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Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

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1

King Lear
[I, 1]

(stage directions)

32

Enter one bearing a coronet; then Lear; then the Dukes of Albany and Cornwall; next, Goneril, Regan, Cordelia, with Followers.

2

King Lear
[I, 1]

Earl of Kent

145

Royal Lear,
Whom I have ever honour'd as my king,
Lov'd as my father, as my master follow'd,
As my great patron thought on in my prayers-

3

King Lear
[I, 1]

Earl of Kent

150

Let it fall rather, though the fork invade
The region of my heart! Be Kent unmannerly
When Lear is mad. What wouldst thou do, old man?
Think'st thou that duty shall have dread to speak
When power to flattery bows? To plainness honour's bound
When majesty falls to folly. Reverse thy doom;
And in thy best consideration check
This hideous rashness. Answer my life my judgment,
Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least,
Nor are those empty-hearted whose low sound
Reverbs no hollowness.

4

King Lear
[I, 1]

Earl of Kent

166

See better, Lear, and let me still remain
The true blank of thine eye.

5

King Lear
[I, 1]

Duke of Burgundy

263

Royal Lear,
Give but that portion which yourself propos'd,
And here I take Cordelia by the hand,
Duchess of Burgundy.

6

King Lear
[I, 1]

(stage directions)

290

Flourish. Exeunt Lear, Burgundy, [Cornwall, Albany, Gloucester, and Attendants].

7

King Lear
[I, 4]

Earl of Kent

535

If but as well I other accents borrow,
That can my speech defuse, my good intent
May carry through itself to that full issue
For which I raz'd my likeness. Now, banish'd Kent,
If thou canst serve where thou dost stand condemn'd,
So may it come, thy master, whom thou lov'st,
Shall find thee full of labours.
Horns within. Enter Lear, [Knights,] and Attendants.

8

King Lear
[I, 4]

Fool

714

Thou wast a pretty fellow when thou hadst no need to care for
her frowning. Now thou art an O without a figure. I am better
than thou art now: I am a fool, thou art nothing.
[To Goneril] Yes, forsooth, I will hold my tongue. So your face
bids me, though you say nothing. Mum, mum!
He that keeps nor crust nor crum,
Weary of all, shall want some.-
[Points at Lear] That's a sheal'd peascod.

9

King Lear
[I, 4]

Lear

748

Doth any here know me? This is not Lear.
Doth Lear walk thus? speak thus? Where are his eyes?
Either his notion weakens, his discernings
Are lethargied- Ha! waking? 'Tis not so!
Who is it that can tell me who I am?

10

King Lear
[I, 4]

Lear

788

[to Goneril] Detested kite, thou liest!
My train are men of choice and rarest parts,
That all particulars of duty know
And in the most exact regard support
The worships of their name.- O most small fault,
How ugly didst thou in Cordelia show!
Which, like an engine, wrench'd my frame of nature
From the fix'd place; drew from my heart all love
And added to the gall. O Lear, Lear, Lear!
Beat at this gate that let thy folly in [Strikes his head.]
And thy dear judgment out! Go, go, my people.

11

King Lear
[I, 4]

(stage directions)

821

Enter Lear.

12

King Lear
[I, 4]

(stage directions)

840

Exeunt [Lear, Kent, and Attendants].

13

King Lear
[I, 4]

Fool

846

Nuncle Lear, nuncle Lear, tarry! Take the fool with thee.
A fox when one has caught her,
And such a daughter,
Should sure to the slaughter,
If my cap would buy a halter.
So the fool follows after. Exit.

14

King Lear
[II, 4]

(stage directions)

1273

Enter Lear, Fool, and Gentleman.

15

King Lear
[II, 4]

Fool

1362

Not i' th' stocks, fool.
Enter Lear and Gloucester

16

King Lear
[II, 4]

(stage directions)

1588

Exeunt Lear, Gloucester, Kent, and Fool. Storm and tempest.

17

King Lear
[III, 2]

(stage directions)

1677

Enter Lear and Fool.

18

King Lear
[III, 2]

(stage directions)

1759

Exeunt [Lear and Kent].

19

King Lear
[III, 4]

(stage directions)

1800

Enter Lear, Kent, and Fool.

20

King Lear
[III, 6]

(stage directions)

2006

Enter Gloucester, Lear, Kent, Fool, and Edgar.