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On 4/11/2014 6:41 PM, David Bircumshaw wrote: > that's quite funny Ken but maybe misplaced. The other day I was out walking > by Leire (reputed source of the river, as in Hie We Then to Leicester's > capit) and a guy I know who is a mine of local history told me that it was > now believed by scholars that Lear meant 'mud', as in the muddy river, as > in the mudcastle, the city by it, as in the tragic history of King (we bow > our heads to him) Mud. > > best > > dave > That is TOO funny! King Mud? One step up from King Shit. One can only guess at what Shakespeare knew. Maybe I can work a muddy river into a rewrite.... ken