PREFACE.

THE Editor of this Volume here prefents the
Public with a part of that valuable treasure of our
SHAKSPEARE, which, having been by accident
discovered in MS., has fince been depofited in his
hands. From the firſt moment of this diſcovery
to the prefent hour, Mr. Ireland has inſeffantly
laboured, by all the means in his power, to inform
himſelf with reſpect to the validity of theſe in-
teresting papers.

Throughout this period there has not been an
ingenuous character, or diſinterested individual, in
the circle of Literature, to whose critical eye he has
not been earneſt, that the whole ſhould be ſubjedted.
He has courted, he has even challenged, the critical
judgment of thofe, who are beſt ſkilled in the Poe-
try and Phraſeology of the times in which Shak-
ſpeare lived; as well as thofe, whose profefſion or
courſe of ſtudy has made them converſant with
ancient deeds, writings, ſeals and autographs.
Wide and extenſive as this range may appear, and
it includes the Scholar, the Man of Taſte, the Anti-
quarian, and the Herald, his enquiries have not
reſted in the cloſet of the Speculatift; he has been

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equally anxious that the whole should be submitted
to the practical experience of the Mechanic, and
be pronounced upon by the paper-maker, &c., as
well as the Author. He has ever been defirous of
placing them in any view, and under any light,
that could be thrown upon them; and he has, in
consequence, the satisfaction of announcing to the
Public, that, as far as he has been able to collect
the sentiments of the several classes of persons above
referred to, they have unanimously testified in favour
of their authenticity; and declared, that, where
there was such a mass of evidence, internal and
external, it was impossible, amidst such various
sources of detection, for the art of imitation to
have hazarded so much without betraying itself;
and, consequently, that these Papers can be no other
than the production of Shakespeare himself.

It may be expected, that something be said by
the Editor, of the manner in which these papers
came into his hands. He received them from his
son, Samuel-William-Henry Ireland, a young man
then under nineteen years of age; by whom the
discovery was accidentally made at the house of a
gentleman of considerable property.

Amongst a mass of family papers, the Contracts
between Shakespeare, Lowine, and Condelle, and

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the Leafe granted by him and Hemynge to Michael Frafer, which was firft found, were discovered; and foon afterwards the Deed of Gift to William Henry Ireland, (described as the friend of Shakespeare, in confequence of his having faved his life on the river Thames, when in extreme danger of being drowned) and alfo the Deed of Truft to John Hemynge, were discovered. In purfuing this fearch he was so fortunate as to meet with fome deeds very material to the intereſts of this gentleman, and fuch as eſtablished, beyond all doubt, his title to a confiderable property: deeds of which this gentleman was as ignorant, as he was of his having in his poſſeffion any of the MSS. of Shakespeare. In return for this ſervice, added to the confideration that the young man bore the fame name and arms with the perſon who faved the life of Shakespeare, this gentleman promiſed him every thing relative to the preſent ſubject, that had been or ſhould be found either in town, or at his house in the country. At this house the principal part of the papers, together with a great variety of books, containing his MS. notes, and three MS. plays, with part of another, were discovered.

Fortified as he is with the opinion of the unprejudiced and intelligent, the Editor will not allow that it can be prefumption in him to fay, that he

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has no doubt of the truth and authenticity of that,
which he lays before the Public. Of this fact he
is as fully satisfied, as he is with the honour that
has been observed towards him throughout the
whole communication made to him upon this sub-
ject. So circumstanced, he should not feel justified
in importuning or any way requesting a gentleman,
to whom he is known only by obligation, and not
personally, to subject himself to the impertinence
and licentiouſnesſs of literary curiobity and cavil,
unleſs he ſhould himself voluntarily come forward.
But this is not all. It was not till after the
maſs of papers received became voluminous, that
Mr. Ireland had any idea of printing them: he
then applied to the original poffeffor for his per-
miffion ſo to do; and this was not obtained but
under the ſtrongest injunction, that his name
ſhould not appear.—This injunction has, through-
out all the ſtages of this buſineſs, been uniformly
declared: and, as this gentleman has dealt moſt
liberally with the Editor, he can confidently ſay,
that in his turn he has with equal openneſs and
candour conducted himſelf towards the Public;
to whom, immediately upon every communication
made, every thing has been ſubmitted without
reſerve.

But, it is faid, that the disclosure of the name

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of the gentleman, from whom these papers came
would remove all doubts, and settle all men's minds
upon the subject. He believes, and is confident,
that with some it would. But who is it that says
this? It cannot be the real Critic, or Antiquarian.
He will not say, that his art or science amounts to
nothing, and that his lucubrations are idle and use-
less. But if the point cannot finally or satisfac-
torily be decided either by the thing written, its
paper or parchment vehicle, or feals appendant, or
the other circumstances under which it was intro-
duced, and must depend wholly upon the place and
person from whom they came, what becomes of
the acumen of the Critic, or the skill and labour
of the Antiquarian? By this rule it is a question
for another jurisdiction; and the occupation of the
Critic and Antiquarian is gone.

Many authors, posseffed of rare and extraordi-
nary talents, have been occasionally imitated; but,
so superior and transcendant is the Genius of
Shakspeare, that fearce any attempts to rival or imi-
tate him, and those too contemptible to notice,
have ever been made. With a wit so pregnant, an
imagination so unbounded, such an intuitive know-
ledge of the workings of the human heart, so sim-
ple and so sublime, it seemed, that the fear of

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heaven had been stamped on the production of his
mind, and that

“ Nature herself was proud of his defigns,

“ And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines.”

To the man of tafte, and lover of simplicity, to
the found Critic, it is conceived, upon collating
them, it will appear, that the alterations made in
the printed copies of Lear are manifeftly introduced
by the players, and are deviations from that fpon-
taneous flow of foul and fimple diſtion, which fo
eminently diſtinguifh this great Author, this Child
of Nature; and that the additions and alterations
interſperſed, which, in the eyes of the players,
were, no doubt, ſplendid improvements, have not
unfrequently been introduced at the expence of the
natural courſe of the narrative, the regular detail of
the fact, and uniformity of the author's ſtyle;
which, whether it is employed on great things or
ſmall, in expreffing humble or lofty images, is in-
variably without labour or effort, and without any
thing like hardneſs or inverſion. Theſe too are
amongſt the reaſons that have perſuaded the Editor,
that theſe papers are genuine; for, it is prefumed,
the MS. here prefented to the Public muſt have
been the original, and, probably, the only one by
the author.

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Next to the crime of attempting to impose on
others, and inviting them to countenance the im-
position, is the cruel and unmanly charge of taxing
another with so unworthy a design. To the Editor
that charge has been imputed: and to this he can
with truth reply, that no consideration should,
under such circumstances, have induced him to
practise such a fraud, had the quality of the thing
pretended been ever so excellent; and that, had even
the possibility of forging these papers been in his
estimation within the reach of art, they never should
have met the public eye. The contrary opinion
having been established by the best and foundest
judgments, he has been emboldened with the fullest
confidence thus to gratify his private wishes, as
well as a duty, which he feels he owes to the
Public, in submitting them to their inspection.

It was the great object of the Editor to obtain
the fair and free suffrages of the literary world,
that they should see with their own eyes, and
judge with their own understandings; and with
this view he dedicated his time to them. Should
it, therefore, be possible that either artifice or in-
fluence has been used to prevent any one from gra-
tifying that curiosity, so natural to the mind of
man upon a subject so interesting, no one can be
so weak as to be at a loss to assign the motive.

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And if any one, whose dispositions and studies
have throughout life engaged and riveted him in
these fascinating purfuits, shall be found to have
been diverted by such means, be assured that some-
thing more than Truth and candid Criticism must,
in such instance, have been the object of him who
could condescend to occupy himself in offices, at
any rate, so unbecoming and ungenerous. Above
all, if any one, who has used such mischievous
activity, has himself never seen the papers which
he pronounces spurious, and yet labours to prevent
conviction reaching the eyes and understandings of
his friends, the Editor might have been well ex-
cused, could he have foreseen so illiberal an oppo-
sition to this great and national discovery, had he
declined to devote near twelve months of his time
to the Public, and to have embarked so large a fum
in this undertaking, as yet to subject him to a
confiderable lofs.

In the original MS. of Lear no punctuation is
any where to be found; nor are there strokes to the
i's or dots to the i's. These last, which may affix
the reader, and cannot possibly disturb or affect the
sense, the Editor has supplied; but in every other
respect he has left the text precisely as he found
it. In the MS. there are many notes visible on the
backs of the sheets, signed W. S. or Wm. Shak-

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Shakespeare: great pains have been used to decipher them, but the pen has been crooked over with so much care, that it has been found impracticable.

The small fragment of Hamlet, as far as it goes, will produce reflections in the mind of the reader similar to those which must have suggested themselves upon the perusal of the Lear; and constrain us the more sincerely to regret the lots of the rest of these simple, yet impressive, effusions of his natural and easy vein.

In this view it is, that the Editor cannot help considering the recovery of the original of one of Shakespeare's plays as not an event of mere curiosity, but as an important accession to the Literature of his Country. While it lays before them the characteristic features of the style of this great Author, it furnishes the Scholar and Antiquarian with pure grounds, on which he may deduce the history of his native tongue. It presents a style, as undressed as it is uniform; and so much so, that the Editor is thoroughly assured, that whoever will give himself the trouble of collating a few scenes, must, if he has the smallest critical sagacity, be able to pronounce for himself with certainty as to almost every instance, in which the general style of the Author is departed from and a new one substituted;

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and that, instead of his simple phraeology, and
sentences framed according to their natural order
and construction, the obvious general features of
his own writings, there will be found at intervals
tumor and gaudy trappings, and hardnefs, and
inversion.

By way of example, the Editor here lays before
the Public one or two instances: p. 59, line 1153.

“ Stew Tript mee behynde beynge downe in-
“ fultedde raylde

“ ande putte onne hymme foe muche o the Manne

“ Thatte worthyedde hymme ande gotte hymme
“ prayfes o the Kynge

“ Ande forre the Attempt of thys hys softe sub-
“ dud exployte

“ Drewe oune mee here agayne.”

In the Quarto Edition of 1608; and in the Mo-
dern Editions, ACT II. SCENE II.

“ Stew. Tript me behinde, being downe, in-
“ fulted, raild,

“ And put vpon him such a deale of man,

“ That worthied him, got praifes of the King,

“ For him attempting who was selfe subdued,

“ And in the flechuent of this dread exploit,

“ Drew on mee heere againe.”

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In the following ſcene, in Edgar’s ſpeech; p. 63,
line 1219.

“ Edg Blankette mye loynes twiſte alle mye
“ hayre in Knottes

“ Ande inne Adam lyke Nakeddeneſſe oute face

“ The Winde ande perſecutyonne o the Skye.”

In the Quarto Edition of 1608; and Modern Edi-
tions, SCENE III.

“ Edg Blanket mye loines, elli all my hair with
“ knots,

“ And with preſented nakednes out-face

“ The winde, and perſecution of the ſkie.”

Again, in p. 68, line 1433; the fame SCENE.

“ Leare I woud divorce thee fromme thyе Mo-
therres Wombe

“ Ande ſaye the Motherre was an Adultreſſe.”

In the Quarto Edition of 1608; the fame SCENE.

“ Lear I woud divorce me from thy mothers
“ toombe,

“ Sepulchring an adultreſſe.”

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And again, in p. 140, line 2759.

“ *Edm* Sir I thoughte itte *fyttenne* toe fende the
“ oulde Kynge

“ Toe *close* retennetyonne.”

In the Quarto Edition of 1608; ACT V. SCENE III.

“ *Baft*. Sir, I thought it *fit*

“ To fend the olde *and* miserable King

“ To *fome* retention, *and* appointed guard.”

It is not in the vain expectation of recalling the innovating and critical Genius of the present age to the manly plainneſs and ſimplicity of their antecedents, that this doctrine, ſo oppoſite to the trade of conjectural Criticifm, is advanced; but a hope is indulged by the Editor, that that idea may ever be fresh and indelible in the breaſts of his countrymen, which one, worthy of being a commentator on the Merits and Genius of Shakſpeare, has ſo nobly expreſſed, that,

“ Whilſt to the ſhame of flow endeav'ring art

“ His eafy numbers flow, and that each heart

“ Hath from the leaves of his unvalu'd book

“ Thoſe Delphic lines with deep impreſſion took,”

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this impression may neither be weakened nor ef-
faced by the rafh hand of officious friendship, or
over-weening vanity.

