{"id":11591,"date":"2017-09-04T21:56:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T21:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myedme.com\/login\/?p=11591"},"modified":"2017-09-04T21:56:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T21:56:35","slug":"HamletDtext1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/HamletDtext1\/","title":{"rendered":"Act 4, page 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

[Enter HAMLET]<\/p>\n\nHAMLET<\/td>\nSafely stowed.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGUILDENSTERN AND ROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\n[Within.]\ufffdHamlet! Lord Hamlet!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET<\/td>\nBut soft, what noise? who calls on Hamlet?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nO, here they come.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n[Enter ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nWhat have you done, my lord, with the dead body?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET<\/td>\nCompounded it with dust, whereto 'tis kin.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nTell us where 'tis, that we may take it thence<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd bear it to the chapel.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET<\/td>\nDo not believe it.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nBelieve what?<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET<\/td>\nThat I can keep your counsel and not mine own.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nBesides, to be demanded of a sponge! what<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nreplication should be made by the son of a king?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nTake you me for a sponge, my lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET<\/td>\nAy, sir, that soaks up the king's countenance, his<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nrewards, his authorities. But such officers do the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nking best service in the end: he keeps them, like<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nan ape, in the corner of his jaw; first mouthed, to<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nbe last swallowed: when he needs what you have<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\ngleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nshall be dry again.<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nI understand you not, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET<\/td>\nI am glad of it: a knavish speech sleeps in a<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nfoolish ear.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nROSENCRANTZ<\/td>\nMy lord, you must tell us where the body is, and go<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nwith us to the king.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET<\/td>\nThe body is with the king, but the king is not with<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nthe body. The king is a thing ––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGUILDENSTERN<\/td>\nA thing, my lord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET<\/td>\nOf nothing: bring me to him. Hide fox, and all after.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n[Exeunt]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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