Ww hile I maye {cape 
I have beethoughte ande wille preferve myefelfe 


Bye takynge the bafefte ande ate thape 


‘Thatte everre penurye inne contempte of M ‘anne 


Broughte neere toe beafte Mye face Ile 
with filthe 

Blankette mye loynes twifte alle mye hayre in 
Knottes 

Ande inne Adam lyke Nakeddenefie oute 

The Winde ande | vari o the 

Thys Countrye gives mee proofe ande pref 

Of Bedlam Bente thatte withe roarynge voyces 

Ande horrid blows numbered onne theyre lymes 

Sometyme with lunatycke banns ande thenne with 
Prayeres 

Enforce theyre Charytye poore poore Tom poore 
Kidgarre 


‘Thatte innedeede is fomethynge I amme noethynge 
a pee) 


Kynge ande Knyghte 


Leare Tis ftraunge they fhoulde thus departe 
from hence 
Ande notte fende backe mye Meffengerie 
Knygrthe 1 dydde heare the Nyghte before there 
was 12.30 
Noe purpofe of hys remove 
Ka nte Alle Be toe thee noble Mafterre 
Leare How makft thou thys fhame thye paftyme 
Foole Ha Ha ae, he weares crewe sate sarterres 
Horfes are tyde bye the Heels dogs ande beares 
Bye the Necke Munkye s bye the loynes ande Menne 


64 KYNGE LEARE. 


Bye the Legs whenne hees fomewhatte over luftye 
Thenne he weares woodenne neatherre Stockes 
Leare Whats hee thatte hathe thye place foe 
muche miftooke 
Toe fette thee here 1240 
Kente Tis bothe hee ande fhee youre Sonne 
ande daughterre 
Leare Noe 
Kente Yes 
Leare Noe I faye 
Kente I faye Yea 
Leare Noe noe they woulde notte Itte can- 
ed pote: bee 
Kente Agayne I faye tis evenne foe 
Leare Bye Jupiterre I {weare noe they durft 
notte do itte 
Suche outrage is worle thanne murderre 
Refolve mee withe alle modefte hafte whiche 
waye 1250 
Thou mayft deferve or they purpofe thys ufage 


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Commynge fromme uffe 
Kente Whenne atte theyre houre my Lorde 


I didde commende youre hyghneffe Letterres toe 
them 
Fere [ was rifenne fromme the place thatte fhewedde 


Mye dutye Kneelynge came there a reekynge Pofte 


Soe EEE 
Se a - BY <se 


Stewd in hys hafte halfe breathlefle pantynge forthe 
Salutatyonnes fromme Gonerylle hys Miuttrefie 


KYNGE LEARE. ey 3 


Thenne producd Letterres whiche they foon oere 
reade 
Strayghte fummoned uppe theyre Menne ande 
tooke horfe 1260 
Commanded mee toe followe ande attende the 
leyfure 
Of theyre Anfwerre gave mee colde looks 
Ande Meetynge here the otherre Mefiengerre 
Whofe Errande I perceyvd had poyfond myne 
Beynge the felfe fame fellowe who of late 
Dyfplayd foe fawcylye agayn{t youre hyghneffe 
Havynge more Manne thanne Witte drewe 
He rayfd the houfe youre Sonne ande daughterre 
Founde thys faulte worthe the fhame whiche hexe 
it fufferres 1270 
Leare O howe thys Motherre {wels uppe to- 
warde mye hearte 
Hiftorica Paffio—down thou clymynge Sorrowe 
Thye Elementes belowe where iffe thy daughterre 
Kente Withinne the Earle Sir withinne 
Leare follow notte butte ftaye theyre 
Knyghte Made you noe more offence thanne 
thatte you {peake of 
Kente Woe 
How chaunce the Kynge has foe f{malle a trayne 
foole Hadft beene fette ithe ftocks forre thatte 
Queftyonne 
Thou hadft welle defervd itte 1380 


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66 KYNGE LEARE. 


Kente Whye foole 
foole Wele fende thee toe an Ante w ‘hol teache 
thee 
theyres noe l: ibourynge ithe Winterre Alle thatte 
followe theyre Nofes are ledde bye theyre Eyes 
Whenne 
a greate wheele paces downe the hille loofe thye 


holde 
leafte itte breake thye Necke inne the. follow- 


ate See —— = a 


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butte whenne itte mounte the hille eene thenne lette 
arth 2 “ATKTA i - Ai ts Awe A ‘ ae . / 
itte drawe thee Whenne a wile Man gives thee - 


counfelle give mee mine agayne Id ha none butte 


ee ne ae 


Knaves elise itte fince a foole gives itte 
Thatte Manne who ferves for gayne 

Ande followes butte forre forme 

Wille pac ie Ww nen itte begynnes toe rayne 

oe leave thee ithe Storme 

Butte I wille tarrye the foole wille ftaye 


D ut 


de lette the wife Manne flye 
Th he Knaves turnes foole thatte runnes awaye 


Thenne foole noe Knave perdye 


Kente Where learnte you thys 
foole Notte ithe Stockes 


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Leare ande Glofierre 


Leare Denye toe fpeake withe mee thare fycke 
ande wearye 
Theye traveld harde toe N} yghte paltrye juggle 
Tis notte foe whatte revolte ande flynge ofte 
Fetche mee a betterre anf{werre 
Glos Mye dearefte Lorde 
You knowe the fierye Qualytye of the Duke 
How immoveablye fixt he iffe ins courfe 
Leare Deathe ande confufyonne 
Whatte fierye Qualytye whye Glofterre 
Glofterre I faye where is the Duke of Corns 
walle IAIO 
The Kynge woud fpeake with Cornwalle the deare 
fatherre 
Woulde withe hys daughterre fpeake commands 
her fervice 
Glos Aye mye goode Lorde 
Leare Fierye Duke telle the hotte duke thatte 
Leare 
Naye butte notte yette may bee hee ifs notte welle 


en a en 2 ——= == = = = m = SS ee see Se ae 
— I yen Ser Sei aS Se ee ee eS ez = Sen = = 


oure healthe 


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Is bounde wee are notte ourefelves whenne nature 
beynge e O} pprefte 
Commands the M ynde toe fufferre withe the bodye 


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63 KYNGE LEARE. 


Ande am fallen oute withe mye more heavyerre 
wille 

Toe take the innedyfpofedde ande fycklye fitte forre 
the founde Manne 14.20 

Deathe onne mye {tate wherefore fhould he fitte here 

Thys acte perfwades mee thatte thys emotyonne 

Offe the Duke ande herre is practife onelye 

Give me mye Servaunte foorthe Telle the duke 

ands wite 

Ile fpeake withe themme ande prefentlye too 

Bidde themme come forthe Orre atte theyre Cham- 
berre doore 


Ile beate mye drumme tille itte crye fleepe toe deathe 


Pann le 


Leare Goode Morrowe toe you bothe 

Duke Alle h rayle to ye youre Grace 

Reg Lamme gladde toe fee youre hyghnetfle 1430 
Leare | doe thynke you are I knowe whatte 


I have toe Hag th § foe anne thou fhoudft notte bee 


I woud divorce thee fromme thy Motherres Wombe 
Ande ee the Motherre was an Adultrefie 

Thye Sifterre is naughte O Reean fhe hath tiedde 
Sharpe aie unnekyndneffe lyke a Vulture here 


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KYNGE LEARE. 69 


I fcarce canne {peake toe thee thoult notte believe. 
Of whatte bafe qulytye fhe is O Reganne 

Reg Praye you Sir take Patyence I have hope 
You leffe knowe how to Value herre deferte 1440 
Thanne fhe toe flacke inne dutye 

Leare Saye howe is thatte 

Reg I cannotte thynke mye Syfterre ithe leafte 
Woud flacke inne dutye ande oblygatyonne 

Leare Mye Curfes onne herre 

Reg O Confydderre Sir you are oulde 


Nature inne you {tands onne the verye verge ande 


confyne 
You fhould bee ruld ande led bye fome dyf- 
cretyonne 


Thatte dycernes youre ftate betterre the you canne 
Toe oure Syfterre thenne wee doe praye you make 
retturne I450 
Ande faye thatte you have wrongd herre 
Leare Whatte doft faye afke herre forregiveneffe 
Marke you how woud thys become the houfe 
I doe confetle deare Reganne thatte Tamme oulde 
Onne mye Knees thenne I begge thatte youl 
* vouchfafe 
Toe give mee thys Nyghte bedde foode ande 
Raymente 
Reg Good Sir noe more thefe are unnefittynge 
trickes 
therefore wee praye you goe backe toe oure Syfterre 


70 KYNGE LEARE. 


Leare Noe Reganne Neverre Neverre 
She hathe abatedde mee of halfe mye trayne 1460 
Lookt blacke uponne mee ftrucke mee with herre 
tongue 
Mofte ferpente lyke uponne mye verye hearte 
Maye alle the ftord vengeance of Heavene falle 
Onne herre ungratefulle toppe firyke herre younge 
OO 
bones 
You Ayres thatt e {trike withe lameneffe 
You nimble lyghtnynges darte youre blindyng 
flames 
Intoe herre fcornfulle Eies You fenne fuckd Foggs 
Drawne bye the powerrefulle heate of the funne 


Innefecte herre Bee ande blafte herre pride 
Duke O fye Sir 1470 


Reg O the blefte Gods youl wifh foe onne mee 
When ae rath 1e Moode takes 
Leare Noe Reganne thou {halt neverre ha mye 
ag 
Herre Ejes are feirce butte thine doe comforte mee 
Noe Nature fhalt notte give toe thee mye 


Tis notte inne thee toe grudge 1 mye e Pleafure 


Toe cutte offe mye trayne ande ufe haftye Wordes 
ofe the Bolte 


Ande inne Conclut fyonne to oppo 
Agaynit mye comynge inne thou betterre knowft 


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The offyces of Nature bonde of Ch iidhoode 1480 
Effects offe Curtefye due offe Gratytude 

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Thy halfe offe thys Kyngdomme haft forregotte 


KYNGE LEARE. a1 


Twas I thatte endowedde thee withe itte 
Butte who waft thatte putte mye ithe Stockes 


Stewarde comes forrewarde 


Duke Whatte Trumpettes thatte 
Reg 1 knowt toe bee mye Syfterres 
Bye Letterre fhe fayde ere longe fhe woud bee here 
Iffe youre Ladye comme 
Leare Thys iffe the Slave whofe eafye borrowd 
pryde 
Dwels ithe fyckle Grace offe herre hee followes 
Oute Varlette fromme mye Syghte 1490 
Corn Whatte meanes youre grace 


G onnerylle 


Leare Who commes here hyde mee. kynde 
heavennes I praye | 
Iffe you doe love oulde Menne make itte youre 
Caufe 
Sende downe ande take mye parte 
Arte notte afhamd to looke uponne thys bearde 
Whatte Reganne wilt thou take herre bye the hande 
Gon Whye notte Sirre 
How have I offendedde alls notte offence 
Thatte Innedyfcretyonne ande dotage termes 
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Leare O fydes you are toe toughe wille you 
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Agayne how came mye Manne ithe Stockes 
ONG) be I fette hymme there butte hys owne dif- 


Defervd muche leffe advancemente 


V ci hie bed perem 
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Reg I praye you fatherre beynge weake fceme foe 


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KYNGE LEARE. 73 


Gon Atte youre Choyce Sir 
Leare Nowe praye you daughterre doe notte 
make mee madde 
I wille notte trouble thee mye Chylde Farewelle 
Welle noe more meete noe more fee oune anotherre 
Stille arte thou mye bloode mye Flefhe ande 
daughterre 
Or ratherre a difeafe thats inne mye flethe 
Whiche I mufte needs calle myne thou arte a Byle 
AA Plague fore ande inboffedde Carbuncle 
Inne mye corruptedde Bloode butte Ile notte 
chyde thee 1630 
Lette {hame come whenne itte wille I doe notte 
calle itte 
I doe notte bydde the Thunderres beare fhoote 
Norre telle tales of thee toe hygh judgynge Jove 
Mende whenne thou canft be betterre atte the 
Leyfure 
I wille bee patyente ande wille ftaye withe Reeanne 
Aye myfelfe ande mye hundredde Knyghtes 
Reg Yette notte foe Sir I looke notte forre you 
yette 
Norre have I thatte whiche befyttes ‘youre welcome 
Therefore praye you give Eare toe mye Syfterre toe 
thofe 


Thatte myngle reafonne withe youre paffyonne 140 


Naye bee contente ande thynke thatte you are oulde- 


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Reg Aye ande {peakt agayne mye Lorde 
Leare Thofe wickeddde Creatures yette doe 
feeme welle favourd 
Whenne otherres are more wickedde Notte beynge 
the wortte 
Standes inne fome ranke offe prayfe He goe 
withe thee 
Thye fiftye dothe flylle double five ande twentye 
-Thou arte innedeede twice herre love 
Gon Heare mee mye Lorde 
Whye neede you five ande twentye tenne orre 
AVE a | 1570 
Toe followe inne a houfe where twice the numberre 
Have commande toe tende you 
Reg Naye whatte needes oune 
Leare O reafonne notte the deede oure batefte 
Beggarres 
Are inne the poorefte thynge fuperrefluoufe 
Give notte {weete Nature more thanne nature needes 
Mans life ande beaftes are equalle inne cheapenefie 
Iffe onelye toe goe warme were gorgeo ule 
Thenne Nature healt butte halfe the Ladye weares 


Heavennes give mee mecke patyence a lacke 


itte fe) 
You fee mee here Ye Gods a poore a poore oulde 
Manne | 
Affe fulle offe gr as age wretchedde inne bothe 


Ifte itte bee you thatte irre Mye daughterres heartes 
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| : che ++I anoerr 
Toe beare itte tamelye touche mee withe angerre 


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O lette notte Womennes weaponnes waterre droppes 
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le—Ile doe fuche thyn ges 
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i ne terrorres o the Marine you thynke tle alas as 


