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Table of Contents<\/a><\/p>\n

ACT II SCENE II\ufffd<\/b> Setting: A room in the castle.<\/p>\n

[Enter\ufffdKING CLAUDIUS, QUEEN GERTRUDE, ROSENCRANTZ, GUILDENSTERN, and Attendants ]<\/p>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nWelcome, dear Rosencrantz and Guildenstern!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nMoreover that we much did long to see you,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThe need we have to use you did provoke<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nOur hasty sending. Something have you heard<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nOf Hamlet's transformation; so call it,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nSith nor the exterior nor the inward man<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nResembles that it was. What it should be,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nMore than his father's death, that thus hath put him<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nSo much from the understanding of himself,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nI cannot dream of: I entreat you both,<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThat, being of so young days brought up with him,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd sith so neighbour'd to his youth and havior,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThat you vouchsafe your rest here in our court<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nSome little time: so by your companies<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nTo draw him on to pleasures, and to gather,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nSo much as from occasion you may glean,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nWhether aught, to us unknown, afflicts him thus,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThat, open'd, lies within our remedy.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nQUEEN GERTRUDE<\/td>\nGood gentlemen, he hath much talk'd of you;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd sure I am two men there are not living<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nTo whom he more adheres. If it will please you<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nTo show us so much gentry and good will<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAs to expend your time with us awhile,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nFor the supply and profit of our hope,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nYour visitation shall receive such thanks<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAs fits a king's remembrance.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nBoth your majesties<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nMight, by the sovereign power you have of us,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nPut your dread pleasures more into command<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThan to entreaty.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGUILDENSTERN<\/td>\nBut we both obey,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd here give up ourselves, in the full bent<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nTo lay our service freely at your feet,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nTo be commanded.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nThanks, Rosencrantz and gentle Guildenstern.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nQUEEN GERTRUDE<\/td>\nThanks, Guildenstern and gentle Rosencrantz:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd I beseech you instantly to visit<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nMy too much changed son. Go, some of you,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd bring these gentlemen where Hamlet is.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGUILDENSTERN<\/td>\nHeavens make our presence and our practises<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nPleasant and helpful to him!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nQUEEN GERTRUDE<\/td>\nAy, amen!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[ Exeunt ROSENCRANTZ, GUILDENSTERN, and some Attendants]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
[Enter POLONIUS]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nThe ambassadors from Norway, my good lord,<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAre joyfully return'd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KING CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nThou still hast been the father of good news.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nHave I, my lord? I assure my good liege,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI hold my duty, as I hold my soul,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBoth to my God and to my gracious king:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd I do think, or else this brain of mine<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHunts not the trail of policy so sure<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs it hath used to do, that I have found<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe very cause of Hamlet's lunacy.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KING CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nO, speak of that; that do I long to hear.<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nGive first admittance to the ambassadors;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMy news shall be the fruit to that great feast.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KING CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nThyself do grace to them, and bring them in.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Exit POLONIUS]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe tells me, my dear Gertrude, he hath found<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe head and source of all your son's distemper.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUEEN GERTRUDE<\/td>\nI doubt it is no other but the main;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHis father's death, and our o'erhasty marriage.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KING CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nWell, we shall sift him.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Re–enter POLONIUS, with VOLTIMAND and CORNELIUS]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nWelcome, my good friends!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSay, Voltimand, what from our brother Norway?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VOLTIMAND<\/td>\nMost fair return of greetings and desires.<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUpon our first, he sent out to suppress<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHis nephew's levies; which to him appear'd<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo be a preparation 'gainst the Polack;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut, better look'd into, he truly found<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt was against your highness: whereat grieved,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat so his sickness, age and impotence<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWas falsely borne in hand, sends out arrests<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOn Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nReceives rebuke from Norway, and in fine<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMakes vow before his uncle never more<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo give the assay of arms against your majesty.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhereon old Norway, overcome with joy,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGives him three thousand crowns in annual fee,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd his commission to employ those soldiers,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo levied as before, against the Polack:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith an entreaty, herein further shown,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Giving a paper]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat it might please you to give quiet pass<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThrough your dominions for this enterprise,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOn such regards of safety and allowance<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs therein are set down.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KING CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nIt likes us well;<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd at our more consider'd time well read,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnswer, and think upon this business.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMeantime we thank you for your well–took labour:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGo to your rest; at night we'll feast together:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMost welcome home!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Exeunt VOLTIMAND and CORNELIUS]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nThis business is well ended.