At Chester, while he, [
Edgar
] lived at more than kingly charge.
Eight tributary kings they rowed him in his barge.
Drayton,
Polyolbion
, xii. (1613).
Edgar, son of Gloucester, and his lawful heir. He was disinherited by Edmund, natural son of the earl.—Shakespeare, King Lear (1605).
This was one of the characters of Robert Wilks (1670-1732), and also of Charles Kemble (1774-1854).