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 Do comfort and not burn,’ Lear, iv. 176, and ‘Thou sun, that comfort’st, burn!’ Timon, i. 134.

(4) The likeness in style and versification (so far as the purely Shakespearean parts of Timon are concerned) is surely unmistakable, but some readers may like to see an example. Lear speaks here ( vi. 164 ff.):

And Timon speaks here ( iii. 1 ff.):

The reader may wish to know whether metrical tests throw any light on the chronological position of Timon; and he will find