With respect to the improvement which this
copy prefents, Mr. Ireland refts not so much on
the several beautiful passages here given in addition
to the printed copies, as he does on the natural
course of the dialogue and turn of the thought;
which, injuriously to the reputation of Shakespeare,
has, he affirms, been frequently in those copies
diverted and varied to anfwer the purpofes already
pointed out. To the intelligent reader it must be
unnecessary to enumerate them. The opinion en-
tertained by the Author of the copies printed in his
own life time, (unlesf it can be shewn that this
Work is a mere fabrication) is afcertained by the
Deed of Truſt to John Hemynge, inferted in this
work; in which he ſays,

" & ſho d. they bee everr agayne Impryntedd
" I doe orderr thatt theye bee ſoe donn from theſe
" mye true writtern Playes & nott from thoſe nowe
" prynted."

In the Lear three leaves are unfortunately want-
ing in the original MS.; theſe the Editor has
ſupplied from the Quarto Edition of 1608; and

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they will be found in pages 49, 50, 51, 52, 53,
and 54, marked with inverted commas. The
Editor, in the pages following the Preface, has
ventured to supply such words or letters as he con-
ceives to have been accidentally the omission of the
Author in writing this play; and this mode, he
flatters himself, will be thought preferable to in-
ferting them in the body of the work. It may
not be improper to add, that in the paper, on which
this Play is written, more than twenty different
water marks appear.

The Editor informs the Public, that (besides
the Play of Vortigern, now preparing for reprefen-
tation at Drury-Lane Theatre) another, and more
interesting, historical Play has been discovered
amongst the other papers, in the hand writing of
Shakspeare: this will in due time be laid before
the public. He likewise acquaints them, that he
is in possession of a great part of Shakspeare's Li-
brary, in which are many books with Notes in his
own hand, and those of a very curious nature.
Some of these he, most probably, will reprint:
they exhibit him in a new character,—unite with
the Bard, the Critic and the Moralift, and display
an acute and penetrating judgment, with a difpo-
fition amiable and gentle as his Genius was tran-
fendant. Such a view of our immortal Poet must

Letter to Anna Hatherrewaye

Dearefte Anna

AS thou haſte alwaye founde mee toe mye Worde
moſte trewe ſoe thou ſhalt fee I have ſtryctlye kepte
mye promyſe I praye you perfume thys mye poore
Locke withe thye balmye Eyffes forre thenne in-
deede ſhalle Kynges themmeſelves bowe ande
paye homage toe itte I doe affure thee no rude
hande hathe knottedde itte thye Willys alone hathe
done the worke Neytherre the gyldedde bawble
thatte envyronnes the heade of Majeſtye noe norre
honourres moſte weyghtye wulde give mee halfe
the joye as didde thyſe mye lyttle worke forre
thee The feelinge thatte dydde neareſte approache
untoe itte was thatte whiche commethe nygheſte
untoe God meeke ande Gentle Charytye forre thatte
Virrtue O Anna doe I love doe I cheryſhe thee
inne mye hearte forre thou arte afs a talle Cedarre
ſtretchynge forthe its branches ande fuccourynge
ſmaller Plants fromme nyppynge Winneterre orr
the boyſterouſe Wyndes Farewelle toe Morrowe
bye tymes I wille fee thee tille thenne Adewe fweete
Love
Thyne everre

Wm Shakſteare

Anna Hatherrewaye

Verses to Anna Hatherrewaye

I

IS there inne heavenne aught more rare
Thanne thou fweete Nymphe of Avon fayre
Is there onne Earthe a Manne more trewe
Thanne Willy Shakf Shakespeare is toe you

2

Though fyckle fortune prove unkynde
Stille dothe fhe leave herre wealthe behynde
She neere the hearte canne forme anew
Norre make thye Willys love unnetrue

3

Though Age withe witherd hand doe ftryke
The forme moſte fayre the face moſte bryghte
Stille dothe ſhe leave unnetouchedde ande trewe
Thy Willys love ande freynſhyppe too

4

Though deathe with neverre faylynge blowe
Dothe Manne ande babe alyke brynge lowe
Yette doth he take naughte butte hys due
Ande ſtrikes notte Willys hearte ſtille trewe

5

Synce thenne norre forretune deathe norre Age
Canne faythfulle Willys love aſſwage
Thenne doe I live ande dye forre you
Thy Willye fyncere ande moſte trewe

Letter to the Earl of Southampton.

Copye of mye Letter toe hys grace offe Southampton

Mye Lorde

DOE notte eſteeme me a fluggarde nor tardye
for thus havynge delayed to anſwerre or rather toe
thank you for youre greate Bountye I doe affure you
my graciouſe ande good Lorde that thryce I have
eſſayed toe wryte and thryce mye efforts have benne
fruitleſſe I knowe notte what toe ſaye Proſe Verſe
alle all is naughte gratitude is alle I have toe utter
and that is tooe greate ande tooe ſublyme a feeling
for poore mortalls toe expreſſe O my Lord itte is a
Budde which Blloſſommes Bllooms butte never
dyes itte cheriſhes ſweete Nature ande lulls the
calme Breaſte toe ſofte ſofte repoſe Butte mye
goode Lorde forgiſe thys mye departure fromme
mye Subjeſte which was toe retturne thankes and
thankes I Doe retturne O excuſe mee mye Lorde
more at preſente I cannotte

Yours devotedlye and withe due
reſpecte

Wm Shakespeare

Profeſſion of Faith.

I BEYNGE nowe offe founde Mynde doe hope
thatte thys mye wyſhe wille atte mye deathe bee
acceeded toe as I nowe lyve in Londonne ande as
mye foule maye perchance foone quitte thys poore
Bodye it is mye deſire thatte inne fuche caſe I maye
bee carryed to mye native place ande thatte mye
Bodye bee there quietlye interred wythe as little
pompe as canne bee ande I doe nowe inne theeſe
mye ſeyriouſe Moments make thys mye proſeſſione
of ſayth and whiche I doe moſte ſolemnlye believe
I doe ſyrſte looke toe oune lovynge and greate God
ande toe hys gloriouſe ſonne Jefus I doe alſoe be-
leyve thatte thys mye weake ande frayle Bodye
wille retturne toe duſte butte forre mye foule lette
God judge thatte as toe hymiſelfe ſhalle ſeeme
meete O omnipotente ande greate God I am fulle
offe Synne I doe notte thynke myſelfe worthye offe
thye grace ande yette wille I hope forre evene the
poore pryſonerre whenne bounde with gallyng Irons
evenne hee wille hope for Pittye ande whenne the
teares offe ſweete repentance bathe hys wretched
pillowe he then looks ande hopes forre pardonne
thenne rouze mye Soule ande lette hope thatte
ſweete cheriſher offe alle afforde thee comforte
alſoe O Manne whatte arte thou whye confidereſte
thou thyſelfe thus greatlye where are thyе greate
thye boaſted attrybutes buryed loſte forre everre
inne colde Deathe. O Manne whye attempteſt

Profection of Faith.

thou toe fearche the greatenesse offe the Almyghtye
thou dofte butte loofe thye labourre more thou
attempteſte more arte thou loſte tille thye poore
weake thoughtes arre elevated toe theyre fummite
ande thence as ſnowe fromme the leſſee Tree droppe
ande diſſtylle themſelves tille theye are noe more
O God Manne as I am frayle bye Nature fulle offe
Synne yette greate God receyve me toe thye
boſomme where alle is ſweete contente ande
happynesse alle is blyſſe where diſcontente iſſe
neverre hearde butte where oune Bonde offe freynd-
ſhippe unytes alle Menne Forgive O Lorde alle
oure ſynnes ande withe thye grete Goodnesſe take
uſſe alle to thye Breaſte O cheriſhe uſſe like the
ſweete Chickenne thatte under the coverte offe herre
ſpreadynge Wings Receyves herre lyttle Broode
ande hoveringe oerre themme keepes themme
harmleſſe ande in ſafetye

Wm Shakespeare

B

Letter to Richard Cowley.

*Worthye Freynde*

HAVYNGE alwaye accountedde thee a Pleafaynte
ande wittye Personne ande oune whofe Companye
I doe muche eſteeme I have ſente thee incloſedde
a whymfycalle conceyte whiche I doe ſuppofe
thou wilt eafylye diſcoverre butte ſhoudſt thou
notte whye thenne I ſhalle fette thee onne
mye table offe loggerre heades

Youre trewe Freynde

Marche
nynthe

Wm Shakespeare

Toe Maſterre Richard Cowleye
dwellynge atte oune Maſterre
Hollifs a draperre inne
the Wattlynge Streete
Londonne

Deed of Gift to Ireland.

I WILLIAM Shakspeare of Statford on Avon
butt nowe livyng in London neare untoe a Yard
calledd or knowne bye the name of Irelands yarde
in the Blackfryars London nowe beyng att thys
preafaunte tyme of founde Mynde ande enjoyinge
healthe of bodye doe make ande ordeyne thys as
ande for mye deede of Gyfte for inn as as muche
as life is moufte precyoufe toe alle menne foe
fhoulde bee thatte personne who att the peryle of
hys owne fhalle fave thatte of a fellowe Createure
Bearyng thys inn Mynde ande havyng beene foe
favedde myefelfe I didd withe myne owne hande
fyrfte wryte on Papere the conntennts hereof butte
for the moure fecurytye ande thatte noe dyfpute
whatever myghte happenne afterre mye deathe I
have nowe caufedd the fame toe bee written onn
Parchemente and have heretoe duly fett and
affyxedd mye hande and Seale Whereas onne or
abowte the thyrde daye of the lafte monethe beyng
the monethe of Auguſte havynge withe mye goode
freynde Mafterre William Henrye Irelande ande
otherres taene boate neare untowe myne houſe
afowrefayde wee dydd purpofe goynge upp
Thames butte thoſe thatte were foe toe conducte
us beynge muche toe merrye throughe Lyquorre
theye didd upfette oure fowrefayde bayrge alle
butte myefelfe favedd themſelves bye fwimmyng

B 2

Deed of Gift to Ireland.

for though the Waterre was deepe yette owre be-
ynge clofe nygh toe fhore made itte lyttel dyffy-
culte for themm knowinge the fowrefayde Arte
Mafterre William henrye Irelande notte ſeeynge
mee dydd afke for mee butte oune of the Com-
panye dydd anfwerre thatte I was drownynge onn
the whyche he pulledd off hys Jerrekynne and
Jumpedd inn afterre mee withe muche paynes he
draggedd mee forthe I beynge then nearelye deade
and foe he dydd ſave mye life and for the whyche
Service I doe herebye give hym as folowithe!!!
fyrfte mye written Playe of Henrye fowrthe
Henrye fyfthe Kyng John Kyng Leare as allfoe
mye written Playe neverr yett impryntedd whych
I have named Kyng henrye thyrde of Englande
alle the profytts of the whych are whollye toe bee
for ſayde Ireland ande atte hys deathe thenne toe
hys fyrfte Sonne namedd alfoe William henrye
ande atte hys deathe toe hys brother ande foe onne
butte inn case of faylure of Iſſue thenne toe the
nexte of kynn ande foe on for everre inn hys lyne
Ande I doe alfoe give untoe ſayde Ireland the Sum
of ten Pounds as a preeſaunte oute of the whyche
I doe require hym toe buye oune Rynge as a Re-
membraunce In Witneſſe whereof I have toe thys
mye deede of Guyfte ſette mye hand and Seale in
the preaſaunce of the twoe Witneſſes whoſe Names

Agreement with John Lowine

ARTICLES of Agreemente Indented made and
Agreed upon the feaventh day of November in the
Yeare of the reigne of our hoveraigne Lord James
by the grace of God King of Englande Scotlande
Fraunce and Irelande defendor of the faythe &c
Viz. of England Fraunce and Ireland the fixth
And of Scotlande the two and fortieth Betwene
John Lowine of London Gent of the one pte and
William Shakfpeare late of Stratford on Avon in
the Coy of Warwicke Gent. butte who is nowe
refydynge in London of the other pte Witnesseth
that the s<sup>d</sup>. Jn<sup>o</sup>. Lowine in consideration of the co-
venaunts and agreements herein after contayned
doth bind hymfelfe to and with the fayd W<sup>m</sup> Shak-
f Shakespeare for the fpace or term of four Yeares to playe
upon the Stage for the s<sup>d</sup>. W<sup>m</sup>. Shakf Shakespeare as well
thofe Comedyes and Tragedyes which he has al-
readye produced as thofe whiche he may at anye
tyme hereafter brynge forward ande likewife any
other Playes which he the faide W<sup>m</sup>. Shakf Shakespeare
maye at anye tyme caufe to be played not written
or compofd bye hymfelfe but whiche are the
Writyngs or compofityons of others Ande the s<sup>d</sup>.
W<sup>m</sup>. Shakf Shakespeare his Ex<sup>s</sup>. Ads<sup>s</sup>. Affigns doth here-
bye covenaunte ande agree to and with the s<sup>d</sup>. Jn<sup>o</sup>.
Lowine thatte he the s<sup>d</sup>. W<sup>m</sup>. Shakf Shakespeare will paye
untoe hym y<sup>e</sup> fayd Jn<sup>o</sup>. Lowine the fumme of
oune Pounde ande ten Shillings per Week forre hys

