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276 N O T E S 5.3.
319. S.D. (J.) £,Fom.
320. the gored state sustain ' The business oflife goes
forward, as it will' (G.-B. p. 18 5).
322. / must...no. F 2 added here the S.D. 'Dyes'
followed by Theob., Pope and J. (not Han. or Cap.) but
rejected by Steev. and Mai. who notes 'the word
shortly (i.e. some time hence, at no very distant period)
decisively proves that the poet did not mean to make
him die on the scene'—wh. wd indeed be theatrically
a disservice to Kent's 'master'.
323. sp.-hdg. F'Edg.', Q'Duke'. On behalf of £>
it has been argued that decorum requires that the con-
cluding speech be delivered by the survivor of highest
rank. On the other hand Edg. must reply to 11. 319-20,
and 'the words "we that are young" come somewhat
more naturally from his mouth than from that of Alb.'
(Muir). 0&y=submit to.
325-6. It is possible to see in these lines an element
of sombre optimism. Lear has lived long and has
suffered dreadfully; but sucji appalling suffering will
never occur again [G.I.D.Jy
326. S.D. (J.D.W.) F 'Exeunt with a dead
March.', Q om.