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMy liege, and madam, to expostulate<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat majesty should be, what duty is,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhy day is day, night night, and time is time,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWere nothing but to waste night, day and time.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTherefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI will be brief: your noble son is mad:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMad call I it; for, to define true madness,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat is't but to be nothing else but mad?<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut let that go.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUEEN GERTRUDE<\/td>\nMore matter, with less art.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nMadam, I swear I use no art at all.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat he is mad, 'tis true: 'tis true 'tis pity;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd pity 'tis 'tis true: a foolish figure;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut farewell it, for I will use no art.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMad let us grant him, then: and now remains<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat we find out the cause of this effect,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOr rather say, the cause of this defect,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor this effect defective comes by cause:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThus it remains, and the remainder thus. Perpend.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI have a daughter––have while she is mine––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWho, in her duty and obedience, mark,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHath given me this: now gather, and surmise.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Reads]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo the celestial and my soul's idol, the most<\/td>\n110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nbeautified Ophelia,'––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat's an ill phrase, a vile phrase; 'beautified' is<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\na vile phrase: but you shall hear. Thus:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Reads]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n'In her excellent white bosom, these, &c.'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUEEN GERTRUDE<\/td>\nCame this from Hamlet to her?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nGood madam, stay awhile; I will be faithful.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Reads]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n'Doubt thou the stars are fire;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDoubt that the sun doth move;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDoubt truth to be a liar;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut never doubt I love.<\/td>\n119<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n'O dear Ophelia, I am ill at these numbers;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI have not art to reckon my groans: but that<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI love thee best, O most best, believe it. Adieu.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n'Thine evermore most dear lady, whilst<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthis machine is to him, HAMLET.'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis, in obedience, hath my daughter shown me,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd more above, hath his solicitings,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs they fell out by time, by means and place,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAll given to mine ear.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KING CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nBut how hath she<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nReceived his love?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat do you think of me?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KING CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nAs of a man faithful and honourable.<\/td>\n130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nI would fain prove so. But what might you think,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen I had seen this hot love on the wing––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs I perceived it, I must tell you that,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBefore my daughter told me––what might you,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOr my dear majesty your queen here, think,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf I had play'd the desk or table–book,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOr given my heart a winking, mute and dumb,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOr look'd upon this love with idle sight;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat might you think? No, I went round to work,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd my young mistress thus I did bespeak:<\/td>\n140<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLord Hamlet is a prince, out of thy star;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis must not be:' and then I precepts gave her,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat she should lock herself from his resort,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAdmit no messengers, receive no tokens.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich done, she took the fruits of my advice;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd he, repulsed––a short tale to make––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFell into a sadness, then into a fast,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThence to a watch, thence into a weakness,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThence to a lightness, and, by this declension,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nInto the madness wherein now he raves,<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd all we mourn for.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KING CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nDo you think 'tis this?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUEEN GERTRUDE<\/td>\nIt may be, very likely.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nHath there been such a time––I'd fain know that––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat I have positively said 'Tis so,'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen it proved otherwise?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KING CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nNot that I know.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\n[Pointing to his head and shoulder]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTake this from this, if this be otherwise:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf circumstances lead me, I will find<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhere truth is hid, though it were hid indeed<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWithin the centre.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KING CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nHow may we try it further?<\/td>\n159<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nYou know, sometimes he walks four hours together<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHere in the lobby.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUEEN GERTRUDE<\/td>\nSo he does indeed.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nAt such a time I'll loose my daughter to him:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBe you and I behind an arras then;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMark the encounter: if he love her not<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd be not from his reason fall'n thereon,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet me be no assistant for a state,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut keep a farm and carters.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KING CLAUDIUS<\/td>\nWe will try it.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUEEN GERTRUDE<\/td>\nBut, look, where sadly the poor wretch comes reading.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nAway, I do beseech you, both away:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI'll board him presently.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[ Exeunt KING CLAUDIUS, QUEEN GERTRUDE, and Attendants ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
