title: King Lear
title_page_title: True Chronicle History of the life and death of King <i>Lear</i>, and his <i>three Daughters. With the vnfortunate life of</i> E<small>DGAR</small>, sonne and heire to the Earle of <i>Glocester</i>, and <i>his sullen and assumed humour of</i> TOM of Bedlam.
title_page_author: M. William Shake-speare, <i>HIS</i>
title_page_performance: <i>As it was plaid before the Kings Maiesty at White-Hall, vppon S. Stephens night, in Christmas Hollidaies</i>. By his  Maiesties Seruants, playing vsually at the <i>Globe</i> on the <i>Banck-side</i>.
title_page_imprint: Printed for <i>Nathaniel Butter</i>. 1608.
stationer_entries_in_register: Nov 26, 1607: Entered to Nathaniel Butter and John Busby (1): "A booke called. M<sup>r</sup> Will<i>ia</i>m Shakespeare his historye of Kynge Lear as yt was played before the king<i>es</i> maiestie at Whitehall vppon S<sup>t</sup> Stephans night at xpistm<i>a</i>s Last by his mai<sup>ties</sup> servant<i>es</i> playinge vsually at the globe on the Banksyde".<br />May 21, 1639: Transferred from Nathaniel Butter to Miles Flesher: "saluo iure cuiuscunq<i>ue</i> ... The history of king Lear. by [William <i>interlined above </i> Iohn <i>deleted</i>] Shakspeare".
stationer_additional_notes: The imprint is false; the volume was actually printed in 1619 by William Jaggard and apparently intended to form part of Thomas Pavier's Shakespeare collection of that year. Pavier may have worked out some financial arrangement with Nathaniel Butter, who owned the copy, since his name appears in the imprint.
transcript_modern_spelling: Mr. William Shakespeare his true chronicle history of the life and death of king Lear and his three daughters with the unfortunate life of Edgar Son and heir to the Earl of Gloucester and his sullen and assumed humor of Tom of Bedlam as it was played before the king's majesty at Whitehall upon St. Stephen's night in Christmas Holidays by his Majesty's servants playing usually at the Globe on the bankside Printed for Nathaniel butter 1608