{"id":11592,"date":"2017-09-04T21:56:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T21:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myedme.com\/login\/?p=11592"},"modified":"2017-09-04T21:56:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T21:56:35","slug":"HamletDtext2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/HamletDtext2\/","title":{"rendered":"Act 4, page 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

Enter KING CLAUDIUS, attended.\ufffd<\/p>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS\ufffd<\/td>\nI have sent to seek him, and to find the body.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nHow dangerous is it that this man goes loose!<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nYet must not we put the strong law on him:<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nHe's loved of the distracted multitude,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nWho like not in their judgment, but their eyes;<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nAnd where tis so, the offender's scourge is weigh'd,<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nBut never the offence. To bear all smooth and even,<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nThis sudden sending him away must seem<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nDeliberate pause: diseases desperate grown<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nBy desperate appliance are relieved,<\/td>\n\ufffd10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nOr not at all.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nEnter ROSENCRANTZ and others.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nHow now! what hath befall'n?<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nROSENCRANTZ\ufffd<\/td>\nWhere the dead body is bestow'd, my lord,<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nWe cannot get from him.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS\ufffd<\/td>\nBut where is he?<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nROSENCRANTZ\ufffd<\/td>\nWithout, my lord; guarded, to know your pleasure.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS\ufffd<\/td>\nBring him before us.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nROSENCRANTZ\ufffd<\/td>\nHo, Guildenstern! bring in my lord.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nEnter HAMLET and GUILDENSTERN.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS\ufffd<\/td>\nNow, Hamlet, where's Polonius?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET\ufffd<\/td>\nAt supper.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS\ufffd<\/td>\nAt supper! where?<\/td>\n\ufffd19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET\ufffd<\/td>\nNot where he eats, but where he is eaten: a certain<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nconvocation of politic worms are e'en at him. Your<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nworm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\ncreatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nmaggots: your fat king and your lean beggar is but<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nvariable service, two dishes, but to one table:<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nthat's the end.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS\ufffd<\/td>\nAlas, alas!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET\ufffd<\/td>\nA man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nking, and cat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS\ufffd<\/td>\nWhat dost you mean by this?<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET\ufffd<\/td>\nNothing but to show you how a king may go a<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nprogress through the guts of a beggar.<\/td>\n\ufffd31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS\ufffd<\/td>\nWhere is Polonius?<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET\ufffd<\/td>\nIn heaven; send hither to see: if your messenger<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nfind him not there, seek him i' the other place<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nyourself. But indeed, if you find him not within<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nthis month, you shall nose him as you go up the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nstairs into the lobby.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS\ufffd<\/td>\nGo seek him there.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nTo some Attendants.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET\ufffd<\/td>\nHe will stay till ye come.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nExeunt Attendants.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS\ufffd<\/td>\nHamlet, this deed, for thine especial safety,––<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nWhich we do tender, as we dearly grieve<\/td>\n\ufffd40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nFor that which thou hast done,––must send thee hence<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nWith fiery quickness: therefore prepare thyself;<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nThe bark is ready, and the wind at help,<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nThe associates tend, and every thing is bent<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nFor England.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET\ufffd<\/td>\nFor England.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS\ufffd<\/td>\nAy, Hamlet.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET\ufffd<\/td>\nGood.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS\ufffd<\/td>\nSo is it, if thou knew'st our purposes.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET\ufffd<\/td>\nI see a cherub that sees them. But, come; for<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nEngland! Farewell, dear mother.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS\ufffd<\/td>\nThy loving father, Hamlet.<\/td>\n\ufffd49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHAMLET\ufffd<\/td>\nMy mother: father and mother is man and wife; man<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nand wife is one flesh; and so, my mother. Come, for England!<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nExit<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKING CLAUDIUS\ufffd<\/td>\nFollow him at foot; tempt him with speed aboard;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nDelay it not; I'll have him hence to–night:<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nAway! for every thing is seal'd and done<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nThat else leans on the affair: pray you, make haste.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nExeunt ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nAnd, England, if my love thou hold'st at aught––<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nAs my great power thereof may give thee sense,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nSince yet thy cicatrice looks raw and red<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nAfter the Danish sword, and thy free awe<\/td>\n\ufffd60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nPays homage to us––thou mayst not coldly set<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nOur sovereign process; which imports at full,<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nBy letters congruing to that effect,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nThe present death of Hamlet. Do it, England;<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nFor like the hectic in my blood he rages,<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nAnd thou must cure me: till I know 'tis done,<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nHowe'er my haps, my joys were ne'er begun.<\/td>\n\ufffd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\ufffd<\/td>\nExit<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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