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Butte thys mye hearte ihatle breake 1 Inne a thou- 


Eyre I wille weepe O foole foole I fhalle soe Madde 
[ Leare Kente Glofterre ande foole g 
Duke Lets deren we tv ville bee a a Storme 

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annotte Dee welic DEeItTOweaae 


Gon 'Tis hys owne blame hathe putte hymme 


es, es A ayo r 
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lfe I wille réeceyve hymme gladlye 
Butte notte oune followerre 


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KYNGE LEARE. i 


Glofterre 


Glos The Kynge is inne hygh Rage 
Ande wille,I knowe notte whetherre 
Reg’ Thenne give hymme waye hele leade 
hymfelfe | 
Gon Entreate hymme notte mye Lorde to ftaye 
Glo Alacke the Nyghte comes onne ande the 
 bleake Windes 
Doe forelye ruffelle forre manye a Myle aboute 1610 
Theyres neytherre hedge norre wille ferve forre 
coverte 
Reg O Sir toe wilfulle Menne 
The injuryes they themmefelves doe procure 
Mutte ferve themme forre Schoole Matterres fhutte 
the ‘doors - 
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beynge apte ) 
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feare 
Kente ande Gentlemanne 


Kente Whatte iffe theyre here befydes foule 
Weatherre 
Genz. Oune myndedde lyke the Weatherre 
Moufte fowerre ande unnequiettelye 1620 


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KYNGE LEA 


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 Offe the ryghte Caufe oure Kyng eehadhe offe Playnte 
Gent Ile fpeake tartherre Wiehe you 
Kente Naye doe notte butte take thys Purfe 
conftaynes 
Thenne if you ¢ Tai toe fee Cordelya 
Ande I doubte notte butte you fhalle fhew thys 
Ryng | 
Thenne the wille telle you whou the fellowe ifte 
Toe whome thou fpeakit ande doft notte as yette 
knowe 1650 
O fye onne thys Storme Ile goe feeke the Kynge 
Gent Give mee thy hande haft naughte more 
toe faye 


Kente Butte fewe we ordes yette more thanne alle 


yette 
Thatte whenne the goode Kynge bee founde 
The luckyerre hounde o the two 


Shalle hollowe the otherre 


Leare ande foole 


Leare Blowe Windes and cracke voure cheeks 
Rage Blowe 
You Cet eee, ande Hit 


&, 


urycanoes fpoute 

Tylle you have drenchd: the Steeples drownd the 
Cocks 

You fulpheroufe ande thoughte executynge 


fires ‘ 1660, 


Ke) KYNGE LEARE. 


You Oake cleavynge thunderre Boltes finge mye 
white heade 
Thou alle fhakynge Thunderre ftryke flatte ande 
make voyde 
The vafte ande thycke routundytye o the Worlde 
Cracke Natures Moulde all Germayne {fpille at 
ounce 
Thatte forms ungratefulle ande deteftedde Manne 
foole O Nunckle Courte holye Waterre inne a 
drye houfe 
Tis betterre thanne rayne waterre oute a doore 
Inne goode Nunckle ande afke forre a Bleffynge 
Forre thys iffe ays hte inde Se 
Neytherre the heade of Age norre thatte of 
follye 1670 
Leare Grumble thy Belly fulle fpitte fire fpoute 
Rayne 
Norre thunderre fire Rayne Winde are mye 
daughterres 
Noe Noe tis notte you I tafke withe unnekyndneffe 
I dyvydedde notte twixt you mye Kyngdomme 
You owe mee noe fubfcryptyonne whye thenne 
lette falle 
Youre horryble. pleafure ande heare I ftande 
A weake innefyrme and defpyfedde oulde Manne 
Yette are ye butte poore fervile minifterres 
ate joyne withe two penyeyo 
Agaynite a heade foe oulde ande white O tis 


foule 1680 


KYNGE LEARE,. 81 


foole Hee thatte has a houfe toe putte hys heade 
inne 
Has innedeede a moutfte excellente heade peace 
Thatte manne who makes hys toe whenne he hys 
hearte fhould make 
Shalle havea Corne crye woe ande turne hys fleepe 
toe wake 
Forre neverre yette was there fayre Woemanne 
Butte fhe made Mouthes ithe Glaffe 
Leare Noe Ile bee a Patterne of Virtue ande 
_ Patyence 
Ande faye nothynge 


Kente 


Kente Whos there 
foole Marrye heares Grace andea Cod peece 1690 
Thats bothe wife manne ande foole 
Kente Alas mye Liege ist you here 
Thofe who love Nyghtes love themme notte fuche 
as thefe | 
Synce I was Manne fuche fheetes offe lividde fire 
Suche burftes of thunderre and fuche greanes of 
Winde ande Rayn 
I rememberre notte toe have hearde 
Leare Lette the greate Gods who thunderre 
oere oure heades 
Fynde theyre Enemyes nowe tremble thou wretche 
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82, KYNGE LEARE. 


Par 


hatte haft withinne thee undyvulgedde Crymes 
Hyde thee thou bloudye hande unwhypte of 
Juftice 1700 
Thou Sycophante diffemblerre of Virtewe 

elt conv a6 ente feemynge thatte practyfedde 
su es onnecreduloufe Mens lives 


Clofe pente up egul 
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Rive youre concealedde Centerres ande begge Grace 
Offe thefe Greate snide thunderynge Summonerres 
Butte Tamme oune more fynnd agaynft thenne 

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atte beare headedde mye mofte graya- 


Harde bye here is a hovelle fome frendefhyppe 

Gaynft thys rude unnecyville temp pefte wille itte 
le LC le 

Repofe you here whyltt Ie toe thys harde houfe 1710 

More harde innedeede thanne thatte whereoffe tis 
ray {d 

Whiche evenne buttenowedenyd mee toe come inne 

Whenne afkynge afterre you 

Leare O mye Witte gins toe maddenne 

Come onne mye Boye howe doft mye Boye arte 
col | 

Iamme coulde myefelfe Where is the ftrawe goode 


ce 


fellowe 
Tis frange howe oure neceflytyes canne make 
The vilefte thynges the moufte precyoufe 
Foole and Knave {howe mee thenne thye poore 
hovelle ? 


KYNGE LEARE. 83 


Oune Cornerre of mye hearte yette forrowes 
) ‘forre thee 1720 
foole He thatte has a lyttle tyne Witte 

Withe a heyghe hoe the winde ande the Rayne 

Mufte make connetente withe hys forretunes fytte 

Forre the Rayne itte Raynethe everye a Daye 


Glofferre ande Edmunde 


Glos Alacke Alacke Edmunde I lyke notte thys 
Whenne I defyrd theyre leave toe pittye hymme 
Theye tooke fromme mee the ufe of myne owne 
| houfe 
Stry&t chargd mee onne payne offe theyre difpleafure 
Neytherre toe {peake orre anye waye fuftayne 

hymme 

Eidm Moutte Savage ande unnenaturelle 1730 

G/o Goe toe ande faye you noethynge 
Theres a dyvyfyonne twixt the Dukes 
Ande worfe thannethatte forre I have receyvedde 
A Letterre whiche I have lockt inne mye Clofette 
Thefe innejuryes the Kynge beares wille bee 

revened 
Forre parte of a Powerre is nowe Landedde 
Ande tis fytte wee doe inclyne toe the Kynge 
Ile feeke hymme ande privatelye releeve hymme 
Goe you ande:houlde conference withe-the Duke 
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Thatte thys mye Charytye bee notte per- 
ceyvedde 1740 

The Kynge mye oulde Mafterre fhalle be releivedde 

Theres fomewhatte ftrange towarde Edg praye 
bee carefulle 

Bas Thys Courtefye fromme thee toe thee 

oulde Kynge 

Shalle the Duke knowe ande of the Letterre too 

‘Thys feemes a fayre defervynge ande mufte drawe 

Thatte toe myefelfe whiche mye fatherre lofes 

Whiche is naughte more or lefie thanne alle 

Thus doe younge rife whenne the oulde doe falle 


Leare Kente ande Foole 


Kente Heres the place mye goode Lorde praye 
you enterre 
Thys Nyghtes toe ruffe forre Nature toe inne- 
dure 1750 
Leare ‘Lette mee alone 
Kenie Praye you mye goode Lorde enterre 
Leare Wilt breake mye hearte 
Kente Heavennes witnefle 
I hadde rathere breake mine owne 
Leare Thynkft thou tis muche thatte eye re- 
lentelefie Storme 
Innevades uffe toe the Skynne tis foe toe thee 
Butte where the greaterre Malydye iffe fyxte 


KYNGE LEARE. 8¢ 


The lefferre iffe {carce felte thou woud{t fhunne a 


Beare 
Butte iffe thye flyghte laye towarde the ragynge 
Sea 1760 


Thoudft meete the Beare ithe Mouthe whenne the 
Mynds free 

The Bodys delycate the tempefte inne mye Mynde 

Dothe fromme mye Sences take alle feelynge elfe 

Save vile ande venemoufe innegratytude 

[ft notte as iffe thys Mouthe fhoud teare thys 
Hande 

Forre liftynge foode tot butte I wille punyth yette 

Ande weepe noe more inne fuche a Nyghte as thys 

O Reganne Gonerylle youre oulde fatherre 

Whote Hearte lyke openne Charytye gave you alle 

O lette mee fhunne thatte forre there Madnefle 
lyes | 1770 

O ile notte there noe noe 

Kente Naye goode mye Lorde enterre 
Leare Prethee goe inne ande feeke thyne owne 

eafe 

Thys Tempefte wills notte thatte I doe ponderre 

Onne thyngs would hurte mee more butte [le goe 
inne 

Poore nakedde wretches where foe ere you are 

Thatte byde the Peltynge o thys Pitylefle Nyghte 

Howe fhalle youre houfe leffe heads ande unfedde 
fydes 


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26 KYNGE LEARE 


Youre loopt ande raggedde Garmentes defende you 
Fromme Seafonnes fuche as thefe O I have 
tayne 1780 
Toe lyttle care o thys take P hyfyck Pompe 
Expofe thyefelfe toe feele thatte wretches feele 
Thatte thou mayft poure onne themme thye Su- 
perfluxe 
Ande fhewe the heavennes more jufte 
foole Come notte here Nunckle heres a Spiritte 
O fave mee helpe mee 
Kente ‘Thou doft crye afore thou arte hurte 
Butte give mee thye hande who is there 
foole A Spirytte oune thatte. fays hys Names 
poore ‘Tom 
Kente Whatte arte thou thatte doft grumble ithe 
Strawe 17gO 
Comme fourthe ‘ ies ande anfwerre ftrayghte 
Edg Awaye the foule feynde followes mee 
Through the fharpe Hawthorne blowe the Windes 
Hum goe toe thye coulde Bedde ande warme thee 
Leare Dydit give alle toe thye Daughterres 
Ande arte comme toe thys atte lafte 
Edg Who ift thatte gives anye thynge toe 
poore ‘om 
Whome the feynde hathe ledde through fyre ande 


flame 
Ore Sworde ore Bogge ore whirlpoole ande Quag- 
myre 1500 


KYNGE LEARE. 8: 


~~ 


Layde Knives ins Pillowe ande Halterres ins Pue 
Made hymme proude of hearte toe ryde onne a 
Baye trotterre 
Hathe myngledde Ratfbayne withe us Porrydge 
Ande vaynlye courfe hys fantaftyck Shadowe 
O Toms acolde Odoe de dee de ae 
O Bleffe you fromme Whirle Winde, ande Starre 
blaftynge 
Doe poore Tom Charytye whome the feynde vexes 
Nowe nowe coud I ha hymme there and there 
agayne 
Leare Whatte ande ha thye daughterres broughte 
thee toe thys pattie 
Whatte could{t fave noethynge woudit ¢ 
themme alle 
foole Naye Butte hee kepte hys Blankette i819 
Elfe wee hadde alle beene fhamd 


Leare Nowe maye alle thofe Plagues thatte 


jewad 
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hange ithe Ayre 
Ande gore Menns faults lyghte onne thye daugh- 
terres 
Kente He hathe noe daughterres mye goode Sir 
Leare Deathe I faye noethynge coud ha fubdud 
Nature 
Toe fuche lowneffe fave hys kyndleffe daughterres 
Ift thenne the fafhyonne thatte dyfcardedde fa- 
therres 
Should Pens foe lyttle mercye onne theyre flefhe 


PS be pa 


88 KYNGE LEARE. 


Judycyoufe Sentaunce twas thys flefhe begotte 
thofe Pelycanne daughterres 1820 
Edg Pyllycocke fatte onne Pyllycocke Hille 
alloo alloe loo loo 
foole Thys Nyghte foe coulde foe rawe I feare 
Toe fooles wille turne bothe Kenteande Leare 
Twoe are alreadye ande twoe moure 
Wille turne the twoe thenne intoe foure 
Edgar Take heede o the foule feynde obeye 
thye Parentes 
Keepe thye worde ande Whore withe Mans fworne 
Spoufe 
Necke notte thye {weete hearte inne proude arraye 
Leafte otherre Meenne falle a lovynge Toms a 
Colde 
Leare Whatte haft thou beene 1830 
Edg A Sevyngmanne proude inne hearte and 
mynde 
hatte curld myne hayre ande wore Gloves inne 
mye Cappe 
Oune thatte ftepte inne the contryvynge of Lufte 
Ande wakd toe doe the Acte of Darkneffe 
Wine lovd I dearelye ande dyce too dearlye 
Falfe of hearte lyghte of Eare Bloodye handedde 
Hogge inne flothe Foxe inne ftealth Wolfe inne 
Greedynefle 
Lette notte Womans Sylkes betraye thy poore hearte 
Keepe foole oute a Brothells hands oute a Placketts 