[Enter HAMLET, reading]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO, give me leave:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHow does my good Lord Hamlet?<\/td>\n170<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nWell, God–a–mercy.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nDo you know me, my lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nExcellent well; you are a fishmonger.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nNot I, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nThen I would you were so honest a man.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nHonest, my lord!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nAy, sir; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\none man picked out of ten thousand.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nThat's very true, my lord.<\/td>\n180<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nFor if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ngod kissing carrion,––Have you a daughter?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nI have, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nLet her not walk i' the sun: conception is a<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nblessing: but not as your daughter may conceive.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFriend, look to 't.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\n[Aside]\ufffdHow say you by that? Still harping on my<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ndaughter: yet he knew me not at first; he said I<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwas a fishmonger: he is far gone, far gone: and<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntruly in my youth I suffered much extremity for<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nlove; very near this. I'll speak to him again.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat do you read, my lord?<\/td>\n190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nWords, words, words.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nWhat is the matter, my lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nBetween who?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nI mean, the matter that you read, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nSlanders, sir: for the satirical rogue says here<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthat old men have grey beards, that their faces are<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nplum–tree gum and that they have a plentiful lack of<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwit, together with most weak hams: all which, sir,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthough I most powerfully and potently believe, yet<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI hold it not honesty to have it thus set down, for<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nyourself, sir, should be old as I am, if like a crab<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nyou could go backward.<\/td>\n202<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\n[Aside]\ufffdThough this be madness, yet there is method<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nin 't. Will you walk out of the air, my lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nInto my grave.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nIndeed, that is out o' the air.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Aside]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHow pregnant sometimes his replies are! a happiness<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthat often madness hits on, which reason and sanity<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncould not so prosperously be delivered of. I will<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nleave him, and suddenly contrive the means of<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmeeting between him and my daughter.––My honourable<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nlord, I will most humbly take my leave of you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nYou cannot, sir, take from me any thing that I will<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmore willingly part withal: except my life, except<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmy life, except my life.<\/td>\n214<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nFare you well, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nThese tedious old fools!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Enter ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nYou go to seek the Lord Hamlet; there he is.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\n[To POLONIUS]\ufffdGod save you, sir!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Exit POLONIUS]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GUILDENSTERN<\/td>\nMy honoured lord!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nMy most dear lord!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nMy excellent good friends! How dost thou,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGuildenstern? Ah, Rosencrantz! Good lads, how do ye both?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nAs the indifferent children of the earth.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GUILDENSTERN<\/td>\nHappy, in that we are not over–happy;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOn fortune's cap we are not the very button.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nNor the soles of her shoe?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nNeither, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nThen you live about her waist, or in the middle of<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nher favours?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GUILDENSTERN<\/td>\nFaith, her privates we.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nIn the secret parts of fortune? O, most true; she<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nis a strumpet. What's the news?<\/td>\n229<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nNone, my lord, but that the world's grown honest.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nThen is doomsday near: but your news is not true.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet me question more in particular: what have you,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmy good friends, deserved at the hands of fortune,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthat she sends you to prison hither?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GUILDENSTERN<\/td>\nPrison, my lord!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nDenmark's a prison.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nThen is the world one.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nA goodly one; in which there are many confines,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwards and dungeons, Denmark being one o' the worst.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nWe think not so, my lord.<\/td>\n240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nWhy, then, 'tis none to you; for there is nothing<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\neither good or bad, but thinking makes it so: to me<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nit is a prison.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nWhy then, your ambition makes it one; 'tis too<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nnarrow for your mind.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nO God, I could be bounded in a nut shell and count<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmyself a king of infinite space, were it not that I<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nhave bad dreams.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GUILDENSTERN<\/td>\nWhich dreams indeed are ambition, for the very<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsubstance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nA dream itself is but a shadow.<\/td>\n251<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nTruly, and I hold ambition of so airy and light a<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nquality that it is but a shadow's shadow.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nThen are our beggars bodies, and our monarchs and<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\noutstretched heroes the beggars' shadows. Shall we<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nto the court? for, by my fay, I cannot reason.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GUILDENSTERN<\/td>\nWe'll wait upon you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nNo such matter: I will not sort you with the rest<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nof my servants, for, to speak to you like an honest<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nman, I am most dreadfully attended. But, in the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nbeaten way of friendship, what make you at Elsinore?<\/td>\n261<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nTo visit you, my lord; no other occasion.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nBeggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks; but I<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthank you: and sure, dear friends, my thanks are<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntoo dear a halfpenny. Were you not sent for? Is it<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nyour own inclining? Is it a free visitation? Come,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ndeal justly with me: come, come; nay, speak.