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3.3. NOTES 205
92. lavicls...build e.g. as an act of repentance.
94. going...feet men shall walk uprightly.
95. Merlin Cf. I H. IF, 3. 1. 150, 'the dreamer
Merlin and his prophecies'. He belongs to the
Arthurian period; the Lear story takes place long before
that. S.D. F 'Exit.'.-

3-3
S.D. Loc. (Cap. <Rowe) Entry (<£)) 'Enter
Gloster and the Bastard with lights.' F 'Enter Gloster,
and Edmund.'.
4. perpetual (F) Q 'their'. Jennens (+Camb.)
'their perpetual'—poss. correct. Yet F is strong and
good, and Q may be a mere make-shift.
5. or (F) Q ( + Camb.) 'nor'.
7. sp.-hdg. Q, F 'Bast.' Also at 1. 20.
8. Goto 'Enough'(K.). There is {Y) Q(+Camb.)
'ther's a',—the 'a' prob. anticipates that in 1. 9.
between (F) Q (+Camb.) 'betwixt'.
10-11. Dashes stand for commas in Q, F.
13-14. footed (F) Q 'landed'. See the 1949 ed.
p. 68. look (F) Q 'seeke', prob. a recoil, of 3. 1. 50.
See G. 'look'. 16. o/=by.
16-17. I...bed. Perh. ironical echo of 2. 4. 85,
I o 1—the same artifice used for benignant and malignant
purposes. If I (F) Q (+Camb.) 'though I'. The
variant is an 'indifferent' one. (Cf. p. 139.)
17-18. Brackets <F.
19. strange things (F) Q (+Camb.) 'Some strage
thing'. The F construction is good 16-17th cent,
idiom, toward, Edmund; pray (Camb. <F 'toward
Edmund, pray') £) 'toward, Edmund pray'. S.D. Q,
F 'Exit.'.
20. This courtesy i.e. the 'relieving' of Lear, forbid
thee Cf. 11. 2-6.