KYNGE LEARE. 89 


Thye Penne fromme Lenderres bookes defye the 
foule feynde 1840 

Stylle throughe the hawthorne blowes the Colde 
bleake winde 

Mumm Mumm Nonnye Dolphynne boye lette 
hymme trotte bye 

Leare Thou werte betterre ithye Grave thenne 

thus toe anfwerre 

Withe bodye bare before the innelemente heavennes 

Iffe Manne naughte butte thys confyderre hymme 
welle 

Thou owft the Worme noe Sylke beafte noe hyde 

Butte here are three ounes fophyftycatedde 

Thou unaccomodatedde manne arte the thynge 

Forre thou arte indeede naughte butte thys 

A poore bare ande forkedde Anymalle 1850 

Offe Offe thenne you Lendynges unbottonne here 


Glofterre 


Joole bee contente Nunkee tis naughtye Nyghte 
toe fymme inne 
Nowe a lyttle fire inne a Wilde feylde 
Were lyke a Letcherres hearte butte oune lyttle 
{parke 
Ande alle the refte of ounes bodye o life 
Butte looke here commes a walkynge fire 
Edg Thys iffe the foule Fliberretygybette 
N 


90 KYNGE LEARE. 


He ginnes atte Curfewe ande walkes tylle fyrfte 
Cocke 


Hee fquintes ithe Eye ande ma akes the hare lyppe 
Milledewes the white Wheate ande hurts thys 
poore Creature Earthe 1860 
Swythholde footedde thryce the oulde 
Meete the Nyghte Mare ande herre nyne folde 
Bydde herre alyghte 
Ande herre trothe plyghte 
Aroynte thee Whyche Aroynte thee 
Kente Howe fares youre Grace 
Leare Whats hee 
Kente Whos there whatte feeke ye 
Glos Youre names I praye who are you 
Edg Poore Tomme who eates the {wimmynge 
Frogge ande toade 1870 
Whofe hearte is fierye whenne the feynde rages 
Swallowes the oulde Katte ande the ditche dogge 


Drynkes the greene mantle fromme the ftandynge 
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sales 
Thatte is whipte fromme tythynge toe tythynge 


Thatte is ftockd punyfhd ande immepryfoenedde 
Thatte hathe three fuites toe hys backe fyxe Shirtes 
tos Bodye e 
Horfe toe ryde ande Weaponne toe weare 
Butte Mice ande Ratts ande fuche {malle deere 
Ha beene omms foode thys fevenne longe 
Y care 


KYNGE LEARE. gt 


Beware mye followerre peace {milburre peace 
feynde 1§80 
Glos Whatte hathe youre Grace noe betterre 
Companye 
Edg Poore Toms a Colde 
Glos Goe inne withe mee mye dutye cannotte 
fufferre 
Inne alle toe obeye youre daughterres harde com- 
mandes 
‘Though theyre innejunctyonne bee toe barre mye 
doores 
And lette thys boyfteroufe Nyghte take houlde 
o thee 
Stylle have I comme ande venneterd toe feeke 
youre Grace 
Ande brynge where bothe fyre ande foode are 
readye 
Leare Staye fyrfte Ile talke withe sg Phylofo- 
pherre 
Telle mee Poore Tomm whats the Caufe o thun- 
derre S90 
Kente Goode mye Lorde take hys sffie ande 
goe inne a doore 
Leare Ile talke a Worde withe thys fayde 
Learnedde Thebanne 
Whatte is your Studye 
Edg bothe toe prevente the feynde and Kylle 
Vermyne 
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92 KYNGE LEARE. 


Leare Lette mee afke you oune Worde inne 
Private 
Kente Immeporretune hymme agayne mye Lorde 
Forre hys Wittes gynne toe unnefettelle 
Glos Canft blame hymme freynde 
When’s daughterres doe feeke hys deathe 
O thatte goode Kente hee fayde itte woud bee 
thuffe 1900 
Helas poore honefte butte banyfhte‘Manne 
Thou fayft the Kynge growes madde Ile telle the 
freynde 
I myefelfe amme almoufte madde I had a Sonne 
Nowe outelawd fromme mye bloode hee foughte 
mye life 
Butte latelye verye latelye I lovd hymme freynde 
Noe fatherre a Sonne dearerre thruthe toe telle thee 
The Greefe o thys hathe o thys hathe crazd mye 
verye Witts 
Vhatte a Nyghte is here I doe befeeche youre grace 
Leare O youre mercye I crye youre mercye 
: Phy yloefopherre youre Companye igo} ke) 
dg The e feynde The feynde Tomsa ColdeaColde 
Clos Innetoe thye hovelle fellowe ande keepe 
thee warme 
Leare Comme thenne weele inne alle 
Thys waye mye Lorde 
lle keepe withe hymme withe mye Phylofopherre 
Kente Soothe hymme mye goode Lorde and 
lette hymme take thys fellowe 


KYNGE LEARE. 93 
Glos Take hymme you onne 


Kente Comme Sirra and goe inne withe uffe 
~ Leare Aye Aye comme thou goode ande 
learnedde Athenyanne 
Edg Chylde Rowelande toe the darke towerre 
came 3 1920 
Hys Worde was ftylle fye foe ande fumme 
I {melle the Bloude of a brytyfhe Manne 


Cornewalle ande Baftarde 
Ei) 


Duke Ne ha mye Revenge ere I departe thys houfe 

Bas Howe mye Lorde I maye bee cenfuredde 

Thatte Nature inne mee thus gives waye toe 
Loyalletye 

Duke I doe nowe preceyve twas notte alleto- 

getherre 

Youre Brotherres evylle dyspofytyonne 

Whiche alone dydde make hymme feeke hys deathe 

Butte a reproveable badneffe inne hymfelfe 


Edm O howe malycyoufe is mye forretune 1930 
Thatte I mufte nowe repente forre beynge jufte 


Thys is the Letterre thatte does approve hymme 
An innetellygente freynde ande partye toe Fraunce 
O heavennes thatte thys hys treafonne were notte 
Norre I hys detectorre 
Duke Goe inne withe mee toe the dutcheffe 
Edm Wtte thys Paperre dothe fpeake trewe 
You have myghtye bufyneffe inne hande 


94 KYNGE LEARE. 


Duke 'Trewe orre falfe itte hathe made the Earle 
of Glofterre 
Seeke oute thee faherre thatte he maye bee 
readye 1940 
Forre oure ryghte jufte Apprehefyonne 
Edm Anne he fhalle bee founde comforretynge 
the Kynge 
T'wille more fullye prove oure Sufpytyonnes 
I wille perfevere inne thys mye Loyalletye 
Thoughe the conflycte goe harde twixte itte ande 
mye Bloode 
Duke I wille laye trufte onne thee 
Ande inne mye Love thoult fynde a dearerre fatherre 


Kente Glos Leare (Edg Tom) ande foole 


Kente Betterre farre here thanne ithe openne Ayre 
Alle hys witts ha givenne waye toe hys impatyence 
O goode Sir maye the Gods rewarde youre 

Kyndneffe 

Edy Fretterretoe Calles ande tells mee 

Neroe is anglynge ithe Lake of Darkeneffe 


foole Prethee Nunkle 


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Edg O the foulde feynde bytes mye backe 


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KYNGE LEARE. Qs 


A horfes healthe a Boyes Love a Wores Oathe 
Leare Naye Naye notte foe butte inne the love 
of Daughterres 
O the vile fhe foxes fytte here fapyente Sir 1960 
Edg Looke where the ftandes Wanft thou Eyes 
alle trye alle 
Beflye comme ocre the broome toe mee Befilye 
The foule feynde hauntes poore Tomme 
Hoppe dawnce cryes inne mee forre twoe white 
herrynges 
Kente howe does youre grace wille you notte 
laye downe 
Leare Brynge inne the Evydence they fhall bee 


Cryd 


Site you there you are othe Commyffyonne 


Arraygne Arraygne herre tis Goneryle 
I here take oathe before thys afiemblye 
Shee dydde Kyche the poore oulde Kynge herre 
fatherre 1 
Butte mye gracyoufe Sirs hadde fhe beene a Manne 
Hee woud notte ha neededde thys youre tryalle 
Edg Blefie thye five Witts | 
O Sir wheres thatte fame Patyence nowe | 
O the whiche you dydde foe ofte make boafte 
Edg My teares begynne toe take hys partefomuche 
I feare theyle marre mye counterfeytynge 
Leare Naye the lyttle doggs too alle barke atte mee 


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Edg 'Tomme fhalle throwe hys heade atte 
themme avaunte Curs 1980 
Bee thou blacke orre Greye orre White 
Toothe thatte payfonnes anne itte byte 
O Tomme fhalle make themme weepe ande wayle 
Forre thorowinge thufle mye heade 
Doggs leape the hatche nowe alle are fledde 
Tou LuLu Lucomme marche toe wakes ande fayres 
Bee Merrye bee Merrye poore Toms horne is drye 
Leare Anatomyze thatte Reganne fee whatte 
inne herre breedes 
Iffe there caufe inne Nature toe make heartes 
thuffe 1990 
Whatte foe harde ande flintye O noe noe noe 
You fhoud bee of mye hundred butte youre 
Garmente 
Thatte fuites mee notte welle welle lette itte bee 
changd 
Tomm Tomm where dydft fteale thyne Adams 
Coate 
Edg Fromme mye Childe anne fhede notte give 
itte mee 
Leare A goode Thefte A goode Thefte welle 
fayde Tomm 
Kente Nowe mye goode Lorde lye here awhile 
Leare Huth Huth make noe noyfe butte drawe 
the Curtaynes 
Soe Soe foe wele goe toe Supperre ithe mornynge 
fo fo 2000 


KYNGE LEARE., 


Glofterre 


Glos Goode Sir where is the Kynge mye 
Matterre | : 
Kente Heare mye Lorde butte trouble hymme 
notte hys Witts are gone 
Glos Take hymme I praye thee Sir inne thyne 
Armes 
Forre I have oerehearde a Plotte of Deathe uponne 
hymme 
There is a Lytterre tye hymme onne itte ftrayghte 
Ande {peede thee towarde Doverre where thou fhalt 
meete 


‘Goode welcome ande Protectyonne take thye 


mafterre | 
Forre fhoudft thou dallye orre delaye oune houre 
Thyne ande hys life togetherre withe alle thofe 
Shalle offerre toe defende hymme ftande furelye 
lofte | 2010 
Followe mee thatte wille toe fome provyfyonne 
Give thee fure ande quicke conducte 
Come Come awaye quicklye 


Cornewalle Reganne Gonerylle Edmunde ande 


Servantes 


Corn Poft fpeedylye toe mye Lorde youre 
hufbande 


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98 KYNGE LEARE. 


Thys Letterre wille fhewe the Frenche Armye 
landedde 
Goe feeke oute thatte Traytorre Glofterre 
Howe nowe wheres the Kynge 
Szew~ Mye Lorde of Glofterre hath conveyd 
hymme hence 
Ande withe hys Knyghtes hathe fente hymme to- 
warde Doverre 
Theye dydde loudlye talke of armedde freyndes 
there 2020 
Gon Farewelle fweete Lorde ande Syfterre 
Corn JFEdmunde Farewelle Goe feeke thatte 
Traytorre Glofterre 
Pinnyonne lyke Thiefe thenne brynge hymme 
before uffe 
Though withoute Juftyce we maye paffe ons life 
wrathe 
Whiche Menne perchaunce maye blame butte 
notte comptrolle 


Glofterre 


Reg Innegratefulle Foxe tis hee 
Glos Whatte meane youre Grace 

Goode mye Freyndes you are mye Gueftes 

Doe me noe foule playe 2,030 
Corn Bynde hymme I faye 


KYNGE LEARE. 99 


G/as Unnemercyfulle Ladye 

Corn Toe thys Benche bynde hymme 
O Villayne thou fhalte fynde 

Glos Bye the greate Gods tis ignoeblye done 
Toe plucke Age thuftfe bye the Bearde 

Reg Soe white ande fuche a Traytorre 

Glos O naughtye Ladye 
Thefe hayres thatte thou ravifhe fromme mye 


.Chynne 
Wille quckenne and accufe thee I amme youre 
hofte 2040 


Ande you withe mercyleffe and Robberres handes 
Doe ruffle thuffe mye markes of Mannehoode 
Whatte wille you doe 
Corn Saye Sir whatte Letterres hadde you 
fromme Fraunce 
Whatte Connefederacye hadde you withe thofe 
hatte nowe have broke inne uponne our Kyng- 
domme 
Reg ‘Toe whome hafte fente the Lunatycke 
Kynge 
Glos I. have oune Lane gueflynglyé fette 
downe 
Thatte came fromme oune thats of a newtralle 
hearte 
Corn O cunnynge 2050 
Reg Yea Cunnynge ande moufte Falfe 
Gorn Where haft fente the Kynge 


O 4 


100 KYNGE LEARE. 
Glos Toe Doverre 


Corn Ande whye to doverre waft notte chared 


atte perylle 
Glos O ye have have tyedde mee toe the Stake 
Ande nowe I needs mutfte ftaunde the courfe 
Reg O 'Traytorre butte wherefore toe Doverre 
Glos Caufe thatte I woudde notte fee thye cruelle 
Nayles 
Plucke oute hys poore oulde Eyes norre thye feyrce 
Syfterre | 
Inne hys annoyntedde flefhe ftycke Boary fhe 
Phanges 2060 
The Sea withe fuche a Storme as hys beare heave 


eg gg nr 


Inne Helles blacke ny ghte induredde woud ha 
boyedde uppe 


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Ande quenchedde the ftelledde fyres 

