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194 NOTES 2.4.
231. oldi.e. senile, so— (Rowe+Camb.) Q, F'so,'.
233. What! fifty F 'what fifty', Rowe (+Camb.)
•What, fifty'.
241. ye (F) Q (+Camb.) 'you'.
243. Brackets in F.
246. all— (Rowe +Camb.) Q, F 'all.'.
247. guardians...depositaries see G.—of the coun-
try, not of course, of his person. Muir cites 'depositary
and guardian' from Florio's Montaigne (vi, 40).
248. reservation Cf. 1. 1. 132.
254. S.D. (Han.) Q, F om.
256. thou art twice her love. Love is still something
to be gauged materially.
260-1. Our...superfluous.—T\A lowest of the low
possess some wretched things they might do without.
264. gorgeous Trisyllabic.
266. need— (Camb. <Steev.) F 'need:'.
267. give me patience—patience I (J.D.W. < Mason,
conj.) Q, F 'giue me that patience, patience I'. The
intrusive 'that' distorts the metre and sadly weakens the
force of the line. Hudson also followed Mason, and
W.A.W. called the line 'redundant' and after noting
various emendations proposed, added 'If any change be
made Mason's seems best'.
'Lear is about to explain the difference between true
need and the perverted needs of fashionable women,
when he breaks off to pray for...Patience or Fortitude'
(Muir)—and then suddenly realizes that this is his
true need.
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268. yougodsBracketedinQ,F. man(¥) Q fellow'
—unthinkable!
271-2. fool..Jear=do not let me be such a fool that
I endure.
276. shall— (F). things— (Han.) Q, F 'things,'.
277. *r^//(J.D.W.<£>) F'are yet, I'. Camb.
(<Q 3) 'are, yet I'—an unnecessary comma.