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GUILDENSTERN<\/td>\nWhat should we say, my lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nWhy, any thing, but to the purpose. You were sent<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nfor; and there is a kind of confession in your looks<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwhich your modesties have not craft enough to colour:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI know the good king and queen have sent for you.<\/td>\n272<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nTo what end, my lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nThat you must teach me. But let me conjure you, by<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthe rights of our fellowship, by the consonancy of<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nour youth, by the obligation of our ever–preserved<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nlove, and by what more dear a better proposer could<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncharge you withal, be even and direct with me,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwhether you were sent for, or no?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\n[Aside to GUILDENSTERN]\ufffdWhat say you?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\n[Aside]\ufffdNay, then, I have an eye of you.––If you<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nlove me, hold not off.<\/td>\n281<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GUILDENSTERN<\/td>\nMy lord, we were sent for.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nI will tell you why; so shall my anticipation<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nprevent your discovery, and your secrecy to the king<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nand queen moult no feather. I have of late––but<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwherefore I know not––lost all my mirth, forgone all<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncustom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwith my disposition that this goodly frame, the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nearth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nexcellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\no'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwith golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nme than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nhow infinite in faculty! in form and moving how<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nexpress and admirable! in action how like an angel!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nin apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nworld! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwhat is this quintessence of dust? man delights not<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nme: no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling<\/td>\n301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nyou seem to say so.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nMy lord, there was no such stuff in my thoughts.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nWhy did you laugh then, when I said 'man delights not me'?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nTo think, my lord, if you delight not in man, what<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nlenten entertainment the players shall receive from<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nyou: we coted them on the way; and hither are they<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncoming, to offer you service.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nHe that plays the king shall be welcome; his majesty<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nshall have tribute of me; the adventurous knight<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nshall use his foil and target; the lover shall not<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsigh gratis; the humourous man shall end his part<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nin peace; the clown shall make those laugh whose<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nlungs are tickled o' the sere; and the lady shall<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsay her mind freely, or the blank verse shall halt<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nfor't. What players are they?<\/td>\n312<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nEven those you were wont to take delight in, the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntragedians of the city.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nHow chances it they travel? their residence, both<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nin reputation and profit, was better both ways.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nI think their inhibition comes by the means of the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nlate innovation.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nDo they hold the same estimation they did when I was<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nin the city? are they so followed?<\/td>\n320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nNo, indeed, are they not.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nHow comes it? do they grow rusty?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nNay, their endeavour keeps in the wonted pace: but<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthere is, sir, an aery of children, little eyases,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthat cry out on the top of question, and are most<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntyrannically clapped for't: these are now the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nfashion, and so berattle the common stages––so they<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncall them––that many wearing rapiers are afraid of<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ngoose–quills and dare scarce come thither.<\/td>\n328<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nWhat, are they children? who maintains 'em? how are<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthey escoted? Will they pursue the quality no<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nlonger than they can sing? will they not say<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nafterwards, if they should grow themselves to common<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nplayers––as it is most like, if their means are no<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nbetter––their writers do them wrong, to make them<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nexclaim against their own succession?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nFaith, there has been much to do on both sides; and<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthe nation holds it no sin to tarre them to<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncontroversy: there was, for a while, no money bid<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nfor argument, unless the poet and the player went to<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncuffs in the question.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nIs't possible?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GUILDENSTERN<\/td>\nO, there has been much throwing about of brains.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nDo the boys carry it away?<\/td>\n341<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nAy, that they do, my lord; Hercules and his load too.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nIt is not very strange; for mine uncle is king of<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDenmark, and those that would make mows at him while<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmy father lived, give twenty, forty, fifty, an<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nhundred ducats a–piece for his picture in little.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSblood, there is something in this more than<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nnatural, if philosophy could find it out.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Flourish of trumpets within]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