Yette porre oulde hearte hee holped the heavennes 
toe rayne 

Iffe Wolves atte thatte fteyrne tyme atte thye Gates 
hadde howld 

Thou fhouldft ha fayde goode Porterre turne the 
Keye 

Butte I fhalle fee Vennegeance ore take fuche 


oO 


Corn Seet thou fhalte neverre fellowes houlde 


bee oulde 2070 


KYNGE LEARE. 101 


© Give mee fome helpe Cruelle Cruelle O ye 
Gods 
Reg Oune fyde wille mocke anotherre come 
totherre tooe 
Ser Holde hymme noe neverre | 
Mye Lorde I ha fervd you fynce I was a Chylde 
Butte betterre Service I ha neverre done 
Thenne nowe to loofe mye houlde 
Reg Dydft thou butte weare a Bearde uponne 
thye Chynne 
Ide plucke itte offe as I dydde thys fame Lordes 
Fellowe thye Sworde a peafante ftande uppe thuffe 
Ser Oh I amme flayne yette have you oune 
Eye lefte. 2080 
Toe fee thys dede onne thye faythefulle Servante 
Corn Leafte itte fhoud fee more Ie prevente itte 
Oute vyle jellye wheres thye lufterre nowe 
Glos Alls darke ande comforteleffe wheres mye 
Sonne Edmunde 
O where ere thou arte kyndle all fparkes offe nature 
Ande quitte fuche Sceanes fuch crynge Actes 
Reg Oute Villayne thou callft onne hymme 
thatte hates thee 
Twas hee thatte tolde uffe of thye Treafonnes 
Hee whos heartes too goode toe pitye thee 
Glos O mye follyes thenne Edgarre was 
abufd 2.090 
Forgive mee thatte kynde Gods ande profperre 
hymme 


102 KYNGE LEARE. 


Reg Goe thrufte hymme oute atte Gates 
Ande lette hymn ne {melle hy s waye toe doverre 
Thys Slave maye ferve toe fattenne the dunghylle 
Edgarre 


Edo Betterre thus ande knowne toe bee Cons 


« ee 
temnedde 
Thenne {ty ‘lle contemned ande flatteredde toe bee 
at 


The lowefte ande moufte abjecte of Fortunes Slaves 

Iffe riche ande lives oune inne Efperawnce 

Welcome thenne thys lyghte Ayre whiche I em- 
brace 

'Thatte wretche whome thou hafte blowne untoe 
thee worfte 

Owes noethynge toé thye Blaftes 2,100 

Butte who comes here mye fatherte poorlye ledde 

O Worlde Worlde O Worlde 


Butte ne ai, {traunge Mutatyonnes make uffe 


Life ae nere yeylde toe Age 
Olde Manne O. mye goode Lorde I ha beene 
youre ‘Tenaunte 
Ande youre deare fatherres Thefe fourefcore Yeares 


Glos Gette thee awaye g edode freynde I prethee 
bee gone 
Thye ates canne doe mee noe goode atte alle 


Butte thee theye maye feverelye hurte 2110 


KYNGE LEARE. 103 


Oulde Manne You cannotte fee youre waye 
Glos I have noe waye ande therefore neede notte 
Eyes 
O Mye Sonne Mye Edgarre were arte thou 
The food of thye abufedde Fatherres wrathe 
Myghte I butte live toe ha thee inne mye touche 
Thenne woud I faye y hadde Eyes agayne 
O Manne Howe nowe whos there 
Edg Ye Gods who ift canne faye thatte I amme 
othe wortfte 
Forre nowe I amme worfe thenne ere I was 
Ande thys is notte othe worfte forre worfe I maye 
be yette 
O Manne 'Tis poore madde ‘Tomme 2120 
Glos Thenne is he a Beggarre Manne 
O Manne Aye madmanne ande Beggarre too 
Glos He hathe reafonne elfe coud he notte begge 
Suche an oune dydde I fee I the lafte Nyghtes 
{torme 
Whenne mye precyoufe Starres dydde inne thys 
Globe ? 
Shewe the glarynge Canopye off heavenne. 
Thenne dydde I thynke thys forme Manne a poore 
W orme 
Thenne too dydde I thynke o mye Sonne Edgarre 
Though mye mynde was thenne {carce freynds 
with hymme 
Butte helas fynce thatte more have I hearde 2130 


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104 KYNGE LEARE. 


As Flyes are to the wantonne Boyes are wee to the 


Godds 
Theye nyppe byte ande teaze:uffe ande alle forre 
{porte 


“dg "Thenne innedeede is mye fooles ‘Trade 
notte othe wortte 
Bleffe thee goode Mafterre 
Glos Ift the nakedde foole thatte fpeakes 
O Manne Aye mye goode Lorde 
Glos 'Thenne Prithee bee gone forre mye fake 
Thoulte oretake uffe here a Myle orre twayne 


Ithe waye towarde Doverre doe itte forre ancyente 


ih, love 1140 
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Whome Ile innetreate toe leade mee 

O Manne Alacke Sir hes madde 

Glos Hes notte alone thenne Tis the tymes Plague 
Whenne Madmenne leade the Blynde 

O Manne Ile brynge hymme the befte Parelle I ha 
Comme ont whatte wille 


G/os Syrrah nakedde fellowe 
Edg Porre ‘Toms a Colde 
Glos I praye thenne poore TTomme come 
hytherre 1150 
Edg Ande yette I wille 
Bleffe thye fweete Eyes theye bleede 


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Glos Knowfte the waye towarde Doverre 


KYNGE LEARE. 105 


Edg Knowt aye aye Style ande Gate horfewaye 
ande footwaye 
O poore Tom hathe beene fcard ofs goode Witts 
O bleffe thee thou goode Manne fromme the foule 
Feynde 
Glos Take thenne mye Purfe thou whome the 
heavennes plague 
Chaunce twille make thye wretchedneffe happyerre 
Thenne bee itte thyne forre itte cannotte eafe mee 
Telle mee doft knowe Doverre 1160 
Eedg Aye mye goode Sir 
Glos ‘There is a Cliffe whofe hygh ande_bend- 
ynge heade 
Lookes raggedde ande fearefulle onne the confynd 
deepe 
Brynge to the brymme othatte felfe fame place 
Ande Ie repayre the miferye thou dofte beare 
Withe fomethynge rycheande precyoufe aboute mee 
Fromme thence departe thenne I {halle noe lead- 
ynge neede 
Edg Give mee thyne Arme 
Poore ‘Tom {halle leade thee 


Gonerylle Baftarde Stewarde 


Gon Wellecome mye Lorde 1170 
I marvelle oure mylde hufbande meete uffe notte 
Sirra wheres youre Mafterre 
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106 KYNGE LEARE. 


Stew Madame withinne butte nere was Manne 

foe changed 

I tolde hymme othe Armye ande hee fmyld 

I dydde announce youre comynge hee an{werd the 
worle 

Ofte Glofterres treacherye ands Sonns loyalle fervice 

Thenne dydde hee calle mee fotte ande toulde mee 

Evenne foe thenne thou hafte the wronge fyde oute 

Thatte hee fhoulde dyflyke beefeemes hymme the 
moutte 

Thatte hee fhoud the moufte offennefive 

Gon Thenne goe noe furtherre 1180 

Tis the cowifhe terrorre of hys Spiritte 

Backe Edmonde toe mye Brotherre 

Haftenne hys Mufterres ande conneducte hys 
powerres 

I mufte Change Names atte home ande give the 
dyftatfe 

Innetoe mye hufbandes handes Thys truftye 
Servante 

Shalle paffe twixte uffe eere longe you fhalle heare 

Anne you dare venneture inne youre owne behalfe 

A Mystreffes commaunde weare thys ande {pare 


{peeche 
Declyne youre heade Thys Kyffe ande ift durfte 
{peake 1190 


Would ftretche thee f{piryttes innetoe the verye Ayre 
Thys conneceyve ande fare the welle 


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KYNGE LEARE. 107 


Edm Youre evenne ithe Rankes of Deathe 
Gon Thys is Glofterre O the difference twixte 
Menne 
A Womannes ferrevyces toe thee are dewe 
Mye foote butte ufurpes mye Bodye 
Stew 'Tufhe Madame here commes mye Lorde 
Alb O Gonerylle Thourte notte worthe thatte 
dufte 
-Whiche the rude winde blowes uponne youre face 
Gon Shame mylkye liverd Manne 1200 
Thatte haftea Cheeke forre Blowes ande heade forre 
wronges 
Thatte hafte notte inne the Browes an Eye 
Dyferrenynge thyne honorre fromme thye fuf- 
ferynge 
Alb Looke Looke butte atte thefelfe thou Divelle 
Soe horryde inne thee are deforremytyes 
Thatte thou hafte cleanfd ande made pure the feynde 


Meffennegerre 


Ser Mye goode the Duke o Cornewalles deade 
Ande bye the hande ofs owne Serrevanntes 
Twas the puttynge oute Glofterres Eyes thatte 
caufd itte 
Alb Howe faye you Glofterres Eyes 
Me/s A Serrevannte thatte he bredde thrylld 
withe remorfe 
Oppofd agaynft the acte bendynge hys fworde 
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108 KYNGE LEARE 


Toe hys greate Mafterre who threate enragd 
Flewe onne hymme ande mongft themme felld 
hymme deade 
Butte notte withoute thatte harmefulle Stroke 
M hae {ynce hathe pluckd hymme afterre 
Alt , O you felfe Judges nowe you doe fynde 
Howe {wifte ande keenelye the Gods doe venge 


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Butte O poore Glofterre lofte hee hys otherre Eye 
Me/s Bothe Bothe mye goode Lorde 1220 


Madamme thys Letterre fromme craves youre 
yeedye an{werre 
Gon Owne waye thys belykes mee welle 
Butte beynge Widowe ande mye Glofterre withe 
herre 
Maye alle thys Buildynge inne mye fannecye 
lucke uponne herre hatefulle life 
Butte thys newes ftylle ftylle wille I reade ande 
an{wer 
Ali Where was hys Sonne whenne theye dydde 
take hys Eyes 
Me/s Mye Lorde I dydde meete hymme ithe 
waye backe agayne 
Alb Knewe hee the wickeddenefle 
Mefs Mye goode Lorde twas HEE thatte in- 
formd a gaynit hymme 12,30 
Ande dydde onne purpofe quitte the houfe 
Th atte theyre punyfhmente myghte ha freerre 
Courfe 


KYNGE LEARE. - 109 


Alb Glofterre I live Toe thanke forre thatte 
Love 
Whiche thou fhowdft the Kynge and toe revenge 
thyne Eyes 
Comme hytherre Freynde ande telle me whatte 


more thou knowelte 


Corredelya Gentlemanne and Souldyerres 


Cor. Alacke Alacke tis he 
Ande madde as the vexte Sea eene nowe was he 


mette 
Syngynge alowde ande crownedde withe ranke 
femytarre 1240 


Withe harde oakes hemlocke Nettles Cuckoo 
Flowerres 

Withe Lillyes Darnelles ande alle idle weedes 
thatte growe 

Sende ftrayghte a Centerye fearche eache Acre 

Inne the hygh growne Feylde ande brynge hymme 
toe uffe 

Hee whofe wifdomme wille helpe inne- foftorynge 

Hys poore bereavedde fenfe take alle mye out 
warde worthe 

Gent Meanes there are Madamme the fofterre 

Nurfe o nature | 

Iffe thatte whiche youre deare fatherre lackes repofe 


110 KYNGE LEARE. 


Toe provoke the whiche there are manye Symples 

Whofe powerre canne clofe the Eye of an- 
guifhe 1250 

Cor O you blefte fecrettes O alle you unpub- 

lyfhd Vertewes 

Thatte fromme Motherre doe take theyre ryfe 

Sprynge withe thefe Teares bee aydaunte ande 
remedyate 

Inne the Goodmannes defyres O feeke feeke forre 
hymme 

Leafte hys unngovernd rage dyffolve thatte life 

Whyche wantes the meanes toe leade itte 


Meffenegerre 


Newes Madamme the Brytyfh Powerres 
Are marchynge hytherrewarde 
Cor ‘T'was knowne before oure Preperatyonne 
{ftaundes 
Inne ExpeCtatyonne o themme o dere Fatherre 1260 
Tis forre thee forre thye bufyneffe thatt I goe 
aboute 
Therefore greate Fraunce mye mournynge’ ande 
_ .importund Teares 
Hathe pittyedde Noe blowne ambytyonne 
Noe thyrfte of Conquefte dothe oure Armyes 


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KYNGE LEARE. III 


Butte love deare gentle love ande anne agd Fa. 
therres ryte 
O maye I foone heare ande fee hymme 


Reganne Stewarde 


Reg Butte are mye brotherres Powerres {fette 
forthe 
S Yea Madamme 
Reg Ande hymfelfe inne Perfonne 
Stew Yelle Madamme butte withe muche 
adoe 1270 
Youre Syfterre is farre the betterre Souldyerre 
Reg Lorde Edmunde {pake notte withe hymme 
atte home 
Szew Noe Mndamme 
Reg Whatte dydde importe mye Syfterres Let. 
terres toe hymme 
Stew 'Thatte I knowe notte Ladye 
Reg Hee is poftedde hence onne feryoufe 
Matterre 
Twas greate Ignoraunce thatte Glofterre dydde live 
Hys Eyes beynge oute Forre whereere hee arrives 
Hee dothe move alle heartes agaynfte uffe 


Edmunde inne Pittye offe hys myferye 1280 
Is gone methynkes toe dyfpatch hys nyghtedde 
life 


Ande toe dyscrye the ftrengthe othe Enemye 


112 KYNGE LEARE. 


Szew I mufte thenne afterre hymme withe thys 
mye Letterre 
Reg Oure Troopes fette fourthe toe morrowe 
The wayes are dangeroufe twere befte you ftaye 
with uffe 
Stew I cannotte naye I maye notte Madamme 
Mye Ladye dydde charge mye dutye inne thys 
bufyneffe 
Reg Wherefore fhoud fhe write toe Edmunde 
Myghte you notte tranfporte herre Purpofes bye 


W orde 
I love thee muche me lette mee unnefeale the 
Letterre 1290 


Stew Madamme I hadde ratherre 

Reg I amme fure naye I doe knowe 
Youre Ladye lykes notte herre hufbande 
She gave ftraunge Elyadls ande ftrykynge lookes 
Toe noble Edmunde onne herre lafte beynge heere 
I knowe you toe bee of herre Bofomme 

Stew Aye Madamme 

Reg Thenne I doe advife you take backe thys 


Note 

Myet Lorde beynge deade Edmunde ande I ha 
talkd 

Ande hee dothe fynde mye hande more con- 
venyente 1300 


Whenne youre Myfireffe fhalle have hearde thuffe 


muche 


KYNGE LEARE. 113 


Defyre herre thatte fhe doe calle herre wifdomme 
toe herre 

Soe Farewelle fhoud you chaunce heare othe blynde 
Traytorre 


Preferremente falles onne hymme thatte cuttes 
hymme offe 


Stew Woud J coud meete hymme 
Thenne woud I fhowe the Partye I doe followe 


Glofterre ande Edgarre 


Glos Whenne {halle I comme toe thatte fame 
hylle 
Edg You doe clymbe itte nowe looke howe wee 
labourre 
Glos Methynkes thee founde bee evenne 
Edg Horryble fteape harke dofte notte heare the 
Sea 1310 
Glos Noe trewelye | 
Edg Youre otherre Sennefes thenne doe growe 
imperrefecte 
The anguifhe o youre Eyes benumbes themme 
Glos Itte maye bee foe innedeede forre nowe 
methynkes 
Thye Voyce is alterd and thou fpeakft betterre 
phrafe | 


Thye matterre too is more connefyftente 


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II 4 KYNGE LEARE. 