Agreement with John Lowine.

the s<sup>d</sup>. Jn<sup>o</sup>. Lowines services before ment<sup>d</sup>. Butte
it is hereby agreed thatte in caſe of Sickneſſe or
anye other Impedymente thatte maye at anye tyme
hereafter happenne thatte thenne the s<sup>d</sup>. Jn<sup>o</sup>. Low-
ine ſhall notte be called upone to playe as afore-
fayd butte ſhalle more over receive the fayd Salarye
And Laſtlye itte is hereby agreed betweene them
thatte in caſe the s<sup>d</sup>. Jn<sup>o</sup>. Lowine ſhoulde at anye
tyme breake anye of the Covenauts herein before
agreed uponne thenne thatte he the s<sup>d</sup>. Jn<sup>o</sup>. Lowine
ſhalle paye untoe the s<sup>d</sup>. W<sup>m</sup>. Shakspeare the ſumme
of oune hundred Pounds and the s<sup>d</sup>. W<sup>m</sup>. Shakspeare
doth Covenante ande declare to and with the s<sup>d</sup>.
Jn<sup>o</sup>. Lowine to keepe alle the Covenauts herein-
before agreed upon ande dothe alſoe promife toe
paye untoe the fayde Jn<sup>o</sup>. Lowine the s<sup>d</sup>. Summe
everye Saturdaye duringe the s<sup>d</sup>. Terme before
twelve offe the Clocke at Nighte In Witneſſe
whereof the s<sup>d</sup>. ptyes toe theſe prefants there handes
and Seales have interchangeablye ſette the daye and
Yeare firſte above writtenne

William Shakspeare
(L. S.)

Jn. Lowine
(L. S.)

Sealed ande delyvered in the prefence
of

Ro: Willington

Alex: Amcotte

7th Nov: 6th Jam.

Agreement with Henry Condelle.

ARTICLES of agreement Indented and agreed upon this twentieth day of Maye in the Yeare of the Raigne of oure Soveraigne Lorde James by the grace of God Kinge of Englande Scotlande Fraunce and Irelande defendt. of fayth &c Vizt. of Englande Fraunce and Irelande the eyghth and of Scotlande the five ande fortyeth Betweene Henrye Condelle of Londonne Gen't. of thone pte. and Wm. Shakespeare late of Stratford on Avon in the Co'y. of Warwicke Gen't: butte nowe livinge in Londonne of tother pte Witnesseth that the s'd. Hy. Condelle in Confideration of the Covenants and agreements herein after conteyned doth bynde hymfelfe to and with the s'd. Wm. Shakespeare for the further ſpace or terme of three yeares to play upon the Stage for the s'd. Wm. Shakespeare alle Comedyes ande tragedyes whiche he the s'd. Wm. Shakespeare may at any tyme during the s'd. terme caufe to be played not written or compoſed by hymſelfe butte are the Writings or Compofytons of others Ande the s'd. Wm. Shakespeare hys Executors Adminiſtrators ande Aſſigns doth herebye covenante ande agree to ande withe the fayd Henrye Condelle thatte he the fayd William Shakespeare wille paye untoe hym the fayd Henrye Condelle the Summe of oune Pounde and oune Shillynge per Weeke for hys the fayd Henrye Condelles Services before mentyoned But it is

C

Leafe to Mich¹. Frafer and Elizth. his Wife.

THIS Indenture made the fourteenth daye
of July in the yeares of the raigne of our Soveraigne
Lord James by the grace of God of England
Scotland France and Ireland Kinge Defendor of
the fayth viz'. of England France and Ireland
the eight and of Scotland the forty forth
Betweene Willam Shakespeare of Stratford on
Avon in the County of Warwick Gent but now
refidynge in London and John Hemynge of Lon-
don Gent of thone Pte and Michael Frafer and
Elizabeth hys Wife of the othere Pte Wittneseth
that they the faid Willam Shakespeare and John
Hemynge have demifed leafed graunted and to
ferme letten and by thefe prefents do demife grant
and to ferme lett unto the faid Mich¹. Frafer and
Elizabeth hys Wife all thofe his two MefTUages or
tenements abutting clofe to the Globe theatre by
Black Fryers London fometyme in the tenure or
occupation of Henry Holland Gent and late of
John Gregory Gent or his affignee or Affignees
And alfo all thofe two Gardens on the North fide
of the fame which appertayne or belong thereto
and which conteyne fix Acres and an half be they
more or lefs And all and ſingular Cellars Sollars
Lights Eafements Homes Profits Commodityes
and appurtenaunts whatsoever to the faid dwelling
houfes or tenements belonging or in any wife ap-
pertyning To have And to hold the faid dwel-

C 2

Leafe to Mich¹. Frafer and Elizthb. his Wife.

ling houfes tenements and all and ſingular other
the premises in theſe preſents before mentd. to be
demifed and part and parcel thereof with their
appurts unto the ſaid Mich¹ Frafer and Elizabeth
hys Wife their Exs. Adms. and Affigns from the
Feaſt day of Saint Michael the Archangel which
will next come after the date hereof unto and for
the ende and terme of ſixty foure yeares from thence
next enfuing & fullie to be compleate and ended
without impeachm†. of waſte Yielding and paying
therefore Yrly and every Year during the ſaid term
unto the ſaid Willam Shakesſpeare & John Hem-
ynge the ſum of forty and ſoure Pounds of good
Money of Englande to be payd half yrly the next
payment to commence on the Feaſt day next follow-
ing the date of theis Preſents. Provided always
that if the s>d. Mich¹. Fraſer and Elizthb. hys
Wife theyr Exs. Adſ. or Affigns or any of them do
well and truly perform and Keep all & ſingular the
s>d. covenanunts hereinbefore agreed upon that then
it ſhall and may be lawfull to and for the s>d. M¹.
Fraſer and Elizthb. hys Wife to enter into and enjoy
the fame but in caſe of non performance or non
paym†. of the fame that then it ſhall be lawſulle
to & for the s>d. Willam Shakesſpeare and John
Hemynge again to have & enjoy the fame But
for the better performance of y>covts. & agreeemts.
herein Conteyned he the s>d. Micl. Fraſer & Elizthb.

hys wife do bind themfelves hymfelf & herself in
the fum of 200¹. in cafe of neglect or default of
any of the agreements herein before conteyned And
the sᵈ. Wm`. Shakespeare & John Hemynge for
themfelves theyr Hs. Exs. Ads. & Affigns fhall &
will clearlye exonerate & discharge from tyme to
tyme the sᵈ. Ml. Frafer & Elizth. hys wife from
the Paymt. of fuch Rent & well & sufficientlye
keep harmleſs the sᵈ. Ml. Frafer & Elizth. hys
wife theyr Exs. Ads. & Affigns & every of them
of & from all incumbres whatsoever by them the
sᵈ. Wm`. Shakespeare & Jnº. Hemynge at any tyme
before committed or done except the fee or fees to
the cheef Lord of the Premes for or in f respects of
his Segnorye onlie to be due & done In wittneſſe
whereof the sᵈ. Ptes to theſe Indres Interchangeable
have fett their hands & Seales the daye & yeare
firſt above Written: Anno-Dom (1610)

William Shakspeare
(L.S.)

Micl. Frafer
(L.S.)

Jo: Meer
Wm. Danee

14th July. 8 Jams.

Deed of Trust to John Hemynge.

I WILLIAM Shakſpeare being of Stratforde
on Avon but now living in Londonn doe make
and orderr this as and for mye Deede of gifte
Having founde muche wickedneſs amongſte thofe
of the lawe and not liking to leave matterſs at theyre
wills I have herein named a truſty and tried friende
who ſhall afterr mye dethe execute withe care
myne orderrs herein given But in cafe I ſhoulde
att any tyme hereafterr make a Will as perrchaunce
I ſhall in manner of forme I have leſte ſome things
nott herein given or diſpofedd of thatt maye ſerve
toe fylle upp ſaid Will and therebye cauſe no hynd-
raunce in the Executyonn of thys mye deede of
gifte But ſho<sup>d</sup>. I nott chaunce make a will thenn
I doe give all ſuche thyngs afs<sup>d</sup>. nott herein ment<sup>d</sup>.
unto mye lovynge Daughterr and herr heyres for
everr—Firste untoe mye deare Wife I doe orderr
as folowithe thatt ſhe bee payde withinne oune
monthe afterre mye dethe the ſomme of oune
hondrythe and fowre ſcore Pounds fromm the
moneys whyche be nowe laynge onn Accompte
of the Globe Theatre inn the hands of Maſter John
Hemynge Allſoe I doe give herr mye ſuyte of greye
Vellvett edged withe Silverr tog<sup>r</sup> withe mye lyttelle
Cedarr Trunke in wyche there bee three Ryngs
oune lyttell payntyng of myſelfe in a filverr Cafe
& ſevenn letterrs wrottenn to her before oure Mar-
ryage theſe I doe beg herr toe keepe ſafe if everr

The dydd love me—Toe mye deare Daughterr who
hathe alwaye demeaned herrfelfe well I doe give
as folowithe the fomme of twentye Pounds and
fevenne fhyllyngs thys mufte bee payde herr with-\inne two Months afterr mye dethe & for rayfyng
s<sup>d</sup>. fumme of 20<sup>l</sup>. & fevenne fhyllyngs I doe here-
bye orderr Mafterr hemynge toe fell mye fhare of
the two houfes neare the Globe butt fho<sup>d</sup>, thatt nott
bee enough thenne I doe orderr him toe make itt
upp oute of the Moneys inn hys hands onne Ac-
compte of the Theatre— I doe allſo give herr mye
fuyte of blacke filke & the Rynge whyche I doe
alwaye weare givenne toe mee bye hys Grace of
Southampton thys I doe beg herr as the dothe love
mee neverr toe parte fromm Toe mye good Cow-
leye whom I muche eſteeme & who hathe alwaye
loved mee I doe orderr as folowithe thatt Mafterr
Hemynge doe paye toe hym the fomme of five
Pounds & thatt he doo alſoe delyverr toe hymm
fromm the Oakenn Cheſte att oure Globe Theatre
mye Playes hereafterr ment<sup>d</sup>. Mye Tempeſte Mye
Mydifomerrs dreme. Mackbethe. Henrye viii
& mye altered Playe of Titus Andronicus all writ-
ten bye myefelfe & placed inn s<sup>d</sup>. Cheſte as of
uſuage att oure Theatre & fho<sup>d</sup>, they bee everr
agayne Impryntedd I doe orderr thatt theye bee ſoe
donn from theſe mye true writtenn Playes & nott
from thoſe nowe prynted all the profytts comynge

from fuche newe pryntyng thefe 5 are wholly toe
belonge toe Cowleye and hys hrs for everre. Toe
Mafterr Lowinne oure beste Actorr I doe orderr as
folowithe yc. lyke fomm of 5¹. to be p<sup>d</sup>. bye
Hemynge & thatt hee delyverr toe hymm the
Playes thatt doe followe Mye moche adoe aboute
noethynge The Wives of Windfore. Rycharde
y<sup>e</sup> 3<sup>d</sup>. as allfo mye Coryolanus All thefe 4 I doe
give inn fame manner & withe fame powerrs as to
Cowleye. Toe Mafterr Conndell who hathe done
me manye ferrvices I doe orderr as folowithe thatt
hee bee allfo p<sup>d</sup>. y<sup>e</sup> fomm of 5¹. & thatt hee bee
forrgivenn y<sup>e</sup> debte of 3¹. & 9 fhyllyngs thatt hee
dothe owe toe mee & thatt he Rememberr mee afterr
mye dethe I doe herebye orderr hymm a plaine
Golde Rynge of y<sup>e</sup> worthe of 20 fhyllyngs Toe
mye good Kempe I doe give 3¹. & a gold Rynge
itt muſte bee lyke Value 20<sup>s</sup>. Toe Mafterr Bur-
bage I give as folowithe from the Cheſte afs<sup>d</sup>. mye
2 Playes of Cymbelyne & Othello together withe
mye chofe Interrlude neverr yette Impryntedd &
wrottenn for & bye deſyre of oure late gracyowſe
& belovedd Quene Elisabethe called y<sup>e</sup> Virginn
Quene & playde 3 tymes before herreſelfe att the
Revells y<sup>e</sup> profytts fromm pryntyng fame toe bee
whollye for s<sup>d</sup>. Burbage & hys hrs ſhoulde hee
thynke fyttenne foe toe doe. Toe mye pleafaunte
& wittye Mafterr Armynne I doe give y<sup>e</sup> fomm

