King. Hamlet, this deed, for thine especial safety, Which we do tender, as we dearly grieve thee hence [self; Ham. Goes it against the main of Poland, Or for some frontier? [sir, Cap. Truly to speak, sir, and with no ad- We go to gain a little patch of ground, Ham. King. Ham. For England? Ay, Hamlet. Good. King. So is it, if thou knew'st our purposes. Ham. I see a cherub, that sees them.-But, come; for England!-Farewell, dear mother. King. Thy loving father, Hamlet, Hum. My mother: Father and mother is man and wife; man and wife is one flesh; and so, my mother. Come, for England. [Exit. King. Follow him at foot; tempt him with speed aboard; Delay it not, I'll have him hence to-night: Away; for every thing is seal'd and done That else leans on the affair: Pray you, make haste. [Exeunt Ros. and GUIL. And, England, if my love thou hold'st at aught, (As my great power thereof may give thee sense; Since yet thy cicatrice looks raw and red Our sovereign process; which imports at full, SCENE IV. A Plain in Denmark. I will do't, my lord. Ham. Good sir, whose powers ¶ are these? Cap. They are of Norway, sir. Ham. How purposed, sir, Cup. Against some part of Poland. Ham. Commands them, sir? Who [bras. Cup. The nephew to old Norway, Fortin Right, ready. + Atteud. Presence. ¶ Forces. ** Polander. 5 Grow mouldy. To pay five ducats, five, I would not farm it; Cap. Yes, 'tis already garrison'd. Ham. Two thousand souls, and twenty thousand ducats, Will not debate the question of this straw: This is the imposthume of much wealth and peace: font That inward breaks, and shows no cause withWhy the man dies.-I humbly thank you, sir. Cap. God be wi'you, sir. [Exit Captain. Ros. Will't please you go, my lord? Ham. I will be with you straight. Go a little before. [Exeunt Ros, and GUIL. How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge! What is a man, If his chief good, and market+t of his time, Be but to sleep, and feed? a beast, no more. Sure, he, that made us with such large dis course, Looking before, and after, gave us not And, ever, three parts coward,-I do not know Why yet I live to say, This thing's to do; Sith¶ I have cause, and will, and strength, and means, To do't. Examples, gross as earth, exhort me: SCENE V. Elsinore. A Room in the Castle. Enter Queen and HORATIO. Queen. I will not speak with her. Hor. She is importunate; indeed, distraet; Her mood will needs be pitied. Queen. What would she have! Hor. She speaks much of her father; says, she hears, [beats her heart; There's tricks i'the world; and hems, and Spurns enviously at straws; speaks things in [thing, doubt, That carry but half sense: her speech is no- Which, as her winks, and nods, and gestures Indeed would make one think, there might be thought, Though nothing sure, yet much unhappily. Dangerous conjectures in ill-breeding minds : Re-enter HORATIO, with OPHELIA. So would I ha' done, by yonder sun, An thou hadst not come to my bed. King. How long hath she been thus? Oph. I hope, all will be well. We must be patient but I cannot choose but weep, to think, they should lay him i'the cold ground: My brother shall know of it, and so I thank you for your good counsel. Come, my coach: Good night, ladies; good night, sweet ladies! Oph. Where is the beauteous majesty of good night, good night. Denmark? Queen. How now, Ophelia ? Oph. How should I your true love know By his cockle hat and staff, Oph. Say you? nay, pray you, mark. He is dead and gone, lady, [Sings. Pray you, mark. ph. Larded all with sweet flowers; King. How do you, pretty lady? King. Conceit upon her father. Oph. Pray, let us have no words of this; 1 pray you. [Exit. King Follow her close; give her good watch, [Exit HORATIO. O! this is the poison of deep grief; it springs All from her father's death: And now behold, O Gertrude, Gertrude, [spies, When sorrows come, they come not single But in battalions! First, her father slain; Next, your son gone; and he most violent author Last, and as much containing as all these, King. Attend. + Saints in the Roman Catholic calenda:. Privately. Where are my Switzers! Let them guard the Gent. Save yourself, my lord; O, this is counter §, you false Danish dogs. Dan. We will, we will. And, like the kind life-rend'ring pelican, Why, now you speak Like a good child, and a true gentleman. Laer. How now! what noise is that? O heat, dry up my brains! tears seven times Burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye!- weight, Till our scale turn the beam. O rose of May ! Oph. They bore him barefaced on the bier : Laer. Hadst thou thy wits, and didst perIt could not move thus. [suade revenge, [They retire without the door. Laer. Where is my father? Oph. You must sing, Down-a-down, an you call him a-down-a. O, how the wheel ++ becomes it! It is the false steward, that stole his master's daughter. Laer. This nothing's more than matter. Oph. There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray you, love, remember: and there pansies, that's for thoughts. Laer. A document in madness; thoughts and remembrance fitted. Dead. Oph. There's fennel for you, and colum But not by him. bines :-there's rue for you; and here's some King. Let him demand his fill. [gled with: for me:-we may call it, herb of grace o'SunLaer. How came he dead? I'll not be jug-days:-you may wear your rue with a differTo hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience, and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation: To this point I stand,That both the worlds I give to negligence, Let come what comes; only I'll be revenged, Most thoroughly for my father. King. Who shall stay you? King. Good Laertes, If you desire to know the certainty [revenge, your [and foe, Laer. None but his enemies. King. Will you know them then? Laer. To his good friends thus wide I'll ope my arms; * Guards. ** Artful. ence.-There's a daisy :-I would give you some violets; but they withered all, when my father died-They say, he made a good end, For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy.— [Sings. Laer. Thought §§ and affliction, passion, hell She turns to favour, and to prettiness. [itself, Oph. And will he not come again? [Sings. And will he not come again? + Bounds. No, no, he is dead, Go to thy death-bed, He never will come again. His beard was as white as snow, He is gone, he is gone, § Hounds run counter when they trace the scent backwards. Appear. + The burthen. of grace" mine is merely rue, i. e., sorrow. And of all Christian souls! I be wi' you! pray God. God Come, I will give you way for these your [grief, And do't the speedier, that you may direct me Laer. Do you see this, O God? [me: Be you content to lend your patience to us, Let this be so; Laer. No noble rite, nor formal ostentation,- King. Hor. What are they, that would speak with [Exeunt. SCENE VII. Another Room in the same. King. Now must your conscience my ac quittance seal, And you must put me in your heart for friend; Laer. It well appears :-But tell me, As by your safety, greatness, wisdom, all things Laer. And so have I a noble father lost; come. King. Break not your sleeps for that: you And think it pastime. You shortly shall hear 1 Sail. He shall, sir, an't please him. There's a letter for you, sir: it comes from the ambassador that was bound for England; if your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is. Hor. [Reads.] Horatio, when thou shalt have overlooked this, give these fellows some means to the king: they have letters for him. Ere we were two days old at sea, a pirate of very warlike appointment gave us chase: Finding ourselves too slow of sail, we put on a compelled valour, and in the grapple I boarded them: on the instant, they got clear of our ship, so I alone became their prisoner. They have dealt with Enter a Messenger. me, like thieves of mercy; but they knew Mess. Letters, my lord, from Hamlet: what they did; I am to do a good turn This to your majesty; this to the queen. for them. Let the king have the letters I King. From Hamlet! who brought them? have sent and repair thou to me with as Mess. Sailors, my lord, they say I saw much haste as thou wouldst fly death. 1 them not; have words to speak in thine ear, will make They were given me by Claudio, he received thee dumb; yet are they much too light for Of him that brought them. the bore of the matter. These good fellows will bring thee where I am. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern hold their course for England: of them I have much to tell thee. Farewell. He that thou knowest thine, * Since. HAMLET. [them King. Laertes, you shall hear them:Leave us. [Exit Messenger. [Reads.] High and mighty, you shall know, I am set naked on your kingdom. To-mor row shall I beg leave to see your kingly eyes: when I shall, first asking your pardon there § Petrifying springs are common in many parts of England. Chains. unto, recount the occasion of my sudden and more strange return. Hamlet. What should this mean! Are all the rest come Or is it some abuse, and no such thing? [back? Laer. Know you the hand? King. Tis Hamlet's character. Naked,And in a postscript here, he says, alone: Can you advise me? [come; King. Ay, my lord; return'd, As checking at his voyage, and that he means King. Did not together pluck such envy from him, Laer. Here was a gentleman of Normandy, French, Had witchcraft in't; he grew unto his seat; A Norman, was't? King. A Norman. Laer. Upon my life, Lamord. King. The very same. Laer. I know him well: he is the brooch 1, And gem of all the nation. [indeed, King. He made confession of you; And gave you such a masterly report, For art and exercise in your defences, * Objecting to. And for your rapier most especial. He swore, had neither motion, guard, nor eye, Laer. your father; But that I know, love is begun by time; And hath abatements and delays as many, Laer. To cut his throat i'the church. King. No place, indeed, should murder sauctuarize; [Laertes, Revenge should have no bounds, But, good Will you do this, keep close within your chamber: [home: Hamlet, return'd, shall know you are come I will do't: And wager o'er your heads: he, being remiss, Let's further think of this; 6 Science of defence, i. e., fencing. **Not Lluuted as foils are. Daily experience. |