Edg Thou arte deceyvedde naughte iffe there 
changd inne mee 
Save thefe mye Garrementes 
Glos Naye -naye butte thou arte betterre 


fpokenne 
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Edg Comme onne Sir heres the place nowe 
ftande ftylle 1320 


Howe fearefulle tis toe cafte ones Eyes foe lowe 

The Crowes ande Choughes thatte winge the Mid- 
waye Ayre 

Shewe fcarce foe groole as beetles 

Halfe waye downe hanges owne thatte gatherres 
Samphyre 

O dreadefulle Trade methynkes hes noe byggerre 


thans heade 


The fysfherremenne thatte walke uponne the 
beache 

Are butte as Myce ande yonne talle anchorynge 
Barke 


Dymynfhd toea Cocke herre Cocke a Buoye. 

Allemofte too fmalle forre fyghte the murmur- 
ynge furge 

hatte onne th unnumberedde idle Peble chafes 1330 

Cannotte bee hearde thuffe hygh We looke noe 
more 

Leafte mye Brayne turne and the defycyente Syghte 

Topple downe headelonge 

Glos Sette mee thenne ene where thou ftaundft 


KYNGE LEARE. 11g 


Edm Give mee youre hande ande nowe houlde 
a lyttle 
Forre you are witheinne oune foote othe extreme 
Verge 
Forre alle Tedeaitie the Moone Ide notte are 
upryghte 
Glos Thenne here freynde is anotherre Purfe 
Ande int a Jewelle welle worthe a Poore Mans 


takynge 
Lette goe mye hande Maye Faryes ande the 
Godds 1340 


Profperre itte with thee. Goe thou fartherre offe 


Bydde mee farewelle forre I doe wayte thye goynge ’ 


Edg Thenne fare you welle goode Sir 
Glos Thankes fare welle with alle mye hearte 
Edg Whye fhoud I thus tryfle withe hys dyf- 
payre 
Glos Nowe O you esee Gods thys worlde 
I renownce 
Ande inne youre Syghtes fhake patyentelye 
Thys mye greate afflyctyonne offe » 
Coud I butte beare itte longerre ande notte quarrelle 
Withe youre myghtye and oppofeleffe willes 1350 
Whye thenne mye Snuffe ande loathedde parte o 
nature 
fhoud burne ittefelfe oute iffe Edgarre live thenne 
bleffe hymme 
Nowe thenne goode fellowe fare thee welle 


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116 KYNGE LEARE., 


Edg Whatte gone Sir thenne farewelle 
Hadde hee beene where hee thoughte thenne hadde 
hee beene robd 
O Mannes greate treafure life bye thys alle hadde 
beene patte 
Hoa there Sir Speake Sir doe you heare yette hee 
revives 
Whatte are you Sir 
Glos Awaye Awaye I prithee ande lette mee dye 
fdg Hadft beene aughte butte Gozemere Fea- 
therres Ayre - | 1360 
Soe manye fahomme downe precypytatynge 
Thoudtft fhiverde lyke the bryitle fubftawnce of 
anne Hoge 
Butte thou dofte breathe bleedfte notte hafte noe 
{ubftaunce 
Canit bee founde Tenne Mattes make notee thys 
Altytude 
Thatte thou hafte perrepennedycularelye felle 
O thye lifes a Myracle fpeake fpeake agayne arte 
founde 
G/o Butte ift foe have I fallenne or naye 
Edg Aye fromme thys Cliffe thys wonderre o 
Nature 
Whofe Chalkye fydes garde thys oure facredde Ifle 
Gaynite the rude Sea thatte dothe inne Cholerre 13 70 
Rage foame ande fpende ittefelfe tylle itte comme 
toe nothynge 


KYNGE LEARE. 117 


Yea fromme whofe dreade fummyte the fhrylle 
gorgd Larke | 
Canne norre bee feene norre heardeé doe butte 
looke uppe 
Glos Alacke kynde Sir mocke mee notte I ha 
noe Eyes ; 
Iffe wretcheddeneffe thenne deprivd o  thatte 
benyfytte 
Naye the comforte offe endynge ittefelfe bye deathe 
Edg Give mee youre Arme uppe howe ift feelft 
thou the Leggs 
Glos too welle too welle 


Edg Thys dothe evenne oute doe {traungeneffe 


ittefelfe 
Whatte thynge wafte dydde leave thee onne thys 
fummyte -1380 


Glos Oune poore ande unneforretunate Bagearre 

' dg As I dydde ftaunde heare belowe 

Hys Eyes were twoe fulle moones withe a thou. 
fande nofes : 

Hornes tooe thatte wealkd ande wavd as the 
ragynge Sea 

Therefore bee happye goode fatherre twas fome 
feynde 

Sente bye the Gods too cleare the who make 
themme honorrs 


Offe mennes impoflybylytyes tis theye have pre- 
fervd thee 


118 KYNGE LEARE. 


Glos Me nowe J doe rememberre 


I nowe wille beare afflyctyonne tylle ittefelfe doe 


crye 
Enough Enough thenne dye The thynge thou 
fpeakit offe 13g0 
I dydde take forre manne butte twoude oftymes crye 


The feynde The fey nde 
Edg Beare free ande bee patyente who comes here 
The fafe erre fenfe wille notte accomodate 


Its Mafterre thuffe 


Leare 


Leare Touche mee notte forre cryinge I amme 
the Kynge 
Edg O fyde percynge fyghte 
Leare Nature dothe oute doe Arte I thatte refpecte 
Thers youre preffe Moneye thou handlft thee 
Bowe 
Lyke Crowe Keeperre drawe a Cloathyerres 
Yarde 1400 
A Moufe a Moufe Looke looke foftlelye foftelye 
Heere heere thys peece 0 toaftedde Cheefe wille dot 
Theres mye Gauntelette Ile prove itte onne a 
gyawnte 
O Welle flowne Byrde the calle the calle hewgh 
hewgh 
Edg O fweete O goode Kynge evenne foe 
thenne withe thee 


KYNGE LEARE. 119 


Leare Paffe Paffe coudft notte fee the Moufe 
O Foole | 
Glos I fhoud knowe thatte Voyce 
Leare Ha Gonerylle whatte flatterre mys white 
Bearde 
Ande whenne thee poore dogge dydde Bae ande 
lycke thee 
Dydft beate hymme oute a doere buftle buftle hygh 
. heavenne 1410 
Thenne faye aye toe mye Aye Noe to mye noe 
Whenne Rayne dydde wette and Winde made mee 
chatterre 
Whenne woud notte peace atte mye byddynge 
Twas thenne I {melte umme thenne I founde 
umme oute 
Goe toe theyre notte Menne o theyre Wordes 
Theye tolde mee I was alle I was everye thynge 
Theye lye Theye I amme notte ague proofe 
Glos The trycke o thatte Voyce I doe rememberre 
Ift notte the Kynges 
Leare Aye Boye ande everye Inchea Kynge 1420 
Whenne I doe ftare fee howe mye Subjecte quakes 
Whatte was hys caufe I pardonne thatte mans life 
; Naughte fave Adulleterye thou fhalte notte dye 
Noe noe the Wrenne goes toote ande the {malle 
gyldedde flye 
Dos Letcherre onne mye Syghte Lette Copula- 


tyonne thrive 


120 KYNGE LEARE. 


Forre was notte Glofterres Baftarde Kynderre tos 
fatherre 
Thanne mye twoe Serrepentes gotte twixte law- 
fulle Sheets 
Thenne tot pelle Melle forre I doe lacke Soul- 
dyerres 
Looke atte yonne Ladye thatte dos thake atte 
Pleafures Name 
Noe neytherre Fytchewe noe norre {poyledde 
horfe 1430 
Goes toot withe moure ryatoufe Appetyte 
Downe toe waite alle Cennetaures butte Womenne 
above 
O fye fye give mee owne ounce o fweete Cyvette 
Ande mye Apothecarye thers Moneye forre thee 
Glos O Lette mee Kyffe thye hande 
Leare Fyrite Ile wipe itte forre itte fmelles o 


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Glos O thou ruinedde peyce o Nature 
O thatte thys greate worlde fhalle foe weare oute 
toe naughte 
Doft thou notte knowe mee 
Leare 1 doe rememberre thyne Eyes whye doft 
foe {quinye atte mee 


Noe doe the worfte blynde Cupydde I le notte 


pervert to cane 


love 1440 
Reade thys Challenge marke butte the pennynge 
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KYNGE LEARE. 


Glos Were are butte I cannotte fee 
Ede Ide notte take thys fromme Reporte butte 
iter is 
And myne hearte breakes atte itte 
Leare Reade Reade 
Glos Whatte withe thefe cafes o Eyes - 
‘Leare Hoa Hoa you arethere noe Eyes I youre 
heade 
Norte noe Moneye inne Purfe 
Youre Eyes thenne are inne heavye Cafe youre 
Purfe lyghte 1450 
Butte thou feeft howe goes thys worlde 
Glos Yea ande Moutte feelyngelye 
Leare Thenne arte Madde Oune maye fee howe 
the Worlde waggs 
Openne wide thyne Eares thenne thoulte fee enoughe 
See yond Juftyce rayle agaynft yond fymple thefie 
Change Places ande nowe whiche is juftyce whiche 
theefe 
Thou hafte feene farmerres dogge barke atte 
Beggarre 
Glos Evenne foe Sir 


fromme the Curre 
There thenne dofte beholde the Image ‘one 
Authorytye 1460 
Forre Dogges whenne inne Offyce myte bee obfervd 
Thou Rafcalle Beadle houlde the bloodye hand< 


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122 KYNGE LEARE. 


Wherefore lafhe foethatte {tryppethyne owne backe 

Thoult ftrayghte toe herre ande the cryme 
commytte 

Forre the whiche thou nowe dofte whyppe herre 

Through tatteredde Cloathes greate Vices doe 
appeare 

Butte gilte Robes ande furrd Gownes doe hyde alle 

Withe Goulde thou mayft breake the ftronge Cane 
o Juftyce 

Butte armd inne Ragges.a Pygmyes Strawe does 


peyrce itte 
None doe offende noe nonne I Je able emme 14.70 
Goe thou mye freynde ande Seale the accuferres 
Lyppes 
Goe ande withe Glafle Eyes lyke feurvye Poly- 
tycyanne 
Seeme toe fee thofe thynges thou dofte notte fee 
Nowe Nowe pulle offe thefe Bootes harderre 
harderre 
Edg O Matterre ande Reafonne withe madneffe 
myxte 
Leare Naye an thoulte weepe mye forretunes 
thenne take mye Eyes 
I knowe thee welle enoughe thye names Glofterre 
Thou mufte bee patyente wee came cryinge 
hytherre 
Evenne the fyrfte tyme wee f{melle othe Ayre 
Wee mewld ande cryd Ile preache toe thee 
Marke 1480 


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KYNGE LEARE. 123 
Glos Alacke Alacke the daye 


Leare Whenne wee are borne we crye wee are 
comme 
Toe thys fayde Stage toe thys fayde Shyppe o fooles 
O twere delycate Stratagemme toe fhoo | 
A Troope o horfe inne Felte Ile putte itte inne 
proofe 
Ande whenne I ha ftolenne oune thefe Sonne in 
Lawes 


Thenne Kylle Kylle Kylle 


Owne Gennetellemanne 


Gent Oh here he is laye hande uponne hymme Sir 
O Sir youre moufte deare Daughterre 
Leare Whatte a Pryfonnerre I amme_ eene 
Forretunes foole 1490 
Butte ufe mee welle ande ye fhalle ha rannefomme 
Naye give mee oune Surgeonne forre Ime cutte 
tthe Braynes | | 
Gent Naye goode Sir you fhalle ha anye thynge 
Noe Secondes alle myefelfe thys woud make a 
Manne 
Aye aye a manne 0 Salte toe ufe hys eyes 
Forre Gardenne warterre Potts Ie dye bravelye 
Nowe Ile bee royalle Comme Comme Imea Kynge 
Knowe you thatte Knowe you thatte mye goode 
Matterres 
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124, KYNGE LEARE. 