of 5¹. toe bee p⁴. toe hymme bye mye Mafterr
Hemynge Toe Mafterr Shancke I doe give 37
fhyllyngs as allfoe a Rynge Value 18 fhyllyngs itt
muſte allfoe bee of Golde. Toe Mafterr Ryce I
doe give 49 fhyllyngs as allfoe mye greene floppd
Suyte of Vellvette. Toe Maſter Greggs inn y⁰
Borowgh I doe give y⁰ ſomm of 3¹. as allſoe mye
two Clothe ſuytes whyche bee nowe inn hys howſe.
Toe hys little ſonne namedd Jonas Greggs I doe
give 15 fhyllyngs for y⁰ troble he hathe hadd inn
goynge often tymes withe letterrs toe y⁰ Globe
All theſe ſomms toe bee p⁴. bye John Hemynge
withinne 3 Moneths afterr mye dethe And laſtlye
toe mye freynde John Hemynge who hathe y⁰
manygyng all mye matterrs att y⁰ Globe & toe
whoſe truſte I give thys mye deede of Guyſte
truſtyng hee will ſee itt faythfullye executed &
performe evry thynge accordynge toe mye deſyres
payinge evry ſomm herein ment⁴, att y⁰. ſev¹. tymes
& toe y⁰ ſev¹. Perrſons herein namedd Secondlye
thatt hee doe give upp y⁰ ſev¹. Playes wrytten bye
myeſelfe & whiche I have herein diſpoſed of Allſoe
thatt hee doe ſee y⁰ ſev¹. Ryngs ſuytes & evry
otherr thynge givenn accordyng toe mye wiſhe.
And as a Recompence forr y⁰ troble hee will have
in ſeeynge thys mye deede ryghtrlye executedd I doe
herebye orderr thatt hee doe take for hymſelf
y⁰ ſomm of 10¹. & 20 fhyllyngs toe buye hymm

D

a Golde Rynge I allfoe give hymm oute of s<sup>d</sup>. Cheft
y<sup>e</sup> Playes folow<sup>s</sup>. Mye Gentlemenn of Verona
alterrd mye Meafure for Meafure Comedye of
Errors Merrchaunte of Venice Togetherr withe
mye newe Playe neverr yette imprynted called
Kynge H<sup>y</sup>. vii thefe toe bee whollye for s<sup>d</sup>. J. Hem-
ynge And as there wille stille remayne in hys hands
287<sup>1</sup>. & 14 fhyllyngs I furtherr orderr hym toe
brynge upp thatt Chylde of whom wee have
spokenn butt who mufte nott be named here & to
doe fame I defyre hym toe place owte s<sup>d</sup>. Moneye
in y<sup>e</sup> beſte waye he cann doe tylle s<sup>d</sup>. Child ſhall
be of Age fyttenn toe receyve s<sup>d</sup>. Moneye & withe
whatte ſhall comm uppon s<sup>d</sup>. Moneye foe toe In-
ftructe hym as aforeſayde I allſo orderr Maſterr
Hemynge toe ſelle mye three howſes inn y<sup>e</sup> Bo-
rowghe & toe putt oute y<sup>e</sup>. Moneye comynge from
fame forr s<sup>d</sup>. Childe I allfoe give toe s<sup>d</sup>. Chylde
y<sup>e</sup> eyghte Playes thatt bee ſtylle inne s<sup>d</sup>. Cheſte as
allſo mye otherr Playe neverr yett Impryntedd
called Kynge Vorrtygerne thys as allſo y<sup>e</sup> otherr
eyghte toe bee whollye forr y<sup>e</sup> benyfytte of s<sup>d</sup>.
Chylde as welle y<sup>e</sup> pryntynge as playinge fame and
fhoulde I chaunce write more as bye Gods helpe
& grace I hope toe doe I herebye give y<sup>e</sup> Profytts
of evry Kynde comynge fromm anye fuche newe
playes orr otherr Wrytyngs unntoe s<sup>d</sup>. Chylde &
hys heires forr everre truſtynge toe mye freynde

KYNGE LEARE.

Enterre Kent Glofter ande Edmunde

Kent I thoughte oure Kinge had more affe-
tedde the
Duke of Albanye thanne Cornwalle

*Glo* So didde itte everre feeme to ufse Butte nowe
inne the divyfyonne of the Kyngdomme itte ap-
peares notte

which of these Dukes he Values mofte forre Qua-
lytyes

are foe weyghd thatte curyofytye inne neytherre
canne make choyce of thothers Moietye

Kent Is notte thys youre Sonne Mye Lorde

*Glo* Hys bryngyng uppe Sir hathe layd atte
mye Charge

I have foe oftenne bluſhd toe acknowlegdge
hymme thatte

Nowe I am brayzd tot

Kent I doe notte conceyve you

*Glo* Goode Sir thys younge fellows Motherre
could uponne

the whyche ſhe became rounde wombd ande hadde

B 2

4

KYNGE LEARE.

indeede Sir a Sonne forre herre cradle eere the
had a hufbande forre herre Bedde Doe you nowe
fmelle the faulte

Kent I nere canne wifhe the faulte undonne Its
Iffue
beynge thufse properre

Glo Butte I have * a Sonne Sir bye orderre of
Lawe olderre 20
bye Yeares thanne thys who is no dearer inne mye
Accounte

though thys Knave came fomewhatte fawcylye
intoe the

World eere he was fente forre yette was hys
Motherre

fayre there was excellente fporte atte hys makynge
Ande the Whorefonne mufte bee acknowleggedde
Knowe you

thys Nobleman Edmonne

Edm Noe mye goode Lorde

Glo Mye Lorde of Kente

Ande Rememberre hym hereafterre as my honour-
able Freynde

Edm Mye dutye toe youre Lordfhyppe 30

Kent I mufte love you ande knowe toe fue you
betterre

Edm Sir I fhalle ftudye defervynge

* a is omitted in the MS.

KYNGE LEARE.

5

Glo He hathe beene abfente nyne Yeares ande
agayne he
Shalle hye hymme The Kynge ifse comynge

Enterre Kynge Cornwalle Albanye Gonerille
Reganne Cordelia ande Attendaunts

Leare Attende the Lordes of Fraunce and
Burgannedye

Glo I fhalle mye Lorde

Glofterre Exitte

Leare Meane tyme wee fhalle make knowne
oure darkerre Purpofe

Give mee the Mappe here Knowe thatte wee have
parcelledde

Intoe three oure Kyngdomme Ande tis oure fixt
Intente

Toe fhake alle Cares ande Bufynefse fromme oure
Age 40

Difpofynge themme onne Youngerre Strengthes
while wee

Unburthennd crawle towarde Deathe Oure Sonne
of Cornwalle

Ande you oure noe lefse lovynge Sonne of Albanye

Thys houre we fhalle our conftante Will make
knowne

Oure Daughterrs feveralle dowerres thatte future
Strife

6

KYNGE LEARE.

Maye bee prevennetedde nowe The Prynce of
Fraunce ande Burgandye

Greate Ryvalles inne oure Youngerre Daughterres
love

Long inne oure Courte have made theyre amo-
roufe fojourne

And fhalle ſtreyghte be anſweredde Telle me mye
Daughterres 50

Synce wee ſhalle nowe diveſte uſe both of Rule
Cares of State ande Interefte of Terrytorye

The whiche of you thenne dothe love uſe moſte

Thatte wee oure greateſte bounty maye extende

Where nature doth withe meritte Challenge

Oure eldeſte borne ſpeake fyrfte

Gon Sir I love you more thanne Word canne
wielde the Matter

Dearere thanne eye Syghe ſpace ande Libertye

Beyonde whatte canne bee valuedde riche or rare

Noe leſse thanne life withe beautye healthe grace
honoure

As muche as Childe eere lovd or Fatherre founde 60

A love thatte makes breathe poore ande Speeche
unable

Naye beyond alle things of ſo muche I love you

Cor Whatte muſte Cordelia ſaye Love ande be
filente

Leare Of alle theſe boundes fromme thys lyne
evenne toe thys

KYNGE LEARE.

7

With shadowaye Foreftes and withe Cham-
pyonnes rich

Withe plenneteoufe Riverres ande wide skirtedde
Meades

Wee make thee Ladye To thyne ande Albanys Iffues

Bee thys perpetualle Whatte fayes oure feconde
Daughterre

Our dearefte Reganne Wife of Cornwalle

*Reg* I am made of thatte felfe Metalle as mye
Syftterre

Ande prizemee atte herre worthe In mye true hearte

I fynde the Names mye verye deede of Love

Onlye the comes too fhorte thatte I profefse

Myeselfe an Enemye toe alle otherre joyes

Whiche the moſte precyouſe ſquare of Senſe pro-
fefſeſe

Ande fynde I am alone felyſytate

Inne youre dear hyghneſſe love

*Cor* Thenne poore Cordelya

Ande yette notte foe ſynce I amme ſure mye loves

More ponnederouſe thanne mye tongue

*Leare* Toe thee ande thyne heredytarye everre

Bee thys ample thirde of oure Kyngdomme

Noe leſe inne ſpace val dytye ande Pleaſure

Thanne thatte confeerd onne Gonerylle Nowe
oure Joye

Allthough oure laſte ande leafte toe whoſe younge
love

8

KYNGE LEARE.

The vines of Fraunce ande Milke of Burgannedye
Strive toe bee Interesfe nowe Whatte doe you faye
toe drawe

A thirde more opulente thanne youre Syfterres
fpeake

Cor Nothynge mye Lorde

Leare Nothynge

Cor Noe Noethynge

Leare Noethynge wille come of noethynge
fpeake agayne

Cor Unhappe thatte I amme I cannotte have
Mye hearte intoe mye Mouthe I love your Majeftye
Accordynge toe mye bonde noe more norre leffe

Leare How nowe Cordelya Looke you mende
your Speeche a lyttle

Leafte you marre youre Fortunes

Cor Goode mye Lorde

You dydde begette mee you bredde mee ande
lovd mee

I retturne thofe dutyes backe afs are ryghte fitte 100
Obeye you love you and mofte honourre you
Whye have mye Sifterres hufbanndes iffe theye faye
Theye love you alle Happylye whenne I fhalle
wedde

Thatte Lorde whoſe hand muſte take mye plyghte
fhalle carrye

Halfe mye love with hymme halfe mye Care ande
Dutye

KYNGE LEARE.

9

Sure I fhalle neverre marrye lyke mye Syfterres

*Leare* Butte goes thye hearte with thyfse

*Cor* Aye mye goode Lorde

*Leare* Whatte foe younge ande so unnetennederre

*Cor* Soe Younge mye Lorde ande true

110

*Leare* Lette itte bee foe thye truth thenne bee
thye dowerre

Forre bye the facredde raydyaunce of the Sunne

The myftyryes of Hecate ande the Nygyte

Bye alle the Operatyonnes of the Orbs

Fromme whome wee doe exifte ande ceafe toe bee

Here I difclayme alle mye Paternalle care

Propinnequitye ande Propertye of bloode

Ande afse a Straungerre toe mye hearte ande mee

Hold thee fromme ufs forre everre The Barbaroufe
Seythyanne

Or hee thatte makes hys generatyonne Mefses 120

Toe gorge hys Appetyte fhalle toe mye bofomme

Bee as welle neyghbourde Pyityedde ande releyvd

As thou mye fometyme Daughterre

*Kente* Goode mye Leiyge

*Leare* Peace Kente

Come notte betweene the Dragonne and hys wrathe
I lov'd herre moufte ande thoughte toe fette mye
refte

Onne herre kynde nurferye hence ande avoyde mye
fyghte

Soe bee mye Grave mye Peace as here I give

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KYNGE LEARE.

Her Fatherres hearte fromme herre call Fraunce
who ftyrres 130

Call burgannedye Cornewalle ande Albanye

Withe mye twoe Daughterres dowerres dygeſte
the thyrde

Lette Pride whiche ſhe calls playneneſſe marrye herre

I doe inveſte you joyptelye with mye Powerre

Domynyonne Ande alle the large Effects

Thatte troupe withe Majeſtye Ourſelfe bye Month-
lye courſe

Withe referrevaytyonne of an hundredde Knyghtes
bye you toe bee ſuſtaynd ſhalle oure abode

Make wythe you bye due turne onlye wee ſhalle
retayne

The Nayme ande alle the addytyonne toe a Kynge
the Swaye 140

Revennue Executyonne of the reſte

Belovedde Sownes bee youres whyche toe conne-
fyrme

Thyſe Coronette parte betweene you

Kent Royal Syre

Whom I have everre honourde as a Kynge

Lovd as mye Fatherre as mye Maſterre followed

Ande as mye Patronne thoughte onne inne mye
Prayerres

Leare The Bowe is bente thereforre awaye
fromme the Shafte

Kente Lette itte falle ratherre though the Forke
invade

KYNGE LEARE.

