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a6o NOTES 4.7.

93. look about see G.
94. //fe kingdom i.e. Britain.
96. S.D. (<Theob.,'Exit Gent.'. Q om.
97. point and period=&nal purpose; lit. the aim and
end—but a quibble, since in punct. both words=full
stop. Kent's purpose is the restoration of Lear to power.
98. S.D. Q 'Exit.'.

S.D. Loc. (Cap., subs.) Entry (F subs.) but reading
'Officers' (Muir) for F's 'gentlemen', wh. is what
'officers' were called in Sh.'s day.
I. sp.-hdg. Q, F 'Bast.'. So throughout the sc.
last purpose sc. to join forces with us; cf. 4. 5.1-3.
4. self-reproving 'conscientious scruples' (Muir).
constant Emphatic. S.D. (Camb.) Q, F om.
5. our sister's man Oswald. 6. doubted seeG.
8. First two dashes <J.
9. honoured see G.
II. forfended (QJ sc. by the commandment against
adultery. F 'fore-fended', place i.e. Gon.'s body.
11-13. Edmund. That...hers. <Q; F om.
11. abuses you=dishonours you.
13. as...hers—'m. the fullest sense of the word.
15. I...shall = I can never bring myself to. An in-
direct advance to Edm. 16. me (Q) F om.
17. S.D. (Fsubs.)
18-19. From Q; F om. Theob.'s 'aside*, lose..,
loosen Note the word-play.
21. hear (Theob.+Camb. <Q/heare') F'heard'.
F is poss. but Q is better, and *:^misreadings common
0JXW.J.
22. rigour of our state 'harshness of our rule' (Muir).
23-8. Where....nobly. From Q; F om., leaving
Reg.'s 'Why...reasoned?' pointless. The text may be