Gent Aye ande a Royalle owne ande wee obeye 
you 
Leare Nowe thenne theres life int 
Comme ande ye fhalle gette itte bye runnynge Sa 
Sa fa 
Gent Thys fyghte were pyteoufe inne the 
mea{nefte Wretche 
Butte tis pafte {fpeekynge ofte inne a Kynge 
Butte thou hafte oune daughterre thatte redeemes 
alle nature 
Fromme thatte generalle Curfe Whyche twayne 
ha: broughte 
Edg Hayle gentle Sir forre foe youre Speeche 


eh tn aw ae rin Lt rrAY 
by aacs Mce Caiic YOu 


Gent Sir {fpeede you whats_youre wille 
fag oe you heare ougnte Of a Battelle towarde 
Gent “M 


nt Moufte fure eache owne heares thatte 
canne dyftynguifh Sounde 
Edg Butte bye youre favourre howe. neares 
thotherre Armye 1510 
Gent Neere ande onne {fpeedye foote 
The mayne defcrye ftaundes inne hourelye thoughte 
Edg Thankes kynde Sir thats alle 
Gent 'Though oure Queene onne {pecyalle Caufe 
bee here 
Herre Armye is movd onne 
Edg I thanke you Sir 
G/os O you merrecyfulle ande everre Gentle Gods 


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KYNGE LEARE. 125 


Take mye breathe. fromme mee leafte mye wor- 
ferre Spiritte 
Tempte me agayne toe dye before you pleafe 
Edg Welle praye you fatherre 2.520 
Glos Nowe goode Sir whatte are you 
Edg Oune moutte poore Manne made tame bye 
forretunes blowes 
Who bye arte o knowinge ande feelynge Sorrowes 
Amm pregnawnte toe goode Pittye Give mee youre 
hande 
Ande lette mee leade you, toe fome byddynge 
Glos Heartye Thankes heavennes bountye ande 
Benyzonne 
Toe boote ande Toe boote 


Stewarde 


Stew Owne moufte happye ande proclaymedde 
Pryze 
Thatte Eyeleffe heade o ihe was framd toe rayfe 
mye forretunes 
Thou oulde ande hardnedde Traytorre breefelye 
thyefelfe furrennederre 
The fworde is oute thatte mufte deftroye thee 2.530 
Glos 'Thenne lette thye freyndelye hande putte 
ftrengthe enough toot 
Stew Herat re beds Pefante darft thou 
fupporte 


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126 KYNGE LEARE. 


Hence leafte the innefeétyonne offe hys Forretunes 
Take holde onne lette goe hys Arme I faye 
Edg Ize notte lette goe Zir withoute vurtherre 
cayfyonne 
Szew Vile flave lette goe orre thou dyefte 
Edg Gange youre Gayte goode Gennetlemanne 
ande lette poore Volke paffe 
I bee notte yette zwaggeredde oute a mye life 
Forre thatte woulde take thee zoe longe as a 
Vortenyghte 2540 
Naye comme notte neere thoulde Manne keepe 
oute ofs waye 
Orre Ils trye anne youre Coftarde orre mye Ballowe 
bee the harderre 
Stew Oute thou vile dunghylle 
Edg Ile fycke youre teethe Sir noe matterre vor 
youre foynes 
Stew Slave I amme Slayne O Villayne take my 
Purfe 
Iffe thoult thrive burye mee ande give the Letterres 
Whiche thou fyndft aboute toe Edmunde O Glof- 


terre 
Seeke hymme ithe Englyfhe partye o unnetymelye 
deathe 
Edg 1 knowe thee welle oune ferrevyceable 
Villayne 


Affe duteoufe toe the Vices 0 youre Myftreffe 2550 
Affe baddeneffe coud defyre 


KYNGE LEARE. ta 


Glos Whatte is hee deade 
Edg Goode fatherre fytte ye downe ande refte 
ye awhile 
Thefe Letterres hee fpeakes offe maye bee mye 
freyndes 
Ile fearche thefe Pockettes hees deade Ime onlye 
forrye 
Hee hadde none otherre deathes manne lets fee 
Leave gentle waxetoe knowe oure Enemyes myndes 
Wee ryppe theyre heartes theyre Rapetics are more 
lawefulle 


Reades Letterre 


Lette oure recyprocalle Vowes bee remmeberedde 
You maye 
withe eafe dyfpatche hymme anne youre wille 
- wante 2560 
notte tyme ande place is yas Anne hee bee 
Conquerorre 
naughte canne bee done ande Ime the Pry- 
fonerre hys Bedde 
mye Goale fromme whofe loathedde warmthe 
delyverre mee 
ande fupplye the Place forre youre labourre 
Youre anne foe I woude faye 


Gonerylle 


128 KYNGE LEARE. 


Oh vafte ande dyre fpace O Womannes blacke 
Wille 

Thuffe toe plotte onne Verretuoufe hufbandes life 

Ande forre Exchange mye owne noe leffe qualy- 
tyedde Brotherre 

Here Ile rake uppe the Murtheroufe Lettcherres 


Pofte 
Ande inne tyme withe thys unnegracyoufe Pa- 
perre 2570 
Stryke the Syghte o thys fayde deathe praétyfed 
Duke } 


Ande tis welle forre hymme thatte o thye deathe 
IT canne telle 
Glos The Kynge is madde howe ftiffe is mye 
vile fenfe 
Thatte itte ftande uppe ande ha innegenuoufe 
feelynge 
etterre I were dyftracte foe fhoud mye thoughtes 
Bee feverd fromme mye Greefes ande loofe mye 
woes 
Bye wronge Imagynatyonnes 0 themme 
Edg Give mee youre farre offe I heare the beate 
o Drumme 
Comme fatherre Ie beftowe you withe a 
freynde 2.580 


KYNGE LEARE. 


Corredelya Kente Gennetrellemanne 


Cor O thou goode Kente howe fhalle I live 
ande worke 
Thatte I maye matche the goodneffe mye lifes too 
fhorte 
Ande everye meafure wille fayle mee 
Kente Thuffe toe'bee acknowledgedde is to. bee 


thryce oere payde 
Alle mye Reporrts are modefte truthe notte clypte 
butte foe 
Cor Bee--betterre. fuitedde thefe Weedes are 
Memoryes | 


O worterre houres I prithée putte themme offe 
Kente Pardonne Madamme toe bee knowne 
{horretennes myne intente 
Mye boone I make itte thatte you knowe thee notte 


Tylle tyme ande I thynke meete 2590 
Cor Thenne beet foe goode Lorde howe dos the 
Kynge 


Gent Madamme fleepes ftylle 
Cor O you Gods cure thys greate breach ins 
abufedde Nature 
The untund ande jarrynge Sennefes O winde uppe 
O thys mye deare mye Chylde changedde fatherre 
Gent Wilte pleafe youre Majeftye wee wake the 
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301 KYNGE LEARE. 


Cor Bee youre knowledge ande fkylle youre 
Goverrenorres 
Telle mee is he arrayedde 


Leare withe Serrevauntes 


Gent I the heavyneffe o fleepe wee dydde attyre 


hymme 


Bee you bye goode madamme whenne wee doe 


wake hymme 
Forre yette I doe muche doubte hys temmepe- 
raunce 2600 
Cor O mye deere fatherre lette reftauratyonne 
hange 
Herre medycyne onne thefe lyppes ande maye thys 
Kyfle 
Repayre thofe harmes mye Syfterres have inne thye 
Reveraunce made 
Kente O Kynde o deare Prynceffe 
Cor WHadde you notte beene theyre Fatherre 
thefe white flakes 
Dydde challenge theyre Pyttye Was thys a Face 
Toe bee oppofd agaynfte the jarrynge Windes 
A Dogge though hee hadde bytte mee fhoud nere 


a ftoode 
Thatte fame Nyghte ande dydfte thou mye deere 
fatherre 2610 


Ande toe hovelle too withe Swine ande Rogues 
forlorne 


KYNGE LEARE. 131 


Couchd too inne fhorte ande muftye ftrawe Alacke 
Alacke | 
Tis wonderre thye life ande wittes hadde notte atte 
| ounce 
Concludedde alle hee wakes howe fpeake toe 
hymme | 
Gent Madamme doe you forre tis fyttefte 
Cor Howe does mye Royalle Lorde howe fares 
~ youre Majeftye 
Leare Doe notte thatte wronge toe take mee 
oute othe Grave 
Thou arte a Soule inne blyffe butte I amme bounde 
Fyxt onne a Weele o fyre thatte myne owne teares 


- Doe fadlye fealde aye aye enne lyke moltenne Leade 


Cor Doe you knowe mee Sir 2620 
Leare You are a Spiritte I knowe where dydde 
you dye 


Cor Stylle Stylle farre wyde 
Gent Hes fcarfe awake leave Laine quiette 
awhile 
Leare Where ift I ha beene whicks amm I fayre 
daye lyghte 
I amme fadlye abufd I fhoud eene dye withe Pyttye 
Toe fee anotherre foe I knowe notte whatte toe faye 
I wille notte fweare thefe bee mye handes lette 
mee fee 
Dothe thys Pynne prycke woud I were es o 
mye Eftate 
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132 KYNGE LEARE. 


Cor O looke onne mee Sir ande houlde youre 
hande 
Inne benydy€tyonne ocre mee you mufte notte 
Kneele 2.630 
Leare y doe notte mocke mee 
Forre | amme a verye Foolyfhe oulde manne 
Forefcore ande upwarde notte oune houre more or 
lefie 
de toe bee playne I feare 1 amme notte inne 
pe rfecte my nde 
Methynkes I fhoud knowe you ande thatte manne 
Yette amme I doubtefulle Forre I aname maynelye 
lgnoraunte 
Whatte place thys is ande alle the poore {kylle I have 
Dothe notte rememberre thefe Garrementes norte 
doe i knowe 
Where I dydde fleepe lafte nyghte O doe laugh 
atte mee 
Forre anne I bee a ManneI doe bethynke | 2640 
Thys fweete Ladye toe bee mye ChyldeiCorredelya 
Cor | amme I amme O tis fhe youre daughterre 
Leare Bee thefe teares wette I praye praye you 
weepe notte 
Anne thou hafte poyfonne forre mee I wille drynke 
itte 
I knowe you doe notte love ‘mee forre youre 
Syfterres 
Have as I doe rememberre done meeé wronge 


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Thou hadft goode caufé forre hate butte theye 
hadde none ; 
Cor O breake notte thee poore daughterres hearte 
Caufe Caufe o noe noe Tha none] ha none 2650 
Leare Whatte amme I thenne inne Fraunce 
Kente Inne youre owne Kyngdomme Sir © 
Leare O doe notte abufe mee 
Gent Ha Commeforte madamme hys Rage you 
fees kylld 
Defyre hee goe inne ande trouble hymme noe fur- 
therre 


Cor Wilte pleafe youre hyghneffe walke 


Leare Beare mee thenne O praye you forregette 


ande forregive 


-T arame oulde ande foolyfhe youre bleffynge I praye 


Edmunde Reganne Gentlemanne Souledyerres 


Edm Afke othe Duke ifs purpofe ftylle houlde 
Orre iffe oure Advyces wiles hymme toe change 
hys Courfe . 2660 
Thenne brynge hytherre hys pleafure 
Reg Oure Syfterres manne mufte fure ha my{- 
carryedde 
d Tis toe bee doubtedde Wtadativens 
g Nowe fweete Lorde you knowe the goode- 
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Inne honourd Love naughte more 
Butte hafte nere founde waye toe the forefennededde 
place 


Noe bye mye honourre 
I thalle nere ennedure herre fondle herre notte I 


praye 
Feare mee notte 2670 


Albanye Gonerylle Souldyerres 


elle bee mette oure verye lovynge Syfterre 
he Kynge is wihe hys daughterre ande otherres too 
home the rygourre offe oure State fored toe crye oute 
Reg Whye is thys reafonnd 
Gon Combyne uffe toegetherre gaynfte the 
Enemye 
Forre thefe domeftyce broyles are notte the Quef- 
tyonne here 
Alb Lets detyrmyne thenne onne whatte pro- 
cedynge 
Reg Syfterre youle goe withe uffe 
Gon Noe 
Reg Soe tis convenyente praye goe withe ufle 2680 
Gon Ho ho I knowe the Ryddelle Ile goe Ile goe 


Edgarre 


Ed Anne youre grace canne {peake withe oune 
foe poore heare mee 


KYNGE LEARE. 135 


Alb Speake thenne 
Edg Before the battayle bee foughte ope Hy 
Letterre 
Iffe you ha Victorye thenne lette the trumpette 
founde 
Forre though I feeme canal canne produce 
A Champyonne thatte wille vouche thatte whiche 
is there 
Anne you myfcarrye foe dothe youre bufyneffe ende 
Jb Staye tylle I ha reade the Letterre 
g Twas forrebydde butte tyme fervynge lette 
the heralde crye © 26g0 
Thenne Ile appeare agayne ; 
Fare thee welle I wille oerelooke thee Paperre 


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The Enemyes inne Viewe drawe uppe youre 


Powerres 
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: e dylygente forre youre hatte is urgedde onne you | 


Alb 'Thenne wee wille greete the tyme 
Edm Toe bothe thefe Syfterres have I fworne 
mye Love 
Eache jealoufe othe otherre as thofe ftunge of 
Adderre 
-Whiche thenne fhalle I take bothe oune orre 
neytherre 


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136 KYNGE LEARE. 


Neytherre canne bee enjoyd whilfte bothe doe 
live 2700 

Anne I doe take the Widdowe Gonerylle is madde 

Ande hardelye fhalle I carrye oute mye fyde 

Herre hufbande beynge alive Nowe thennie wele ufe 

Hys Countenauneée torre the Battayle thatte done 

Lette herrethatte woud bee rydde devife hy's fpeedye 
takynge offe 

Affe forre the mercye he innetendes Leate’ ande 
Corredelya 

The Battayle dorie ande Theye withinne our 
Powerre 

Shalle neverre fee hys pardonne Forre mye ftate 

Standes withe mee toe defende ande notte debate 


Edgarre ande Glofterre 
Edg Heere Fatherre take the Shadowe o thys 
Tree 2710 
Forre youre goode hoafte praye thatte the ryghte 
maye thrive 
Ande Iff I retturne agayne Ile brynge you comforte 
Glos Grace goe withe you moufte Kynde ande 
gentle Sir 


KYNGE LEARE. 


