Charles Kean [1858], Shakespeare's tragedy of King Lear, arranged for representation at the Princess's Theatre, with historical and explanatory notes, by Charles Kean, F.S.A. as first performed on Saturday, April 17, 1858 (Printed by John K. Chapman and Co. [etc.], London) [word count] [S31100].
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Scene II.
—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,
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; elf all my hair in knots;14 note
And with presented nakedness out-face
The winds, and persecutions of the sky.
The country gives me proof and precedent
Of Bedlam beggars,(B)8Q0096 who, with roaring voices,
Strike in their numb'd and mortified bare arms
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Pins, sharp skewers, nails, sprigs of rosemary;
And with this horrible object, from low farms,
Poor pelting15 note villages, sheep-cotes, and mills,
Sometime with lunatic bans,16 note sometime with prayers,
Enforce their charity.—Poor Turlygood!(C)8Q0097 poor Tom!
That's something yet; Edgar I nothing am.17 note
[Exit.
Charles Kean [1858], Shakespeare's tragedy of King Lear, arranged for representation at the Princess's Theatre, with historical and explanatory notes, by Charles Kean, F.S.A. as first performed on Saturday, April 17, 1858 (Printed by John K. Chapman and Co. [etc.], London) [word count] [S31100].
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