11

The Reygonne of mye hearte be thou unmannerlye
Kente

Whenne Leare is madde whatte wouldft thou doe
old Manne

150

Thinkft thou thatte dutye fchalle have dreade toe
fpeake

Whenne Powerre toe flatterye bowes

Toe Playnnefse honnours bownde

Whenne the Kynge falls toe follye referve thye State

Ande the beſte confideratyonne checke

Thys hydeouſe rafhenefse anſwerre mye life mye
Judgemente

Thye Youngeste Daughterre dos notte love thee
leaste

Norre are those windye heartedde whose lowe
soundes

Reverrebe noe hollowneſſe

Leare Kente onne thy life noe more

Kente Mye life I neverre helde butte as a pawne

Toe wage agaynste thyne enemyies neere feare toe
lose itte

Thye safetye beynge motive

Leare Quitte mye Syghe

Kente See betterre ande lette mee stylle remayne

The trewe blanke of thyne Eye

Leare Nowe bye Apollo

Kente Nowe bye Apollo Leare

Thou swearste the Goddes inne Vayne

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KYNGE LEARE.

Leare O vassalle miffecreante 170

Alb Deare Sir forrebeare

Kente Kylle thye Physycyanne ande thye fee
bestowe

Uponne the Soule dysease revoke thye Gifte

Orre whilst I canne vente clammourre fromme
mye throate

Ille saye thou doste Evylle

Leare Heare mee vile Sláve onne thyne Alle-
gyaunce heare mee

Thatte thou haste soughte toe make uſe breake
oure Vowes

Whiche wee durſte neverre yette ande with ſtraynde
Pride

Toe come betwixte oure Sennetaunce and oure
Powerre

Whiche neytherre Nature norre oure Place canne
beare

180

Oure Potencye made godde take thye rewarde

Five dayes wee doe give thee forre provyſyonne

Toe keepe thee fromme dyſafterres of the Worlde

Ande uponne the ſyxthe toe turne thye haytedde
backe

Uponne oure Kyngdomme iſſe the tenthe daye
followinge

Thye banyſhedde trunke be founde inne our
Domynyonnes

Thatte momente iſſe thye Deathe awaye bye
Apollo

KYNGE LEARE.

13

Thys fshall notte bee revokedde

*Kent* Fare thee welle Kinge fythe thufse thou
wilt appeare

Fredomme lives hence ande banyfhmente is here 190

The Gods toe theyre deare Shelterre take thee
mayde

Thatte juſtlye thynkes ande hathe mouſte rightlye
fayde

Ande youre large Speeches maye youre deedes
approve

Thatte godd Effects maye ſprynge fromme Words
of Love

Thufse Kente thenne Prinneces biddes you alle
adieu

Hele ſhape hys oulde courſe inne a Countrye newe

*Enterre Glofterre withe Fraunce ande Burgannedye*
*and Atiennedauntes*

*Cor* Heres Fraunce and Burgannedye mye
noble Lorde

*Leare* Mye Lorde of Burgannedye

Wee firſte addreſſe towarde you who withe thys
Kynge

Hathe ryvalld forre oure Daughterre whatte inne
the leaſte

Wille you require inne preſente Dowre withe
herre

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KYNGE LEARE.

Orre ceafe youre quefte of Love

*Bur.* Mofte Royalle Majefsetye

I wille noe more thanne whatte youre hyghnefse
offerrde

Norre wille you tenderre lefse

*Leare.* Ryghte noble Burgannedye whenne fhe
was deare toe uffe

We helde herre foe

Butte nowe herre worthe ifse fallenne Sir there fhe
ftands

Iffe aught withinne thatte lyttle feemynge Subftance

Or alle of itte with oure dyfpleafure peacd 210

Ande noethynge more maye fittelye lyke youre
Grace

Shefe there ande fhee ifse youres

*Bur.* I knowe noe anfwerre

*Leare.* Wille you withe thoſe Innefyrmytyes ſhe
owes

Unnefreynnededde newe adoppetedde toe oure hate

Dowrd with oure curſe and ſtrannegerde with oure
Oathe

Take leave or leave herre

*Bur.* Pardonne mee Royalle Sir

Electyonne makes notte uppe onne fuche Conne-
dytyonnes

*Leare.* Thenne leave herre Sir forre bye the
powerre thatte made me 220

I telle you alle herre Wealthe Forre you greate Kynge

KYNGE LEARE.

15

I woulde notte fromme youre love make fuche a
ftraye

Toe matche you where I hate therefor be-
feeche you

Toe turne youre lykynge a more worrethyerre waye

Thanne onne a Wretche whome Nature ifse afhamd
Almofte t'acknowleydge herre

Fra Thys ifse moſte ſtrange

Thatte ſhee who butte nowe was youre beſte
Objectte

The argumente of youre Prayſe balme of youre Age

The beſte the dearyſte ſhoude inne thys tryce offe
tyme

Commyttee a thynge foe monſtrouſe toe dyf-
mantle

230

Soe many foldes offe favourre ſure herre Offence

Muſte bee offe fuche unnenaturalle degree

Thatte Monſterres itte Or youre fore-voucht af-
fectyonne

Falle intoe taynte whiche toe beleyve offe herre

Muſte bee a faythe thatte Reaſonne withoute
Miracle

Shoulde neverre plante inne mee

Cor I yette beſeeche youre Maſeſtye

Iſe forre I wante thatte glibbe ande Oylye Arte

Toe ſpeake ande purpofe notte ſince whatte I wille
innetende

I'll dot eere I ſpeake thatte you make knowne 240

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KYNGE LEARE.

Itte ifse noe vycyouſe blotte Murtherre or Foulenefſe
Noe unnechaſte Actyonne or dyshonorredde Steppe
Thatte hathe depryvedde mee of youre Grace ande
favoure

Butte fore wante of thatte alone fore whiche I
amme richerre

A ſtille folycytynge Eye ande ſuche a Tongue
Thatte I amme gladde I have notte though toe have
itte notte

Hathe loſte mee inne youre lykynge

*Leare* Betterre thou hadſt notte beene borne
Thanne notte toe have pleasd mee betterre

*Fra* Ifse itte thenne butte thys A tardyneſſe in
Nature 250

Whiche oft tymes leaves the Hyſtorye unneſpoke
Thatte itte innetendes toe doe mye Lorde of Bur-
gannedye

Whatte ſaye you toe the Ladye Loves notte Love
Whenne tis mingledde withe regardes thatte ſtande
Aloofe fromme the innetyre poynte wille you have
herre

She ifse herselfe a Dowrye

*Bur* Royalle Kynge

Give butte thatte portyonne whiche youreſelfe
proposd

Ande here I take Cordelya bye the Hande
Dutcheſſe offe Burgannedye

*Leare* Nothynge I have ſworne ande ſtill I am
fyrme

KYNGE LEARE.

17

*Bur* I amme forrye thenne thatte you have foe
lofte a Fatherre

Thatte you mufte lofte a Hufbande

*Cor* Peace bee withe Burgannedye

Synce thatte refpecte ande forretunes are hys love

Itte willes mee notte toe bee hys wife

*Fra* Fayrefte Cordelya thou arte mofte riche
beynge poore

Mofte choyce forrefaykenne ande mofte lovd
despisd

Thee and thye Virretues here doe I feyze uponne

Bee itte lawfulle I take uppe whats cafte away 270

O Goddes Tis ftrange thatte fromme theyre coldft
neglectte

My love fhould Kynnedle toe innflaymedde re-
fpecte

Thye dowerrelefse Daughterre Kynge throwne toe
mye chaunce

Ifse Queene of ufse of ourfe ande oure fayre Fraunce

Notte alle the Dukes of warifhe Burregannedye

Canne buye thys unnepryzedde Mayde of mee

Bydde themme farewelle Cordelya though unne-
kynde

Thou loofeſte here a betterre where toe fynde

*Leare* Take herre Fraunce ande lette herre be
thyne for wee

Have noe fuche Daughterre norre fhalle everre
fee

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KYNGE LEARE.

Thatte face of herſe agayne thereforre bee gone
Withoute oure love oure Grayce orre benyzonne
Come Noble Burregannedye

Fra Bydde farewelle toe youre Syſterres

Cor The Jewelles offe oure Fatherre with waſhd
Eyefe

Cordelya leaves you I knowe you thatte you are
And lyke a Syſterre amme mouſte loathe toe calle
Youre faults as theye are namedde Love welle oure
Fatherre

Toe youre profeſſedde boſommes I commyte
hymme

Butte yette ſtoode I withinne hys Grayce 290
I woulde preferre hymme toe a betterre place
Soe farewelle toe you bothe

Reg Spare uſſe wee knowe oure dutye

Gonne Lette youre Studye

Bee toe connetente youre Lorde who hath receyved
you

Atte fortunes Almes you have obedyence
ſcannetedde

Ande welle are worthe the wante thatte you have
wantedde

Cor Tyme ſhall innforme what plygħtedde
cunnynge hydes

Who coverres faultes atte laſte with ſhame derydes

Welle maye you profperre 300

Fra Comme thenne fayreſte Cordelya

KYNGE LEARE.

19

Gonne Syfterre itte iſſe notte lyttle I have toe ſaye
Offe whatte mouſte nearelye appertaynes toe uſſe
bothe

I thynke oure Fatherre will hence toe Nyghte

Reg Thatts moſte certayne ande with you butte
nexte with uſſe

Gon Doe you marke how hys Age changes
whatte Obferrevatyonne

We have made oft hath beene ſmalle hee everre
lovd oure

Syfterre mouſte ande withe whatte ſhallowe
Judgemente

Hee hathe nowe caſte herre offe appeares but too
groſſelye

Reg Thatts the Innefyrmytye ofs Age yette
hath he alwaye

butte ſlennederrelye knowne hymſelfe

310

Gonne The beſte ande foundeſte of hys tyme
hath benne butte

raſhenefſe whiche innefyrme ande cholerycke
Yeares

brynge withe themme

Reg Suche unneconneſtante ſtartes aſſe thys of
Kentes

banyſhemente are wee lykelye toe have fromme
hymme

Gonne Yette more Commeplemente iſſe there
twixt Fraunce ande

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KYNGE LEARE.

Hymme praye lette uſſe ſytte togetherre iſſe oure
fatherre

beare Authorityte whye thyſſe laſte furrennederre
of hys Wille dothe butte offende uſſe

SECOUNDE SCEANE

Baſterde comes forrewarde

Bas Thou Nature arte mye Goddeſſe toe the
Lawe 320

Mye ſerrevyceſſe ſtande bounde Wherfore ſhoud I
Reſte inne the Plague of Cuſtomme ande permytte
The Curyoſytye of Natyonnes toe depryve mee
Caufe thatte I amme ſome twelve orre foureteene
Moonſhynes

Lagge of mye brotherre Whye Baſterde wherefore
bafe

Whenne mye dymennefyonnes are as welle comme-
pacte

Mye Mynde as generouſe ande mye ſhape as true
As honeſte Manns Iſſue whye brande theye thufſe
Withe bafe withe bafeſe baſterdye—bafe bafe

Who inne the luſtye ſtealthe of Nature take 330

More Compofytyonne ande feyrce Qualytye
Thanne dothe withinne a dulle ſtayle tyredde Bedde
Goe the creatynge a whole trybe of foppes
Gotte twixt ſleep ande awake Welle thenne

KYNGE LEARE.

125

Take mye breathe fromme mee leafe mye wor-
ferre Spiritte

Tempte me agayne toe dye before you pleafe

Edg Welle praye you fatherre 2520

Glos Nowe goode Sir whatte are you

Edg Oune moufte poore Manne made tame bye
forretunes blowes

Who bye arte o knowinge ande feelynge Sorrowes

Amm pregnawnte toe goode Pittye Give mee youre
hande

Ande lette mee leade you toe fome byddynge

Glos Heartye Thankes heavennes bountye ande
Benyzonne

Toe boote ande Toe boote

Stewarde

Stew Owne moufte happye ande proclaymedde
Pryze

Thatte Eyeleffe heade o thyne was framd toe rayfe
mye forretunes

Thou oulde ande hardnedde Traytorre breefelye
thyefelfe furrennederre

The fworde is oute thatte muſte deſtroye thee 2530

Glos Thenne lette thye freyndelye hande putte
ſtrengthe enough toot

Stew Wherefore boulde Pefante darſt thou
fupporte

126

KYNGE LEARE.

