Gloucester
“with these letters—Go you before to,”
KING LEAR, i. 5. 1.
Here Gloucester
“is to be understood of the town of that name, as is evident
from the ‘there’ at the end of this speech. It is made the residence of
Regan and Cornwal, to give likelihood to an ensuing scene's action,— their late
quitting it, and evening visit to Gloucester in a castle of his residence, which we may
suppose in its neighbourhood. Earls, in old time, had some dominion in the counties that
gave them their titles, and resided there usually”
(CAPELL)
.