Edgarre 


Edg Awaye awaye oulde Manne give mee thye 
hande | 
Kynge Leare hathe lofte hee ands daughterre are 
taene | 


Glos 'Thenne noe furtherre Sir forre owne maye 
_rotte eene here 
Edg Whatte inne ille thoughtes agayne Menne 
mufte ennedure 
Theyre goynge hence ande comynge hytherre come 
onne 
Gls Trewe Trewe indeede thou fayfte welle 


Edmunde Leare C ordelya Captayne ande Sould- 
yerres 2.720 


Edm Some Offycerres withe fpeede take themme | 
hence 
Untylle thofe thatte are greaterre pronounce theyre 
wille | 
Cor Wee are notte othe fyrfte thatte have in- 
currd worfte 3 
Withe befte meanynge Butte tis forre thee oppref- 
fedde Kynge 
I amme elfe forre myefelfe I woud oute frowne 
Falfe Forretunes frowne {halle wee notte fee thefe 


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138 KYNGE LEARE. 


Leare Nowe nowe letts toe Pryfonne there wee 
towe wille fynge 
Lyke Byrdes ithe Cage whenne thou dofte afke 
mee bleffynge 
[le kneele downe ande afke o thee forregiveneffe 
Soe wele live ande praye ande fynge ande telle oulde 
tales 2.730 
Ande laugh atte guildedde butterreflyes ande heere 
poore Rogues 
Talke o Courte Newes .ande wele talke withe 
themme too 
Who loofes ande who winnes whofe inne ande 
whos oute 
Ande take uponne Us the myfterye o thynges 
Affe iffe wee were Gods {pyes ande wele weare oute 
Inne oure walld Pryfonne Packes ande feckes o 
greate ounes 
Thatte ebbe ande flowe bye lyghte othe pale facd 
Moone 
Edm Take themme awaye 
Leare Uponne fuche facryfyces mye Corredelya 
The Goddes themmefelves throwe innecenfe 2740 
Ha have I thenne caughte thee hee thatte parts uffe 
Shalle brynge a Brande fromme heavenne ande fire 
uffe hence 
Evenne lyke Sampfonnes Foxes 0 wipe thyne Eyes 
The goode Yeares fhalte devore themme fiefhe 
ande felle 


KYNGE LEARE, _ 139 


Fere aye fhalle make uffe weepe weele fee ¢ em 

{tarvd fyrite 
Edm Cemme hytherre Captayne hearke take 
thou thys Note 

Followe themme toe Pryfonne oune Steppe Ive 
advauncd thee 

Ande iffe thou dofte as thys inneftructes thou makft 
thee waye 

Toe noblerre Fortune knowe thou thys Ricane are 
as the tyme is 

Ande toe bee tenderre myndedde becomes notte a 


Sworde 2750 
Thenne faye thoult dot orre thrive bye otherre 
meanes 


Cap Mye Lorde Ile dot 
Bas Aboute itte ande write theefelfe happye 
whenne tis done 
Marde I faye inneftauntelye as I ha fette itte downe 


Albanye Gonerylle Reganne 


Alb Sir you have fhowne thys daye youre Va- 
lyaunte f{trayne 
Ande Forretune ledde you welle you ha the Captives | 
Ande Irdoe require themme offe you toe ufe themme 
As theyre Meryttes ande oure fafetye maye befte 
deterremyne 


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140 KYNGE LEARE. 


Edm Sir I thoughte itte fyttenne toe fende the 
oulde Kynge 
Toe clofe retennetyonne Whofe Age has Charmes 
[2760 
Ande 'Tytle more to plucke the commonne bo- 
fomme ons. fyde 
Ande turne oure imprefte Launeffes inne oure Eyes 
Whiche doe commande themme withe hymme I 
fente the Queene 
Thatte toe Morrowe theye maye bee betterre able 
Toe appeare where you {halle houlde youre Sef- 
fyonne 
Alb Sir I doe houlde you butte as Subjecte o 
thys Warre 
Ande notte a Brotherre 
Keg ‘Thatte methynkes is as wee doe lyfte toe 
grace hymme 
Wee myghte ha beene demandedde eere thoudft 
{poke thuffe farre 
Fee ledde oure Powerres bore the Commyfyonne 
[2770 
Bothe of myne owne place ande perfonne 
The whiche maye welle ftaunde uppe toe calle 
hymfelfe oure Brotherre 
Gon Notte foe hotte ins owne grace hee dothe 
exalte hymfelfe 


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Viore thanne inne youre addytyonne 


Reg Withe mye ryghtes inneveftedde hee com- 


pares the bette 


KYNGE LEARE. 141 


Alo 'Thatte were the moufte an hee fhould huf- 
~ band you 
Reg Jefterres doe oft prove Prophettes 
Gon Hola thatte Eye thatte tolde you foe lookd 
| a {quinte 
Reg Ladye Ime notte ae elfe I fhoud anf{werre 
Edmunde take thou mye Souldyerres Patry- 
monye 2780 
D{pofe o themme o mee forre alle is thyne 
Witneffe o Worlde I doe create hymme mye 
Lorde ande Mafterre 
Gon Ande meane you toe enjoye hymme 
Alb The lette alone lyes notte inne youre wille 
mn Norre inne thyne mye Lorde 
/b Butte itte dothe halfe bloodyedde fellowe 
eg Bydde the Drumme ftryke ande mye Tytle 
thyne 
Naye ftoppe heare Reafonne Edmunde [ arrefte thee 
Onne Capytalle Treafonne ance inne thys thye 


arrefte 

Thys guildeddeSerrepente forre you atta twayne 
Syfterres 

I beare itte ithe Inneterefte o mye Wife 2.790 


Tis fhe thats fubconnetractedde toe thys Lorde 

Ande I herre hufbande contradycte youre Banes 

Iffe youle marrye tis mye Ladys Love thats be- 
{poke 


Gon Anne inneterrelude 


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Alb 'Thourte armd Glofterre thereforre lette the 
Trumpette founde 
Ande fhoud none appeare to prove thye heynous 
Treafonnes 
Theres mye Pledge Ile makt onne the hearte ere | 
tafte Breade 
Forre thourt inne naughte thanne whatte I have 
proclaymd thee 
Reg Sycke o Sycke 2.800 
Gon Antis notte Ile neére trufte Miedycyne 
Edm 'Thenne theres mye Exchange thatte othe 
Worlde he is 
Thatte names mee Traytorre Villayne lyke he lyes 
Calle bye the Trumpette hee thatte dares approache 
Onne hymme ande you Ile mayntayne mye truthe 


ande honoure 


Herade 


Alb A heralde trufte toe thye fyngle Virretewe 
Forre thye Souldyerres alle levyedde inne mye 
Name 
Have alfoe inne mye name tooke theyre dy{charge 
Reg Mye Syckneffe growes uponne mee 
Alb Shes notte welle conveye herre toe mye 
Tente 2310 
Comme hytherre heralde fpeake ‘Trumpette the 


KYNGE LEARE. 143 
Iffe any Manne o Qulytye orre degree itts 


o thys Armye wille mayntayne uponne Edmun 

Suppofedde Earle o Glofterre thatte hee is a ma- 
nyfoulde 

Traytorre lette hymme atte thyrde Sounde othe 
Trumpette 

appeare ins defence 


Edgarre armedde 


Alb Afke hymme whye he appeares onne calle 
othe ‘Trumpette 

Her Whatte are you youre Name youre Qualytye 

Ande whye anfwerre you thys prefent Summonnes 

Edg Knowe thenne mye name is lofte bye trea- 


fonnes Fangd tooth 1820 
Bare knawne ande Cankerre bytte yette amme I 
noble , 


As the Adverrefarye I amme toe cope withe 
Ale Whyche is thatte adverrefarye . 
Edg Whos hee thatte fpeakes forre Edmunde 
Earle o Glofterre | 
Bas Hymfelfe whatte fayfte thou toe hymme 
Edg Drawe thenne anne iffe mye Speeche offende 
thee noble hearte | 
- Thenne lette thyne arme doe thee juftyce here is 
myne 
Forre tis the Pryvyledge o myne honourres 


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Myne Oathe ande the profeffyonne I protefte 

Maugre thye Strengthe Place Youthe ande Emy- 
naunce 2.830 

Defpyfynge thye Vyctoryoufe Sworde 

Thye Valoure ande thee hearte thou arte a Traytorre 

Falfe toe the Gods thye Fatherre ande thee Bro- 
therre 

Connefpyrynge gaynfte thys illuftryoufe Prynce 

Ande fromme the extremefte upwarde othe heade 

Toe thatte dufte thou dofte treade underre foote 

Thourte a Toade {pottedde Traytorre faye thou noe 

Thys Sworde thys arme ande mye befte f{pyryttes 
are bente 

Toe prove onne thee hearte thatte I faye thou lyefte 

Edm Mye Wofdomme needes woud ha mee afke 

the name 2850 

Butte fynce thyne outefyde lookes foe fayre ande 
warlyke 

Bye rule o Knyghthoode I dyfdayne ande fpurne 

Backe doe I tofle thefe Treafonnes toe the heade 

Withe the helle hatedde lye oerewhelme the hearte 

Whyche forre theye yette glaunce bye ande fcarfelye 
bruife 

Thys {worde o myne fhalle give themme inftaunte 
waye 

Where theye fhalle refte forre everre 

Gon 'Thys is practy{d Glofterre bye the Lawe o 

Warre 


KYNGE LEARE. 148 


Thou wafte notte bounde toe anfwerre anne unne- 
_knowne oppofyte 
Thourte notte vanquifhd butte cozend ande be- 
f guilde 2860 
Alb Shutte thee mouthe dame orre withe thys 
Paperre Ile {toppe itte 
Houlde Sir thou worfe thanne anye Name reade 
- thyne Exylle 
Noe noe I doe fee thou knowfte itte alreadye 
Gon Anne I doe the Lawes are myne who dares 
arrayene mee 
Alb Moufte Monftroufe knowfte thou thys 
Paperre 
Edm Atke mee notte whatte I knowe 
Alb Goe afterre herre fhes defperate governe herre 
Bas 'Thatte thou hafte chargd me withe 
Thatte moufte trewelye I ha done 
Naye Naye ande muche more too 2870 
Butte tyme wille brynge alle oute 
Tis pafte ande foe amme I 
Butte telle mee whoarte thou 
Thatte hafte thys Foretune onne mee 
Iffe thourte noble I doe forregive thee 
Edg 'Thenne lets exchange Charytyes 
Forre I amme noe leffe inne bloode 
- Thanne arte thefelfe Edmunde 
Iffe more thenne more thoufte wrongd mee 
Mye Names noe leffe thanne Edgarre 28So 
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146 KYNGE LEARE. 


Thee fatherres Sonne andethye Brotherre 
The Gods are jufte ande of oure pleafaunte Vyces 
Make inneftrumentes toe plague uffe 
Thatte darke ande vycyoufe place 
Where hee dydde begette thee 
Cofte hymme naughte lefle thans Eyes 
Bas Thoutte {fpokenne ryghte moufte trewe 
Ande the wheele is nowe comme to us fulle Cyrcle 
ilo | dydde bethynke mee 
Thatte thye verye gate dydde Phrophefye 2890 
A. Royalle Noblenefie ’ 
I muite naye wille embrace thee 
Ande mye keenefte Sorrowe {plytte mye hearte 
Iffe everre I dydde thee orre thee fatherre 
Ed Worthye Prynce I knowt 
Alb Where have you hydde yourefelfe 
Ande howe knowe the Myferyes o youre fatherre 
Edg Bye nurfynge themme mye Lorde 
Lyfte a breyfe tale ande whenne tis toulde 
O thatte mye fulle hearte woude burfte 2900 
The blodye Proclamatyonne toe Efcape 
Thatte dydde followe mee foe neere 
O oure lives greate {weetenefle 
‘Thatte wee the Payne o deathe woud hourelye dye 
Ratherre thanne dye atte ounce 
Taughte mee toe f{hifte intoe madmannes Ragges 
Toe affumea wretchedde femmeblaunce 
Thatte the verye Doges woud ha dyfclaymd 


~KYNGE LEARE. 147 


- Ande inne thys habytte mette I mye fatherre 
Withe hys thofe precyoufe bleedynge Rynges 2910 
Theyre precyoufe Stones newe e lofte ? 
I became hys guide ande ledde hymme 
Beged forre hymme favd hymme fromme 
dyfpayre ! 
Neverre O faulte reveald myefelfe untoe hymme 
Unnetylle fome halfe houre pafte whenne I was 
armd 
Notte fure though hopynge thys goode fuccefle 
I afkd hys Bleflynge and fromme fyrfte toe lafte 
Tolde hymme off oure tedyoufe Pylgrymage 
Butte hys poore hearte alreadye flawd 
Toe weake helas thys conneflycte toe fupporte 2920 
Twixte thee twoe extremes o Paffyonne 
Joye ande griefe burfte {mylyngelye 
Edm Deare Brotherre thys {peeche 0 youres 
Hathe movd mee ande fhalle perrechaunce doe 
goode 
Butte praye you f{peake onne 
You looke as you hadde reamed more toe 
faye 
Alb Anne there bee more thats more ofitie 
Thenne Prythee houlde itte inne 
Forre Ime allmoufte readye toe dyffolve 
Atte the hearynge o thys | 2940 


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148 KYNGE LEARE. 


Gentlemanne 


Gent Helpe o helpe 
Edg Whatte kynde o helpe 
Edg Whatte meanes thys Blodye Knife 
Gent O it fmoakes itte came fromme herre 
hearte fhes deade 
Alb Whos deade {peake Manne 
Gent Youre Ladyeande herre Syfterre 
Bye herre is poifonedde fhe dothe confeffe itte 
Bas ‘Toe thefe twayne Syfterres I was conne- 


tractedde 
Ande Nowe wee fhalle marrye inne oune In- 
{taunte 2950 


Kente 


Alb Produce the bodyes thys Judgemente othe 
heavennes 
Dothe make us tremble O is thys hee 
Butte tyme dothe notte allowe thatte whyche man- 
nerres urges 
Kente I amme toe bydde my Kynge and Mat- 
terre 
A goode Nyghte whatte is he notte here 
Alb Greate thynge bye uffe forgotte Speake 
Edmunde 
Wheres the Kynge ande Corredelya dofte fee thys 
Objecte Kente 


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KYNGE LEARE. 


