Note to King Lear, 1.5.1

Go you before to Gloucester with these letters.
Acquaint my daughter . . . : —This is confusing because the letter that Kent is supposed to deliver is clearly intended for Regan, not Gloucester. And later (Act 2, Scene 4, line 27 ff.) Kent says that he delivered the letter to Regan and her husband, the Duke of Cornwall, at their residence. He then goes on to say that they commanded him to follow them when they went to Gloucester's house. So Kent's journey ends at Gloucester's house, but that is not where he was sent. For more about this matter see A.C. Bradley, Shakespearean Tragedy, NOTE U.