Kent. I have a journey, fir, shortly to go;
My master calls, and I must not say, noi,

* Alb. The weight of this sad time we must obey,
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.
The oldest hath born most; we that are young,
Shall never fee so much, nor live so long.

"[Exeunt with a dead march.

h So the qu's; the rest calls me, I must not, &c.

i Here all but the qu's and H. make Kent die. But this direction is juftly left out; for Kent only declines the share in the government offered him by Albany, on account of his age: how unexpectedly and aukwardly would he die, after saying only, he had a journey shortly to go, and without bidding farewel, or difcovering any symptoms of death.

* The fo's and R. give this speech to Edgar.

1 The two last lines, as they stand, are filly and falfe; and are only inferted that any one may alter them for the better if he can. H. has not made them a jot better by the following alteration,

The oldest hath born moft; we that are young
Shall never fee fo much, live c'er so long.

The qu's read have for hath.

• This direction is not in the qu's.

FINIS.

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