‘Kente Alacke Alacke ande howe thus 
Edm Yette was Edmunde belovedde 
‘The oune ande th otherre poyfonnd forre mye 
fake 2960 
Ande afterre flewe herrefelfe 
Alb Eene foe coverre theyre faces 
Edm | pante forre life ande yette fome goode [ 
meane toe doe 
Defpyghte o myne owne vile nature aiiclatve fende 
Ande bee briefe int to the Caftle forre mye Wrytte 
Iffe onne the life o Leare ande Corredelya. 
Naye tarrye notte fend fende fpeedylye 
Alb Run Run Ryches are thyne anne piste, dofte 
{peede thee 
Edg ‘Toe whome toe whome muifte hee goe 
Who has the Offyce fende thee tokenne o Re- 
. prieve f 
Edm Welle thoughte heare take mye Sworde ’ 
give itte the Captayne 
Duke Hafte thee forre thee life | 
Edm He hathe commiffyonne fromme mye 
Wife ande Mee 
Toe hang Cordelya ithe Pryfonne 
Ande laye the blayme atte charge of herre defpayre 
~ Duke Ye Gods defende herre beare hymme 


hence 


150 KYNGE LEARE. 


Leare ande Cordelya ins Armes 
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Leare Howle Howle Howle Howle O ye are 
Menne of Stones 
Hadde I youre Tongues ande Eyes | woud ufe 


themme foe 2.980 
Thatte heavennes hygh frettedde Valte fhoud 
cracke 


O fhe is gone forre everre 0000 
I knowe whenne oune is deade and whenne oune 


lives 
Yeffe fhes deade as Earthe lende mee a lookynge 
Glafle 


Ande iffe herre Breathe dothe myfte or ftayne the 
Stone 
Whye thenne fhe lives butte noe noe tis notte foe 
Kente Whatte is thys the promyfd ende 
Leare O thys featherre ftyrres fhe lives an ift 
bee foe 
Thatte chaunce redeemes alle forrowes [ha felte 
Kente Aye mye goode Matfterre 
Leare Prethee awaye I faye 2.990 
Edgare Tis Kente youre goode oulde freynde 
Leare A Plague uponne you Murderers Tray- 
torres alle 
I myghte ha favd herre butte fhes gone forre everre 


Cordelya ftaye O ftaye yette a lyttle 


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KYNGE LEARE. “1st 


Whatte ift thou fay{t her Voyce was everre fofte 
Ande lowe {fweete mufyck oere the ryplynge 
Streame 
Qualytye rare ande excellente inne Womanne 
O Yefie bye heavennes twas I kylld the flave 
Thatte dydde rounde thye fofte necke the mur- 
deroufe 
Ande ‘damnedde Corde entwine dydde I notte 
Syrrah 
Cap Tis moufte trewe mye Lordes he dydde 3000 
Leare Ha dydde I notte fellowe I have feene 
the Daye 
Whenne withe mye goode wren Fauchyonne 
I woud ha made themme fkippe butte I am oulde 
nowe | 
Ande thefe fame Croffes fpoyle mee who are you 
Myne Eyes are notte othe befte praye ftaye Ile 
telle the ftraighte 
Kente Iffe fortune brag of two fhe lovd or 
hatedde | 
Oune o themme wee nowe beholde 
Leare Arte thou notte mye Kente 
Kente The felfe fame Kente ande youre Servant 
everre 
Butte wheres youre Servant Caius 
Leare Aye I knowe nowe he iffe a -goode fel- 
lowe 32010 
Hele ftryke ande quicklye hes deade and rottenne 


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152 KYNGE LEARE. 


Kente Noe mye goode Lorde I amme thatte 
verye Manne 
Leare Naye butte Ile fee thatte ftraighte 
Kente Thatte have followd youre fad ande de- 
cayd Life 
Leare Welconne goode Kente welcome hytherre 
Kente Butte noe Manne elfe Alls cheereleffe 
Bar ande deadlye 
Youre eldefte daughterres have foredoomd them- 
av 
Ande defperatelye are deade 
Leare An I thynke foe too | 
Duke He knowes notte whatte he fees tis vayne 
thatte wee 
Doe thuffe prefente uffe toe hymme 3020 
Cap Edmunde too is deade mye Lorde 
Duke Thats butte a trifle goode Lordes knowe 
oure Innetente 
Whatte comforte canne fhalle bee applyedde 
Ande forre uffe wee doe here refygne oure Powerre 
Leare Ande mye poore fool hangd noe noe 
thou vile life 
Whye fhoud horfe dog Ratte ha Life an thou 
otte breathe 
O iyi thou wilte come noe more neverre neverre 
Praye you undoe thys Button Sir thanks 0.0 0 
Edg He faynts mye Lorde mye goode Lorde 
Leare Breathe ftubborne hearte J prethe breake 


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KYNGE LEARE. Iss 


Edg Looke uppe mye goode Lorde 3030 
Kente Vex notte hys Ghofte Praye you lette 
hymme paffe 
He lykes hymme notte who woud upon the wracke 
Othys Rough World ftretch hymme oute longerre 
Edg O he is gone 
Kente The wonderre iffe he hath endurd foe long mh 
He butte ufurpt hys life : 
Duke Beare themme Fromme hence oure Pre- 4 
{ente bufyneffe 
Is toe generalle woe Freynfds of mye Soule you 
twayne 
Rule inne thys oure Kyngdomme ande the good 
{tate fuftayne 
Kente Thanks Sir butte I goe toe thatte un- 
knowne Land 3040 
Thatte Chaynes each Pilgrim fafte within its Soyle 
Bye livynge menne moufte fhunnd moutte 
dreadedde 
Stille mye goode mafterre thys fame Journey tooke 
He calls mee I amme contente ande ftrayght obeye 
Thenne farewelle Worlde the bufye Sceane is done 
Kente livd moufte true Kente dyes moutte lyke a 
Manne 3 
Duke 'The Weyghte of thys fad tyme wee mufte 
obeye 
Speake thatte wee notte thatte wee oughte toe faye 
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156 KYNGE LEARE. 


The oldefte moufte have borne wee thatte are 


younge 
Shalle nere beholde foe muche norre live foe 
longe 3050 


Here endethe mye Play offe 
Kynge Leare 


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HAMBLETTE. ) I 


_ Withe thys differaunce theyre Currauntes turne arye 
Ande loofe the name O Aétyonne Softe you nowe 
The fayre Ophelya Nymphe inne alle the 

Oryzoones 
Bee mye Synnes rememberd ~ 1630 
Op Mye goode Lorde 
Howe does youre honoure thys manyea daye 
Ham \humblye thanke thee welle welle 
Oph Mye Lorde I ha remembrances o yours 
_ Whyche longe I ha longed toe redeliverre 
Praye you nowe receyve themme 
Ham No NoI nere gave you aughte 
Oph I knowe ryghte welle mye honourd Lorde 
you did — 

Ande withe themme Wordes 0 fo fwete breathe 

compofd 

As made youre Giftes moure Ryche The Perfume 

gone 1640 
Take thefe agayne forre toe the noble mynde 
Ryche Giftes waxe poore whenne Giverres prove 
unkynd | 
Ham Ha ha Saye arte honefte 
Oph Mye Lorde 
fam Are you fayre 
Oph Mye Goode Lorde whatte meanes youre 
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Kynge Howe fares oure Coufynne Hamblette 
Ham Excellente I faythe 1860 
O the Camelyonnes dyfhe I eate 
O the Ayre othe ayre promyfe crammd 
You cannotte feede Caponnes foe 
Kynge ‘Thys anfwerre Hamblette is nothynge 
Thefe wordes are notte myne 
Ham No norre myne nowe my Lorde 
You playde ounce ithe Unyverrefytye you faye 
Polon Aye thatte I dydde ande was countedde a 


t 
Ham Whiatte dydfte enacte 1870 
Polon dydde enacte Julyus Cefarre 
[f was kylld ithe Capytolle Brutus kylld mee 

Ham Twas a Brute parte inne hymme toe 
Kylle foe capytalle a Calfe there 


Sue Comme hytherre Hamblette ande fytte 


Que 
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Ham Noe goode Motherre heres mettelle more 
attractive 

Pol Ho doe you marke thatte 

Ham Shalle I lyei youre Lappe {wette Ladye 

Oph Aye mye Lorde 

Ham I meane mye heade onne youre Lappe 1880 


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HAMBLETTE. 


forre | meante notte Countrye Matterres 
Oph You are merrye mye Lorde 
Ham Whatte I | 
Oph Aye you mye Lorde 
Ham © God youre onlye Jygge makerre 
Forre whatte fhoude a Manne doe butte bee merrye | 
Forre marke howe chearf ullyemye Motherre lookes | 
Ande mye fatherre dyedde whithinne two houres 
Oph Naye tis twice twoe Moneths mye Lorde 
Ham Whatte foe longe 1870 
Naye Naye thenne lette the deville weare blacke 
Forre I wille have a fuite o Sables 
O heavennes whatte dye butte twoe Moneths agoe 
Ande notte forregottenne yette Thenne theres hope 
indede 
A greate Mans memorye maye outelive hys life 
Bye halfe a yeare butte thenne by youre Ladye 
Hee mufte builde Churches elfe looke you 
Hee fhalle fufferre notte thynkynge ont 
Ande thenne withe Dobyne ande the hobbye horfe shy 
Hee fhalle goe goe forre hys Epytaphe «fal iste) | 
Forre O forre O the hobbye horfe is forgotte | 


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Pol Give oere the Playe 
Kynge Quicke fome lyghte there 
Alle Lyghtes Lyghtes 2020 


Ham Whye lette the ftryckenne Deere goe weepe 
The hearte unnegalledde playe 
Forre fome mufte watche whilfte fome mutfte fleepe 
Soe runnes the Worlde awaye 
Woude notte thys ande a forefte o featherres 
anne the refte o mye forretunes turne Turke 
Withe mee withe twoe Provyncyalle Rofes onne 
Mye racedde Shoes gette mee a fellowefhyppe 
Sir inne a crye o playerres 
hor Halfe a Share mye Lorde 2.030 
ham A Whole onne I 
Forre thou dofte knowe O Damonne deare 
Thys Reygne dyfmantled was 0 Jove hymfelfe 
Ande reygnes heere 
A verye verye Peacocke 
Hor Thou myghtfte ha rymd 
Hum Goode Horatio Ie take the Ghoftes Worde 
Aye werte forre a thoufande Poundes 
Dydifte notte perreceyve 
Hor Verye welle mye Lorde 2,040 


HAMBLETTE. 5 


Ham Uponne talke othe Poyfonynge 
Hor Aye mye Lorde I dydde note hymme welle 


Rofycnros ande Guildenneftarne 


Ham Hoa hoa Comme fome Mufycke the Re- 
corderres | 
Forre anne the Kynge lyke notte the Comedye 
Whye thenne perchaunce he likes itte notte perredye 
Comme fome mufycke there 
_ Guil Goode mye Lorde vouche mee oune Worde 
‘Ham Anne whole hyftorye Sir 
Gul 'The Kynge 
fam Aye Sir whatte o hymme 2050 
Gui Iffle ins retyremente marveloufe dyftemperd 
Ham Withe drynke Sir 
Guil Noe Noe Lorde ratherre withe Cholerre 
Ham Youre Wifdomme fhould thewe itfelfe 
Moure Riche anne the dydfte fyenyfye 
thys tos Doctorre forre mee toe putte hymme 


Toe hys Purgatyonne woud perrehappes plunge 


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Praye you bee rounde withe hymme 


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Ham Motherre Motherre 


Que Ile warrante you feare mee notte 


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hithdrawe I heare hymme comynge 


Hamblette 


Ham Nowe Motherre whats the matterre 

Que Hamblette thou hafte thye fatherre muche 
offended 

Ham Naye Motherre you have mye fatherre 
nuche offended 

Que Come Come you anfwerre withe anne idle 
Tongue 

Ham Goe Goe tis you thatte queftyonne withe 
anne idle Tongue 

Que Whye howe nowe Hamblette 

Ham Welle ande whats the matterre nowe 2300 

Que hafte thou forgotte mee 

Ham Noe bye Roode notte quite foe 

ou are the Queene youre hufbandes brotherres wife 


O woude you were notte {oe you are mye Motherre 


Que Naye le fette thofe toe you thatte canne 
{peake 


Ham Comme comme ande fytte you downe 


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HAMBLETTE. - 


You fhalle notte budge naye naye you goe notte 
Tille I fette uppe a Glafte where you maye lec 
The innermofte parte o you 

Que Whatte wilte thou doe thoult notte murderre 
mee helpe there hoa helpe — 2310 

Pol Whatte hoa helpe helpe 

Ham Howe nowe a Ratte 
Dead forre a ducatte deade 

Pol Iam {layne 

Que Ahme whatte hafte thou done 

Ham I knowe notte is notte the Kynge 

Que O whatte a rafhe ande bloodye deede is thys 

Ham A bloodye deede almofte as bad goode 


Motherre 
As kylle a kyHe a Kynge ande marrye withe hys 


Brotherre 2.320 
Que As kylle a Kynge : 
Ham Aye Ladye twas mye Worde 
Thou wretchedde rafhe IRE dynes foole fare- 
welle 
I tooke thee forre thee Getterkes take thye ee 
Thou fyndfte toe bee too bufye is fome dangerre 
Leave wringing o youre handes Peace fytte ye 
downe 
Ande lette mee wringe thatte hearte forre foe I 
{halle | 
Anne itte bee made penetrable ftuffe 
Iffe damnedde cuftomme ha notte brazd itte foe 


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