Hence leafte the innefectyonne offe hys Forretunes
Take holde onne lette goe hys Arme I faye

Edg Ize notte lette goe Zir withoute vurtherre
cayfyonne

Stew Vile flave lette goe orre thou dyefte

Edg Gange youre Gayte goode Gennetlemanne
ande lette poore Volke paſſe

I bee notte yette zwaggeredde oute a mye life

Forre thatte woulde take thee zoe longe as a
Vortenyghte 2540

Naye comme notte neere thoulde Manne keepe
oute of's waye

Orre Ils trye anne youre Coſtarde orre mye Ballowe
bee the harderre

Stew Oute thou vile dunghylle

Edg Ile fycke youre teethe Sir noe matterre vor
youre foynes

Stew Slave I amme Slayne O Villayne take my
Purſe

Iſſe thoult thrive burye mee ande give the Letterres

Whiche thou fyndſt aboute toe Edmunde O Gloſ-
terre

Seeke hymme ithe Englyſhe partye o unnetymelye
deathe

Edg I knowe thee welle oune ferrevyceable
Villayne

Aſſe duteouſe toe the Vices o youre Myſtreſſe 2550

Aſſe baddeneſſe coud deſyre

KYNGE LEARE.

127

Glos Whatte is hee deade

Edg Goode fatherre fytte ye downe ande refte
ye awhile

Thefe Letterres hee fpeakes offe maye bee mye
freyndes

Ile fearche thefe Pockettes hees deade Ime onlye
forrye

Hee hadde none otherre deathes manne lets fee

Leave gentle waxe toe knowe oure Enemyes myndes

Wee ryppe theyre heartes theyre paperres are more
lawefulle

## Reades Letterre

Lette oure recyprocalle Vowes bee remmeberedde
You maye

withe eafe dyfpatche hymme anne youre wille
wante 2560

notte tyme ande place is yours Anne hee bee
Conquerorre

naughte canne bee done ande Ime the Pry-
fonerre hys Bedde

mye Goale fromme whofe loathedde warmthe
delyverre mee

ande fupplye the Place forre youre labourre

Youre anne foe I woude faye
Gonerylle

128

KYNGE LEARE.

Oh vafte ande dyre fpace O Womannes blacke
Wille

Thuffe toe plotte onne Verretuoufe hufbandes life

Ande forre Exchange mye owne noe leffe qual-
tyedde Brotherre

Here Ile rake uppe the Murtheroufe Lettcherres
Poſte

Ande inne tyme withe thys unnegracyouſe Pa-
perre

2570

Stryke the Syghe o thys fayde deathe pracyſed
Duke

Ande tis welle forre hymme thatte o thye deathe
I canne telle

Glos The Kynge is madde howe ſtiffe is mye
vile fenſe

Thatte itte ſtande uppe ande ha innegenuouſe
feelynge

Betterre I were dyſtraſcte foe ſhoud mye thoughtes

Bee feverd fromme mye Greeſes ande loofe mye
woes

Bye wronge Imagynatyonnes o themme

Edg Give mee youre farre offe I heare the beate
o Drumme

Comme fatherre Ile beſtowe you withe a
freynde

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KYNGE LEARE.

129

*Corredelya Kente Gennetellemanne*

*Cor* O thou goode Kente howe fhalle I live
ande worke

Thatte I maye matche the goodneſſe mye lifes too
fhorte

Ande everye meaſure wille fayle mee

*Kente* Thuffe toe bee acknowledgedde is to bee
thryce oere payde

Alle mye Reporrts are modeſte truthe notte clypte
butte foe

*Cor* Bee betterre ſuitedde theſe Weedes are
Memoryes

O worſerre houres I prithee putte themme offe

*Kente* Pardonne Madame toe bee knowne
ſhorretennes myne intente

Mye boone I make itte thatte you knowe mee notte

Tylle tyme ande I thynke meete 2590

*Cor* Thenne beet foe goode Lorde howe dos the
Kynge

*Gent* Madame ſleepes ſtylle

*Cor* O you Gods cure thys greate breach ins
abuſedde Nature

The untund ande jarrynge Senneſes O winde uppe

O thys mye deare mye Chylde changedde fatherre

*Gent* Wilte pleaſe youre Majeſtye wee wake the
Kynge

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KYNGE LEARE.

*Cor* Bee youre knowledge ande ſkylle youre
Goverrenorres
Telle mee is he arrayedde

*Leare withe Serrevauntes*

*Gent* I the heavyneſſe o fleepe wee dydde attyre
hymme
Bee you bye goode madamme whenne wee doe
wake hymme

Forre yette I doe muche doubte hys temmepe-
raunce
2600

*Cor* O mye deere fatherre lette reſtauratyonne
hange
Herre medycyne onne theſe lyppes ande maye thys
Kyſſe

Repayre thoſe harmes mye Syſterres have inne thye
Reveraunce made

*Kente* O Kynde o deare Prynceſſe

*Cor* Hadde you notte beene theyre Fatherre
theſe white flakes
Dydde challenge theyre Pyttye Was thys a Face

Toe bee oppoſd agaynſte the jarrynge Windes
A Dogge though hee hadde bytte mee ſhoud nere
a ſtoode

Thatte fame Nyghte ande dyſſte thou mye deere
fatherre
2610

Ande toe hovelle too withe Swine ande Rogues
forlorne

KYNGE LEARE.

131

Couchd too inne ſhorte ande muſtye ſtrawe Alacke
Alacke

Tis wonderre thye life ande wittes hadde notte atte
ounce

Concludedde alle hee wakes howe ſpeake toe
hymme

Gent Madame doe you forre tis fytteſte

Cor Howe does mye Royalle Lorde howe fares
youre Majeſtye

Leare Doe notte thatte wronge toe take mee
oute othe Grave

Thou arte a Soule inne blyſſe butte I amme bounde
Fyxt onne a Weele o fyre thatte myne owne teares

Doe ſadlye ſcalde aye aye enne lyke moltenne Leade

Cor Doe you knowe mee Sir 2620

Leare You are a Spiritte I knowe where dydde
you dye

Cor Stylle Stylle farre wyde

Gent Hes ſcarſe awake leave hymme quiette
awhile

Leare Where iſt I ha beene where amm I fayre
daye lyghte

I amme ſadlye abuſd I ſhoud eene dye withe Pyttye
Toe ſee anotherre ſoe I knowe notte whatte toe faye

I wille notte ſweare theſe bee mye handes lette
mee ſee

Dothe thys Pynne prycke woud I were affurd o
mye Eſtate

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KYNGE LEARE.

*Cor* O looke onne mee Sir ande houlde youre
hande

Inne benydyctyonne oere mee you muſte notte
Kneele 2630

*Leare* y doe notte mocke mee

Forre I amme a verye Foolyshe oulde manne

Foreſcore ande upwarde notte oune houre more or
leſſe

Ande toe bee playne I ſeare I amme notte inne
perfecte mynde

Methynkes I ſhoud knowe you ande thatte manne

Yette amme I doubtefulle Forre I amme maynelye
ignoraunte

Whatte place thys is ande alle the poore ſkylle I have

Dothe notte rememberre theſe Garrementes norre
doe I knowe

Where I dydde ſleepe laſte nyghte O doe laugh
atte mee

Forre anne I bee a Manne I doe bethynke 2640

Thys ſweete Ladye toe bee mye Chylde Corredelya

*Cor* I amme I amme O tis ſhe youre daughterre

*Leare* Bee theſe teares wette I praye praye you
weepe notte

Anne thou haſte poyſonne forre mee I wille drynke
itte

I knowe you doe notte love mee forre youre
Syſterres

Have as I doe rememberre done mee wronge

KYNGE LEARE.

133

Thou hadst goode caufe forre hate butte theye
hadde none

*Cor* O breake notte thee poore daughterres hearte
*Caufe* Caufe o noe noe I ha none I ha none 2650

*Leare* Whatte amme I thenne inne Fraunce

*Kente* Inne youre owne Kyngdomme Sir

*Leare* O doe notte abufe mee

*Gent* Ha Commeforte madamme hys Rage you
fees kylld

Defyre hee goe inne ande trouble hymme noe fur-
therre

*Cor* Wilte pleafe youre hyghneſſe walke

*Leare* Beare mee thenne O praye you forregette
ande forregive

I amme oulde ande foolyshe youre bleſſynge I praye

Edmunde Reganne Gentlemanne Souledyerres

*Edm* Afke othe Duke ifs purpofe ſtylle houlde
Orre iſſe oure Advyces willes hymme toe change
hys Courſe 2660

Thenne brynge hytherre hys pleafure

*Reg* Oure Syſterres manne muſte ſure ha myſ-
carryedde

*d* Tis toe bee doubtedde Madamme

*g* Nowe fweete Lorde you knowe the goode-
neſſe I innetende you

Saye thenne mouſte truelye doe notte you love mye
ſyfterre

134

KYNGE LEARE.

Inne honourd Love naughte more
Butte haſte nere founde waye toe the forefennededde
place
Noe bye mye honourre
I ſhalle nere ennedure herre fondle herre notte I
praye
Feare mee notte

2670

Albanye Gonerylle Souldyerres

elle bee mette oure verye lovynge Syfterre
he Kynge is wihe hys daughterre ande otherres too
home the rygourre offe oure State forced toe crye oute
Reg Whye is thys reaſonnd
Gon Combyne uſſe toegetherre gaynſte the
Enemye
Forre theſe domeſtice broyles are notte the Queſ-
tyonne here

Alb Lets detyrmyne thenne onne whatte pro-
cedynge

Reg Syfterre youle goe withe uſſe

Gon Noe

Reg Soe tis convenyente praye goe withe uſſe 2680

Gon Ho ho I knowe the Ryddelle Ile goe Ile goe

Edgarre

Ed Anne youre grace canne ſpeake withe oune
foe poore heare mee

KYNGE LEARE.

135

Alb Speake thenne

Edg Before the battayle bee foughte ope thys
Letterre

Iffe you ha Victorye thenne lette the trumpette
founde

Forre though I feeme poore I canne produce

A Champyonne thatte wille vouche thatte whiche
is there

Anne you myſcarrye ſoe dothe youre buſyneſſe ende

lb Staye tylle I ha reade the Letterre

g Twas forrebydde butte tyme ſervynge lette
the heralde crye

2690

Thenne Ile appeare agayne

Fare thee welle I wille oerelooke thee Paperre

### Edmunde

The Enemyes inne Viewe drawe uppe youre
Powerres

e is the gueſſe o theyre ſtrengthe ande forces
e dylygente forre youre haſte is urgedde onne you

Alb Thenne wee wille greete the tyme

Edm Toe bothe theſe Syſterres have I ſworne
mye Love

Eache jealouſe othe otherre as thoſe ſtunge of
Adderre

Whiche thenne ſhalle I take bothe oune orre
neytherre

136

KYNGE LEARE.

Neytherre canne bee enjoyd whilſte bothe doe
live 2700

Anne I doe take the Widdowe Gonerylle is madde

Ande hardelye ſhalle I carrye oute mye fyde

Herre huſbande beynge alive Nowe thenne wele uſe

Hys Countenaunce forre the Battayle thatte done

Lette herre thatte woud bee rydde devife hys ſpeedye
takynge offe

Aſſe forre the mercye he innetendes Leare ande
Corredelya

The Battayle done ande Theye withinne our
Powerre

Shalle neverre fee hys pardonne Forre mye ſtate

Standes withe mee toe defende ande notte debate

Edgarre ande Gloſterre

Edg Heere Fatherre take the Shadowe o thys
Tree 2710

Forre youre goode hoaſte praye thatte the ryghte
maye thrive

Ande Iff I retturne agayne Ile brynge you comforte

Glos Grace goe withe you mouſte Kynde ande
gentle Sir

KYNGE LEARE.

137

*Edgarre*

*Edg* Awaye awaye oulde Manne give mee thye
hande

*Kynge* Leare hathe lofte hee ands daughterre are
taene

*Glos* Thenne noe furtherre Sir forre owne maye
rotte eene here

*Edg* Whatte inne ille thoughtes agayne Menne
muſte ennedure

Theyre goynge hence ande comynge hytherre come
onne

*Glos* Trewe Trewe indeede thou ſayſte welle

*Edmunde Leare Cordelya Captayne ande Sould-
yerres* 2720

*Edm* Some Offycerres withe ſpeede take themme
hence

Untylle thoſe thatte are greaterre pronounce theyre
wille

*Cor* Wee are notte othe fyſte thatte have in-
currd worſte

Withe beſte meanynge Butte tis forre thee oppref-
fedde Kynge

I amme elſe forre myeſelfe I woud oute frowne

Falſe Forretunes frowne ſhalle wee notte ſee theſe
Syſterres

T

138

KYNGE LEARE.

