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intended to live with Cor. alone; her refusal to bid for
her portion forces him to adopt the plan of living in turn
with Gon. and Reg. [Bradley, p. 250]. rest see G.
123. S.D. (<Rowe) Q, F om.
125. Who stirs?—'Be quick about it, somebody!'
(K.).
126. Burgundy! (Camb. 'Burgundy.—' <Theob.)
Q, F 'Burgundy,'—a common error. S.D. (G.I.D.).
127. the(F) Q (+Camb.) 'this'.
134. turn (<F) Q (+Camb.) 'turnes*. shall (F)
Q (+Camb.) 'still'. F.'s 'shall' effectively throws all
the emphasis on 'only'.
y
135. all th addition to (F)='the title, precedence,
honour, marks of distinction, undiminished, which
belong to'. Q (+Camb.) 'all the additions to'.
136. Revenue Accent on second syllable.
138. This coronet Brought in at 1. 32 (Q only), and
prob., Muir there suggests, 'intended for Cord.' The
idea of dividing between Corn, and Alb. is absurd and
obviously ad hoc. Certainly not Lear's crown wh. he
'retains on his own head...as symbol of "The name,
and all th'addition to a King"' (cf. Greg, F.F. p. 384,
n. 27). between (<F) Q (+Camb.) 'betwixt'.
141. prayers— (Rowe+Camb.) Full stop in Q, F.
145. zoouldst (Camb. <F 4) F 'wouldest'.
148. stoops (Q+Camb.) F (+Pope, etc.) 'falls'.
Q 'stoops' parallels 'bows' in 1.147, and is intrinsically
preferable to F, in wh. a scribe or compositor perh.
recollected 'fall' in 1.143. 'Stoop'='bow (the head or
neck)...submit' (On.).
Reserve thy state (<F) Q (+Camb.) 'Reuerse thy
doome'. Both rdgs. make good sense. Kent is con-
cerned about (1) Lear's safety, (2) Cord.'s welfare; F
relates to (1), Q to (2). That 11.150-3 relate to (2) does
not mean that 11. 148-50 cannot relate to (1). Q may
well be memorial conflation of 'sue not to reuerse Our