Samuel Johnson [1778], The plays of William Shakspeare. In ten volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The second edition, Revised and Augmented (Printed for C. Bathurst [and] W. Strahan [etc.], London) [word count] [S10901].
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SCENE III.
A part of the heath.
Enter Edgar.
Edg.
I heard myself proclaim'd;
And, by the happy hollow of a tree,
Escap'd the hunt. No port is free; no place,
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That guard, and most unusual vigilance,
Does not attend my taking. While I may scape,
I will preserve myself: and am bethought
To take the basest and most poorest shape,
That ever penury, in contempt of man,
Brought near to beast: my face I'll grime with filth;
Blanket my loins; 2 note
elf all my hair in knots;
And with presented nakedness out-face
The winds, and persecutions of the sky.
The country gives me proof and precedent
Of Bedlam beggars3 note, who, with roaring voices,
Strike in their numb'd and mortify'd bare arms
Pins, wooden pricks4 note, nails, sprigs of rosemary;
And with this horrible object, from low farms5 note,
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6 note
Poor pelting villages, sheep-cotes, and mills,
Sometime with lunatic bans7 note
, sometime with prayers,
Inforce their charity.—8 note
Poor Turlygood! poor Tom!
That's something yet;—9 noteEdgar I nothing am.
[Exit.
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Samuel Johnson [1778], The plays of William Shakspeare. In ten volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The second edition, Revised and Augmented (Printed for C. Bathurst [and] W. Strahan [etc.], London) [word count] [S10901].
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