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2.3. N O T E S 187
19. Sometimes...sometime^} Q'Sometime...some-
time'. Sh. need not have been exact.
20. 'Poor Torn!' 'Edg. practises the Bedlam
beggar's whine' (K.) Turlygod Unexplained. Not
found elsewh.
21. That's...am=As that, I can still be something;
as Edgar I am nothing. S.D. Q, F'Exit'.

2.4
S.D. Loc. 'Beforc.castle.' (Mai.) 'Kent...stocks'
(Dyce) Entry F'Enter Lear, Foole, and Gentleman.',
Q 'Enter King.'. Cf. 1. 5.1-2; finding Reg. and Corn,
absent from their castle Lear has followed them to the
Earl of Glo.'s. Sh. does not tell us what has happened
to the knights, but when Kent asks at 1. 61, the Fool
hints that they have thought it better to leave the king.
2. messenger (Q) F 'Messengers'.
7. cruel garters i.e. the stocks; with pun on'crewel',
worsted (worn by menials). Cf. 'worsted-stocking
knave' (2. 2. 15).
9. man's Q 'mans', F 'man', over-lusty at legs e.g.
vagabonds, runaway prentices, at=in his.
11. place Quibble: (a) renk, occupation, (&) literal
position. 12. To=as to.
18-19. No, no...have (Q) F om. 'Observe the
climax effect in 11. 14-20; first a simple "No—Yes"
(11. 14-15), then a longer statement and counterstate-
ment, then a still longer one, and then oaths. The whole
sequence bears the stamp of Sh. calculation' (G.I.D.,
1949 ed.). 19. Yes, yes (J.C.M. conj.) Q 'Yes'.
The counter-duplication completes the pattern.
23. upon respect=either 'to the respect due to your
o r o n
royal master' (cf. 2. 2. 133-4), 'up consideration,
deliberately' (cf. K. John, 4. 2. 214).