GUILDENSTERN<\/td>\nThere are the players.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nGentlemen, you are welcome to Elsinore. Your hands,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncome then: the appurtenance of welcome is fashion<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nand ceremony: let me comply with you in this garb,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nlest my extent to the players, which, I tell you,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmust show fairly outward, should more appear like<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nentertainment than yours. You are welcome: but my<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nuncle–father and aunt–mother are deceived.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GUILDENSTERN<\/td>\nIn what, my dear lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nI am but mad north–north–west: when the wind is<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsoutherly I know a hawk from a handsaw.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Enter POLONIUS]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nWell be with you, gentlemen!<\/td>\n359<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nHark you, Guildenstern; and you too: at each ear a<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nhearer: that great baby you see there is not yet<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nout of his swaddling–clouts.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nHappily he's the second time come to them; for they<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsay an old man is twice a child.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nI will prophesy he comes to tell me of the players;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmark it. You say right, sir: o' Monday morning;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntwas so indeed.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nMy lord, I have news to tell you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nMy lord, I have news to tell you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen Roscius was an actor in Rome,––<\/td>\n370<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nThe actors are come hither, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nBuz, buz!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nUpon mine honour,––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nThen came each actor on his ass,––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nThe best actors in the world, either for tragedy,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncomedy, history, pastoral, pastoral–comical,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nhistorical–pastoral, tragical–historical, tragical–<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncomical–historical–pastoral, scene individable, or<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\npoem unlimited: Seneca cannot be too heavy, nor<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPlautus too light. For the law of writ and the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nliberty, these are the only men.<\/td>\n380<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nO Jephthah, judge of Israel, what a treasure hadst thou!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nWhat a treasure had he, my lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nWhy,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOne fair daughter and no more,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe which he loved passing well.'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\n[Aside]\ufffdStill on my daughter.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nAm I not i' the right, old Jephthah?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nIf you call me Jephthah, my lord, I have a daughter<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthat I love passing well.<\/td>\n390<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nNay, that follows not.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nWhat follows, then, my lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nWhy,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs by lot, God wot,'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nand then, you know,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt came to pass, as most like it was,'––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthe first row of the pious chanson will show you<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmore; for look, where my abridgement comes.<\/td>\n398<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Enter four or five Players]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nYou are welcome, masters; welcome, all. I am glad<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nto see thee well. Welcome, good friends. O, my old<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nfriend! thy face is valenced since I saw thee last:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncomest thou to beard me in Denmark? What, my young<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nlady and mistress! By'r lady, your ladyship is<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nnearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\naltitude of a chopine. Pray God, your voice, like<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\napiece of uncurrent gold, be not cracked within the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nring. Masters, you are all welcome. We'll e'en<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nto't like French falconers, fly at any thing we see:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwe'll have a speech straight: come, give us a taste<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nof your quality; come, a passionate speech.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Player<\/td>\nWhat speech, my lord?<\/td>\n410<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nI heard thee speak me a speech once, but it was<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nnever acted; or, if it was, not above once; for the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nplay, I remember, pleased not the million; 'twas<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncaviare to the general: but it was––as I received<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nit, and others, whose judgments in such matters<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncried in the top of mine––an excellent play, well<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ndigested in the scenes, set down with as much<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmodesty as cunning. I remember, one said there<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwere no sallets in the lines to make the matter<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsavoury, nor no matter in the phrase that might<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nindict the author of affectation; but called it an<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nhonest method, as wholesome as sweet, and by very<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmuch more handsome than fine. One speech in it I<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nchiefly loved: 'twas Aeneas' tale to Dido; and<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthereabout of it especially, where he speaks of<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPriam's slaughter: if it live in your memory, begin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nat this line: let me see, let me see––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe rugged Pyrrhus, like the Hyrcanian beast,'––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nit is not so:––it begins with Pyrrhus:––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe rugged Pyrrhus, he whose sable arms,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBlack as his purpose, did the night resemble<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen he lay couched in the ominous horse,<\/td>\n430<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHath now this dread and black complexion smear'd<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith heraldry more dismal; head to foot<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow is he total gules; horridly trick'd<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith blood of fathers, mothers, daughters, sons,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBaked and impasted with the parching streets,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat lend a tyrannous and damned light<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo their lord's murder: roasted in wrath and fire,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd thus o'er–sized with coagulate gore,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith eyes like carbuncles, the hellish Pyrrhus<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOld grandsire Priam seeks.'<\/td>\n440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo, proceed you.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nFore God, my lord, well spoken, with good accent and<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ngood discretion.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Player<\/td>\nAnon he finds him<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStriking too short at Greeks; his antique sword,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRebellious to his arm, lies where it falls,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRebellious to his arm, lies where it falls,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRepugnant to command: unequal match'd,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPyrrhus at Priam drives; in rage strikes wide;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut with the whiff and wind of his fell sword<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe unnerved father falls. Then senseless Ilium,<\/td>\n450<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSeeming to feel this blow, with flaming top<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStoops to his base, and with a hideous crash<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTakes prisoner Pyrrhus' ear: for, lo! his sword,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich was declining on the milky head<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf reverend Priam, seem'd i' the air to stick:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo, as a painted tyrant, Pyrrhus stood,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd like a neutral to his will and matter,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDid nothing.