*Leare* Nowe nowe letts toe Pryfonne there wee
towe wille fynge

Lyke Byrdes ithe Cage whenne thou dofte afke
mee bleffynge

Ile kneele downe ande afke o thee forregivenesse

Soe wele live ande praye ande fynge ande telle oulde
tales

2730

Ande laugh atte gildedde butterreflyes ande heere
poore Rogues

Talke o Courte Newes ande wele talke withe
themme too

Who loofes ande who winnes whofе inne ande
whos oute

Ande take uponne Us the mysterye o thynges

Afle iffe wee were Gods spyes ande wele weare oute

Inne oure walld Pryfonne Packes ande feckes o
greate ounes

Thatte ebbe ande flowe bye lyghte othe pale facd
Moone

*Edm* Take themme awaye

*Leare* Uponne fuche facryfyces mye Corredelya

The Goddes themmefelves throwe innecenfe

2740

Ha have I thenne caughte thee hee thatte parts uffe

Shalle brynge a Brande fromme heavenne ande fire
uffe hence

Evenne lyke Sampfonnes Foxes o wipe thyne Eyes

The goode Yeares fhalte devore themme flefhe
ande felle

KYNGE LEARE.

139

Eere theye fhalle make uſſe weepe weele ſee em
ſtarvd fyſſte

*Edm* Cemme hytherre Captayne hearke take
thou thys Note

Followe themme toe Pryſonne oune Steppe Ive
advauncd thee

Ande iſſe thou doſte as thys inneſtructes thou makſt
thee waye

Toe noblerre Fortune knowe thou thys Menne are
as the tyme is

Ande toe bee tenderre myndedde becomes notte a
Sworde

2750

Thenne faye thoult dot orre thrive bye otherre
meanes

*Cap* Mye Lorde Ile dot

*Bas* Aboute itte ande write theeſelfe happye
whenne tis done

Marde I faye inneſtauntelye as I ha fette itte downe

*Albanye Gonerylle Reganne*

*Alb* Sir you have ſhowne thys daye youre Va-
lyaunte ſtrayne

Ande Forretune ledde you welle you ha the Captives

Ande I doe require themme offe you toe uſe themme

As theyre Meryttes ande oure ſafetye maye beſte
deterremyne

T 2

140

KYNGE LEARE.

*Edm* Sir I thoughte itte fyttenne toe fende the
oulde Kynge
Toe clofе retennetyonne Whofe Age has Charmes

[2760]

Ande Tytle more to plucke the commonne bo-
fomme ons fyde

Ande turne oure impreſte Launefſes inne oure Eyes
Whiche doe commande themme withe hymme I
ſende the Queene

Thatte toe Morrowe theye maye bee betterre able

Toe appeare where you ſhalle houlde youre Seſ-
ſyonne

*Alb* Sir I doe houlde you butte as Subjecte o
thys Warre

Ande notte a Brotherre

*Reg* Thatte methynkes is as wee doe lyſte toe
grace hymme

Wee myghte ha beene demandedde eere thoudſt
ſpoke thuffe farre

Hee ledde oure Powerres bore the Commyſyonne

[2770]

Bothe of myne owne place ande perſonne

The whiche maye welle ſtaunde uppe toe calle
hymſelfe oure Brotherre

*Gon* Notte ſoe hotte ins owne grace hee dothe
exalte hymſelfe

More thanne inne youre addytyonne

*Reg* Withe mye ryghtes inneveſtedde hee com-
pares the beſte

KYNGE LEARE.

141

*Alb* Thatte were the moufte an hee fhould huf-
band you

*Reg* Jefterres doe oft prove Prophettes

*Gon* Hola thatte Eye thatte tolde you foe lookd
a ſquinte

*Reg* Ladye Ime notte welle elſe I ſhoud anſwerre
Edmunde take thou mye Souldyerres Patry-
monye 2780

Dſpoſe o themme o mee forre alle is thyne

Witneſſe o Worlde I doe create hymme mye
Lorde ande Maſterre

*Gon* Ande meane you toe enjoye hymme

*Alb* The lette alone lyes notte inne youre wille

*mn* Norre inne thyne mye Lorde

*lb* Butte itte dothe halfe bloodyedde fellowe

*eg* Bydde the Drumme ſtryke ande mye Tytle
thyne

Naye ſtoppe heare Reaſonne Edmunde I arreſte thee

Onne Capytalle Treaſonne ande inne thys thyne
arreſte

Thys gildedde Serrepente forre you clayme twayne
Syſterres

I beare itte ithe Innetereſte o mye Wife 2790

Tis ſhe thats ſubconnetraſtedde toe thys Lorde

Ande I herre hufbande contradyſte youre Banes

Iſſe youle marrye tis mye Ladys Love thats be-
ſpoke

*Gon* Anne inneterlude

KYNGE LEARE.

143

Iffre any Manne o Qulytye orre degree itts
o thys Armye wille mayntayne uponne Edmun
Suppoſedde Earle o Gloſterre thatte hee is a ma-
nyfoulde
Traytorre lette hymme atte thyrde Sounde othe
Trumpette
appeare ins defence

Edgarre armedde

Alb Afke hymme whye he appeares onne calle
othe Trumpette

Her Whatte are you youre Name youre Qualtye
Ande whye anſwerre you thys prefent Summonnes

Edg Knowe thenne mye name is loſte bye trea-
fonnes Fangd tooth

1820

Bare knawne ande Cankerre bytte yette amme I
noble

As the Adverſarye I amme toe cope withe

Alb Whyche is thatte adverſarye

Edg Whos hee thatte ſpeakes forre Edmunde
Earle o Gloſterre

Bas Hymſelfe whatte fayſte thou toe hymme

Edg Drawe thenne anne iſſe mye Speeche offende
thee noble hearte

Thenne lette thyne arme doe thee juſtyce here is
myne

Forre tis the Pryvyledge o myne honourres

144

KYNGE LEARE.

Myne Oathe ande the profeſſyonne I proteſte

Maugre thye Strengthe Place Youthe ande Emy-
naunce

2830

Deſpyſynge thye Vyctoryouſe Sworde

Thye Valoure ande thee hearte thou arte a Traytorre

Falſe toe the Gods thye Fatherre ande thee Bro-
therre

Conneſpyrynge gaynſte thys illuſtryouſe Prynce

Ande fromme the extremeſte upwarde othe heade

Toe thatte duſte thou doſte treade underre foote

Thourte a Toade ſpottedde Traytorre faye thou noe

Thys Sworde thys arme ande mye beſte ſpyryttes
are bente

Toe prove onne thee hearte thatte I faye thou lyeſte

*Edm* Mye Wofdomme needes woud ha mee afke
the name

2850

Butte ſynce thyne outeſyde lookes ſoe fayre ande
warlyke

Bye rule o Knyghthoode I dyſdayne ande ſpurne

Backe doe I toſſe theſe Treſonnes toe the heade

Withe the helle hatedde lye oerewhelme the hearte

Whyche forre theye yette glaunce bye ande ſcarſelye
bruife

Thys ſworde o myne ſhalle give themme inſtaunte
waye

Where theye ſhalle reſte forre everre

*Gon* Thys is praſtyſd Gloſterre bye the Lawe o
Warre

KYNGE LEARE.

145

Thou waſte notte bounde toe anſwerre anne unne-
knowne oppoſyte

Thourte notte vanquiſhd butte cozend ande be-
guilde
2860

*Alb* Shutte thee mouthe dame orre withe thys
Paperre Ile ſtoppe itte

Houlde Sir thou worſe thanne anye Name reade
thyne Exylle

Noe noe I doe ſee thou knowſte itte alreadye

*Gon* Anne I doe the Lawes are myne who dares
arraygne mee

*Alb* Mouſte Monſtrouſe knowſte thou thys
Paperre

*Edm* Aſke mee notte whatte I knowe

*Alb* Goe afterre herre ſhes desperate governe herre

*Bas* Thatte thou haſte chargd me withe

Thatte mouſte trewelye I ha done

Naye Naye ande muche more too
Butte tyme wille brynge alle oute
2870

Tis paſte ande ſoe amme I

Butte telle mee who arte thou

Thatte haſte thys Foretune onne mee

Iſe thourte noble I doe forregive thee

*Edg* Thenne lets exchange Charytyes

Forre I amme noe leſſe inne bloode

Thanne arte theſelfe Edmunde

Iſe more thenne more thouſte wrongd mee

Mye Names noe leſſe thanne Edgarre
2880

U

146

KYNGE LEARE.

Thee fatherres Sonne ande thye Brotherre
The Gods are juſte ande of oure pleafaunte Vyces
Make inneſtrumentes toe plague uſe
Thatte darke ande vycyouſe place
Where hee dydde begette thee
Coſte hymme naughte leſe thans Eyes

Bas Thouſte ſpokenne ryghte mouſte trewe
Ande the wheele is nowe comme to us fulle Cyrcle

Alb I dydde bethynke mee
Thatte thye verye gate dydde Phrophefye 2890
A Royalle Nobleneffe
I muſte naye wille embrace thee
Ande mye keenefte Sorrowe ſplytte mye hearte
Iſſe everre I dydde thee orre thee fatherre

Ed Worthye Prynce I knowt

Alb Where have you hydde yourefelfe
Ande howe knowe the Myſeryes o youre fatherre

Edg Bye nurſynge themme mye Lorde
Lyſte a breyſe tale ande whenne tis toulde
O thatte mye fulle hearte woude burſte 2900
The blodye Proclamatyonne toe Eſcape
Thatte dydde followe mee ſoe neere
O oure lives greate ſweeteneſſe
Thatte wee the Payne o deathe woud hourelye dye
Ratherre thanne dye atte ounce
Taughte mee toe ſhifte intoe madmannes Ragges
Toe aſſume a wretchedde ſemmeblaunce
Thatte the verye Doggs woud ha dyſclaymd

KYNGE LEARE.

147

Ande inne thys habytte mette I mye fatherre
Withe hys thofe precyoufe bleedynge Rynges 2910
Theyre precyoufe Stones newe lofte
I became hys guide ande ledde hymme
Beggd forre hymme favd hymme fromme
dyfpayre

Neverre O faulte reveald myefelfe untoe hymme
Unnetylle fome halfe houre paſte whenne I was
armd

Notte ſure though hopynge thys goode fucceſſe
I afkd hys Bleffynge and fromme fyſſte toe laſte

Tolde hymme off oure tedyouſe Pylgrymage
Butte hys poore hearte alreadye flawd

Toe weake helas thys conneflycte toe ſupporte 2920
Twixte thee twoe extremes o Paſſyonne

Joye ande griefe buriſte fmylyngelye

Edm Deare Brotherre thys ſpeeche o youres

Hathe movd mee ande ſhalle perrechaunce doe
goode

Butte praye you ſpeake onne

You looke as you hadde fomethynge more toe
faye

Alb Anne there bee more that's more wofulle

Thenne Prythee houlde itte inne

Forre Ime allmouſte readye toe dyffolve

Atte the hearynge o thys

2940

U 2

148

KYNGE LEARE.

Gentlemanne

Gent Helpe o helpe

Edg Whatte kynde o helpe

Edg Whatte meanes thys Blodye Knife

Gent O it fmoakes itte came fromme herre
hearte fhes deade

Alb Whos deade fpeake Manne

Gent Youre Ladye ande herre Syfterre

Bye herre is poifonedde fhe dothe confesse itte

Bas Toe thefe twayne Syfterres I was conne-
tractedde

Ande Nowe wee fhalle marrye inne oune In-
ftaunte

2950

Kente

Alb Produce the bodyes thys Judgemente othe
heavennes

Dothe make us tremble O is thys hee

Butte tyme dothe notte allowe thatte whyche man-
nerres urges

Kente I amme toe bydde my Kynge and Maf-
terre

A goode Nyghte whatte is he notte here

Alb Greate thynge bye uſſe forgotte Speake
Edmunde

Wheres the Kynge ande Corredelya doſte fee thys
Objecte Kente

KYNGE LEARE.

