George Colman [1768], The history of King Lear. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden (Printed for R. Baldwin... and T. Becket, and Co. [etc.], London) [word count] [S34900].
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Scene 3
SCENE changes to a part of a Heath.
Enter Edgar.
Edg.
I've 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. Whiles I may 'scape,
I will preserve myself: and am bethought
To take the basest and the poorest shape,
That ever Penury in contempt of man
Brought near to beast: my face I will besmear,
Blanket my loins; elfe all my hair in knots;
And out-face
The winds, and persecutions of the sky.
The country gives me proof and precedent
Of bedlam beggars, who, with roaring voices,
Strike in their numb'd and mortify'd bare arms
Pins, iron-spikes, thorns, sprigs of rosemary;
And thus from sheep-cotes, villages, and mills,
Inforce their charity; poor Turlygood! poor Tom!
That's something yet: Edgar I nothing am.
[Exit.
George Colman [1768], The history of King Lear. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden (Printed for R. Baldwin... and T. Becket, and Co. [etc.], London) [word count] [S34900].
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