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut, as we often see, against some storm,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA silence in the heavens, the rack stand still,<\/td>\n460<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe bold winds speechless and the orb below<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs hush as death, anon the dreadful thunder<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDoth rend the region, so, after Pyrrhus' pause,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAroused vengeance sets him new a–work;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd never did the Cyclops' hammers fall<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOn Mars's armour forged for proof eterne<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith less remorse than Pyrrhus' bleeding sword<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow falls on Priam.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOut, out, thou strumpet, Fortune! All you gods,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn general synod 'take away her power;<\/td>\n470<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBreak all the spokes and fellies from her wheel,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs low as to the fiends!'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nThis is too long.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nIt shall to the barber's, with your beard. Prithee,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsay on: he's for a jig or a tale of bawdry, or he<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsleeps: say on: come to Hecuba.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Player<\/td>\nBut who, O, who had seen the mobled queen––'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nThe mobled queen?'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nThat's good; 'mobled queen' is good.<\/td>\n480<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Player<\/td>\nRun barefoot up and down, threatening the flames<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith bisson rheum; a clout upon that head<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhere late the diadem stood, and for a robe,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAbout her lank and all o'er–teemed loins,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA blanket, in the alarm of fear caught up;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWho this had seen, with tongue in venom steep'd,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGainst Fortune's state would treason have<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\npronounced:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut if the gods themselves did see her then<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen she saw Pyrrhus make malicious sport<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn mincing with his sword her husband's limbs,<\/td>\n490<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe instant burst of clamour that she made,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUnless things mortal move them not at all,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWould have made milch the burning eyes of heaven,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd passion in the gods.'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nLook, whether he has not turned his colour and has<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntears in's eyes. Pray you, no more.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nTis well: I'll have thee speak out the rest soon.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGood my lord, will you see the players well<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nbestowed? Do you hear, let them be well used; for<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthey are the abstract and brief chronicles of the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntime: after your death you were better have a bad<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nepitaph than their ill report while you live.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nMy lord, I will use them according to their desert.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nGod's bodykins, man, much better: use every man<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nafter his desert, and who should 'scape whipping?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUse them after your own honour and dignity: the less<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthey deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTake them in.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nCome, sirs.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nFollow him, friends: we'll hear a play to–morrow.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Exit POLONIUS with all the Players but the First]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nDost thou hear me, old friend; can you play the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMurder of Gonzago?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Player<\/td>\nAy, my lord.<\/td>\n511<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nWe'll ha't to–morrow night. You could, for a need,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nstudy a speech of some dozen or sixteen lines, which<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI would set down and insert in't, could you not?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Player<\/td>\nAy, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nVery well. Follow that lord; and look you mock him<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nnot.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Exit First Player]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMy good friends, I'll leave you till night: you are<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwelcome to Elsinore.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nGood my lord!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAMLET<\/td>\nAy, so, God be wi' ye;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/td>\nNow I am alone.<\/td>\n520<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIs it not monstrous that this player here,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut in a fiction, in a dream of passion,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCould force his soul so to his own conceit<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat from her working all his visage wann'd,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA broken voice, and his whole function suiting<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith forms to his conceit? and all for nothing!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor Hecuba!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba,<\/td>\n530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat he should weep for her? What would he do,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHad he the motive and the cue for passion<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat I have? He would drown the stage with tears<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd cleave the general ear with horrid speech,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMake mad the guilty and appal the free,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nConfound the ignorant, and amaze indeed<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe very faculties of eyes and ears. Yet I,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA dull and muddy–mettled rascal, peak,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLike John–a–dreams, unpregnant of my cause,<\/td>\n540<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd can say nothing; no, not for a king,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUpon whose property and most dear life<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA damn'd defeat was made. Am I a coward?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWho calls me villain? breaks my pate across?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPlucks off my beard, and blows it in my face?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTweaks me by the nose? gives me the lie i' the throat,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs deep as to the lungs? who does me this?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHa!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSwounds, I should take it: for it cannot be<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut I am pigeon–liver'd and lack gall<\/td>\n550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo make oppression bitter, or ere this<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI should have fatted all the region kites<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith this slave's offal: bloody, bawdy villain!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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