149

Kente Alacke Alacke ande howe thus
Edm. Yette was Edmunde belovedde
The oune ande th otherre poyfonnd forre mye
fake 2960
Ande afterre flewe herrefelfe

Alb Eene foe coverre theyre faces

Edm I pante forre life ande yette fome goode I
meane toe doe

Defpyghte o myne owne vile nature qucklye fende
Ande bee briefe int to the Caftle forre mye Wrytte
Iffe onne the life o Leare ande Corredelya

Naye tarrye notte fend fende fpeedylye

Alb Run Run Ryches are thyne anne thou dofte
fpeede thee

Edg Toe whome toe whome mufte hee goe

Who has the Offyce fende thee tokenne o Re-
prieve

Edm. Welle thoughte heare take mye Sworde
give itte the Captayne

Duke Hafte thee forre thee life

Edm He hathe commiffyonne fromme mye
Wife ande Mee

Toe hang Cordelya ithe Pryfonne

Ande laye the blayme atte charge of herre defpayre

Duke Ye Gods defende herre beare hymme
hence

150

KYNGE LEARE.

## Leare ande Cordelya ins Armes

*Leare* Howle Howle Howle Howle O ye are
Menne of Stones

Hadde I youre Tongues ande Eyes I woud uſe
themme foe 2980

Thatte heavennes hygh frettedde Valte ſhoud
cracke

O ſhe is gone forre everre 0000

I knowe whenne oune is deade and whenne oune
lives

Yeffe ſhes deade as Earthe lende mee a lookynge
Glaffe

Ande iſſe herre Breathe dothe myſte or ſtayne the
Stone

Whye thenne ſhe lives butte noe noe tis notte foe

*Kente* Whatte is thys the promyſd ende

*Leare* O thys featherre ſtyrres ſhe lives an iſt
bee foe

Thatte chaunce redeemes alle forrowes I ha felte
*Kente* Aye mye goode Maſterre

*Leare* Prethee awaye I ſaye 2990

*Edgare* Tis Kente youre goode oulde freynde

*Leare* A Plague uponne you Murderers Tray-
torres alle

I myghte ha favd herre butte ſhes gone forre everre
Cordelya ſtaye O ſtaye yette a lyttle

KYNGE LEARE.

151

Whatte ift thou fayft her Voyce was everre softe
Ande lowe fweete mufyck oere the ryplynge
Streame

Qualytye rare ande excellente inne Womanne

O Yefle bye heavennes twas I kylld the flave

Thatte dydde rounde thye softe necke the mur-
deroufe

Ande damnedde Corde entwine dydde I notte
Syrrah

Cap Tis moufte trewe mye Lordes he dydde 3000

Leare Ha dydde I notte fellowe I have feene
the Daye

Whenne withe mye goode bitynge Fauchyonne

I woud ha made themme ſkippe butte I am oulde
nowe

Ande theſe fame Croſſes ſpoyle mee who are you

Myne Eyes are notte othe beſte praye ſtaye Ile
telle the ſtraighte

Kente Iſſe fortune brag of two ſhe lovd or
hatedde

Oune o themme wee nowe beholde

Leare Arte thou notte mye Kente

Kente The ſelfe fame Kente ande youre Servant
everre

Butte wheres youre Servant Caius

Leare Aye I knowe nowe he iſſe a goode fel-
lowe

3010

Hele ſtryke ande quicklye hes deade and rottenne

152

KYNGE LEARE.

*Kente* Noe mye goode Lorde I amme thatte
verye Manne

*Leare* Naye butte Ile fée thatte ftraighte

*Kente* Thatte have followd youre fad ande de-
cayd Life

*Leare* Welconne goode Kente welcome hytherre

*Kente* Butte noe Manne elfe Alls cheereleffe
darke ande deadlye

Youre eldefte daughterres have foredoomd them-
felves

Ande desperatelye are deade

*Leare* An I thynke foe too

*Duke* He knowes notte whatte he fees tis vayne
thatte wee

Doe thuffe prefente uffé toe hymme

3020

*Cap* Edmunde too is deade mye Lorde

*Duke* Thats butte a trifle goode Lordes knowe
oure Innetente

Whatte comforte canne fhalle bee applyedde

Ande forre uffé wee doe here refygne oure Powerre

*Leare* Ande mye poore fool hangd noe noe
thou vile life

Whye ſhoud horſe dog Ratte ha Life an thou
notte breathe

O thenne thou wilte come noe more neverre neverre

Praye you undoe thys Button Sir thanks ooo

*Edg* He faynts mye Lorde mye goode Lorde

*Leare* Breathe ſtubborne hearte I prethe breake

KYNGE LEARE.

155

Edg Looke uppe mye goode Lorde 3030

Kente Vex notte hys Ghoſte Praye you lette
hymme paffe

He lykes hymme notte who woud upon the wracke
O thys Rough World ſtretch hymme oute longerre

Edg O he is gone

Kente The wonderre iſſe he hath endurd ſoe long
He butte uſurpt hys life

Duke Beare themme Fromme hence oure Pre-
fente bufyneſſe

Is toe generalle woe Freynſds of mye Soule you
twayne

Rule inne thys oure Kyngdomme ande the good
ſtate ſuſtayne

Kente Thanks Sir butte I goe toe thatte un-
knowne Land 3040

Thatte Chaynes each Pilgrim faſte within its Soyle
Bye livynge menne mouſte ſhunnd mouſte
dreadedde

Stille mye goode maſterre thys fame Journey tooke
He calls mee I amme contente ande ſtrayght obeye
Thenne farewelle Worlde the bufye Sceane is done
Kente livd mouſte true Kente dyes mouſte lyke a
Manne

Duke The Weygheſte of thys ſad tyme wee muſte
obeye

Speake thatte wee notte thatte wee oughte toe faye

X

HAMBLETTE.

I

Withe thys differaunce theyre Currauntes turne arye
Ande loofe the name O Actyonne Softe you nowe
The fayre Ophelya Nymphe inne alle the
Oryzoones

Bee mye Synnes rememberd

1630

Op Mye goode Lorde

Howe does youre honoure thys manye a daye

Ham I humblye thanke thee welle welle

Oph Mye Lorde I ha remembrances o yours

Whyche longe I ha longed toe redeliverre

Praye you nowe receyve themme

Ham No No I nere gave you aughte

Oph I knowe ryhte welle mye honourd Lorde
you did

Ande withe themme Wordes o fo fwete breathe
compofd

As made youre Giftes moure Ryche The Perfume

gone

1640

Take theſe agayne forre toe the noble mynde

Ryche Giftes waxe poore whenne Giverres prove
unkynd

Ham Ha ha Saye arte honeſte

Oph Mye Lorde

Ham Are you fayre

Oph Mye Goode Lorde whatte meanes youre
honoure

2

HAMBLETTE.

Kynge Howe fares oure Coufynne Hamblette

Ham Excellente I faythe 1860

O the Camelyonnes dyfhe I eate

O the Ayre othe ayre promyfe crammd

You cannotte feede Caponnes foe

Kynge Thys anfwerre Hamblette is nothynge

Theſe wordes are notte myne

Ham No norre myne nowe my Lorde

You playde ounce ithe Unyverſetyte you faye

Polon Aye thatte I dydde ande was countedde a goode

Actorre

Ham Whatte dydſte enaſte 1870

Polon I dydde enaſte Julyus Cefarre

I was kylld ithe Capytolle Brutus kylld mee

Ham Twas a Brute parte inne hymme toe

Kylle foe capytalle a Calfe there

Que Comme hytherre Hamblette ande fytte
bye mee

Ham Noe goode Motherre heres mettelle more
attractive

Pol Ho doe you marke thatte

Ham Shalle I lye i youre Lappe fwette Ladye

Oph Aye mye Lorde

Ham I meane mye heade onne youre Lappe 1880

HAMBLETTE.

3

forre I meante notte Countrye Matterres

Oph You are merrye mye Lorde

Ham Whatte I

Oph Aye you mye Lorde

Ham O God youre onlye Jygge makerre

Forre whatte ſhoude a Manne doe butte bee merrye

Forre marke howe chearfullye mye Motherre lookes

Ande mye fatherre dyedde whithinne two houres

Oph Naye tis twice twoe Moneths mye Lorde

Ham Whatte foe longe 1870

Naye Naye thenne lette the deville weare blacke

Forre I wille have a ſuite o Sables

O heavennes whatte dye butte twoe Moneths agoe

Ande notte forregottenne yette Thenne theres hope
indede

A greate Mans memorye maye outelive hys life

Bye halfe a yeare butte thenne by youre Ladye

Hee muſte builde Churches elfe looke you

Hee ſhalle ſufferre notte thynkynge ont

Ande thenne withe Dobyne ande the hobbyge horſe

Hee ſhalle goe goe forre hys Epytaphe 1880

Forre O forre O the hobbyge horſe is forgotte

Dumbe Showe

Kynge ande Queene verye lovynglye thenne

4

HAMBLETTE.

Pol Give oere the Playe

Kynge Quicke fome lyghte there

Alle Lyghtes Lyghtes

2020

Ham Whye lette the ftryckenne Deere goe weepe
The hearte unnegalledde playe

Forre fome muſte watche whilſte fome muſte fleepe

Soe runnes the Worlde awaye

Woude notte thys ande a foreſte o featherres

anne the reſte o mye forretunes turne Turke

Withe mee withe twoe Provyncyalle Rofes onne

Mye racedde Shoes gette mee a felloweſhyppe

Sir inne a crye o playerres

hor Halfe a Share mye Lorde

2030

ham A Whole onne I

Forre thou doſte knowe O Damonne deare

Thys Reygne dyſmantled was o Jove hymſelfe

Ande reygnes heere

A verye verye Peacocke

Hor Thou myghtſte ha rymd

Ham Goode Horatio Ile take the Ghoſtes Worde

Aye werte forre a thouſande Poundes

Dyſte notte perreceyve

Hor Verye welle mye Lorde

2040

HAMBLETTE.

5

Ham Uponne talke othe Poyſonynge

Hor Aye mye Lorde I dydde note hymme welle

Rofycnros ande Guildenneſtarne

Ham Hoa hoa Comme ſome Mufycke the Re-
corderres

Forre anne the Kynge lyke notte the Comedye

Whye thenne perchaunce he likes itte notte perredye

Comme ſome muſycke there

Guil Goode mye Lorde vouche mee oune Worde

Ham Anne whole hystorye Sir

Guil The Kynge

Ham Aye Sir whatte o hymme 2050

Guil Iſſe ins retyremente marvelouſe dyſtemperd

Ham Withe drynke Sir

Guil Noe Noe Lorde ratherre withe Cholerre

Ham Youre Wifdomme ſhould ſhewe itſelfe

Moure Riche anne the dydſte ſygnyſye

thys tos Doctorre forre mee toe putte hymme

Toe hys Purgatyonne woud perrehappes plunge

Y

6 HAMBLETTE.

Praye you bee rounde withe hymme

Hamblette withinne

Ham Motherre Motherre

Que Ile warrante you feare mee notte
Whithdrawe I heare hymme comynge

Hamblette

Ham Nowe Motherre what's the matterre

Que Hamblette thou haſte thye fatherre muche
offended

Ham Naye Motherre you have mye fatherre
muche offended

Que Come Come you anſwerre withe anne idle
Tongue

Ham Goe Goe tis you thatte queſtyonne withe
anne idle Tongue

Que Whye howe nowe Hamblette

Ham Welle ande what's the matterre nowe 2300

Que haſte thou forgotte mee

Ham Noe bye Roode notte quite foe

You are the Queene youre húſbandes brotherres wife

O woude you were notte foe you are mye Motherre

Que Naye Ile ſette thofe toe you thatte canne
ſpeake

Ham Comme comme ande ſytte you downe

HAMBLETTE.

7

You fhalle notte budge naye naye you goe notte
Tille I fette uppe a Glaffe where you maye fee
The innermofte parte o you

Que Whatte wilte thou doe thoult notte murderre
mee helpe there hoa helpe

2310

Pol Whatte hoa helpe helpe

Ham Howe nowe a Ratte

Dead forre a ducatte deade

Pol I am flayne

Que Ah me whatte haſte thou done

Ham I knowe notte is notte the Kynge

Que O whatte a rafhe ande bloodye deede is thys

Ham A bloodye deede almoſte as bad goode
Motherre

As kylle a kylle a Kynge ande marrye withe hys
Brotherre

2320

Que As kylle a Kynge

Ham Aye Ladye twas mye Worde

Thou wretchedde rafhe innetrudynge foole farewelle

I tooke thee forre thee betterres take thye forretune

Thou fyndſte toe bee too bufye is ſome dangerre

Leave wringing o youre handes Peace ſytte ye
downe

Ande lette mee wringe thatte hearte forre ſoe I
fhalle

Anne itte bee made o penetrable ſtuffe

Iſſe damnedde cuſtomme ha notte brazd itte ſoe