Lear X

Gloucester's bastard son 
 duped his noble-born brother 
 to seem the villain

Lear IX

Lear's youngest daughter 
 proved the best man of the bunch 
 Elizabeth Rex

Lear VIII

For want of a son 
 Lear left Britain to his girls 
 see: Henry VIII

Lear VII

Lear, in his folly 
 left Britain to his daughters 
 Tudors took it ill

Lear VI

Poor Dustin Hoffman! 
 too old to play Romeo 
 too short to play Lear

Lear V

Dog-hearted daughters 

 vied to love their father less 

 and the bastard more