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The Tragedie of Hamlet.
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That you know ought of me; this not to doe:
So grace and mercy at your most neede helpe you
Sweare.
So grace and mercy at your most neede helpe you
Sweare.
Ghost.
Sweare.
Sweare.
Ham.
Rest, Rest perturbed Spirit: so Gentlemen,
With all my loue I doe commend me to you;
And what so poore a man as Hamlet is,
May doe t'expresse his loue and friending to you,
God willing shall not lacke: let vs goe in together,
And still your fingers on your lippes I pray,
The time is out of ioynt: Oh cursed spight,
That euer I was borne to set it right,
Exeunt.Nay, come let's goe together.
Rest, Rest perturbed Spirit: so Gentlemen,
With all my loue I doe commend me to you;
And what so poore a man as Hamlet is,
May doe t'expresse his loue and friending to you,
God willing shall not lacke: let vs goe in together,
And still your fingers on your lippes I pray,
The time is out of ioynt: Oh cursed spight,
That euer I was borne to set it right,
Exeunt.Nay, come let's goe together.
Actus Secundus.
Enter Polonius and Reynoldo.
Polon.
Giue him his money,and these notes Reynoldo.
Giue him his money,and these notes Reynoldo.
Reynol.
I will my Lord.
I will my Lord.
Polon.
You shall doe maruels wisely: good Reynoldo
Before you visite him you make inquiry
Of his behauiour.
You shall doe maruels wisely: good Reynoldo
Before you visite him you make inquiry
Of his behauiour.
Reynol.
My Lord, I did intend it.
My Lord, I did intend it.
Polon.
Matty, well said;
Very well said. Looke you Sir,
Enquire me first what Danskers are in Paris;
And how, and who; what meanes; and where they keepe:
What company, at what expence: and finding
By this encompassement and drift of question
That they doe know my sonne: Come you more neerer
Then your particular demands will touch it,
Take you as 'twere some distant knowledge of him.
And thus I know his father and his friends,
And in part him. Doe you marke this Reynoldo?
Matty, well said;
Very well said. Looke you Sir,
Enquire me first what Danskers are in Paris;
And how, and who; what meanes; and where they keepe:
What company, at what expence: and finding
By this encompassement and drift of question
That they doe know my sonne: Come you more neerer
Then your particular demands will touch it,
Take you as 'twere some distant knowledge of him.
And thus I know his father and his friends,
And in part him. Doe you marke this Reynoldo?
Reynol.
I, very well my Lord.
I, very well my Lord.
Pelon.
And in part him, but you may say not well;
But if't be hee I meane, hees very wilde;
Addicted so and so; and there put on him
What forgeries you please: marry, none so ranke,
As may dishonour him; take heed of that:
But Sir, such wanton, wild, and vsuall flips,
As are Companions noted and most knowne
To youth and liberty.
And in part him, but you may say not well;
But if't be hee I meane, hees very wilde;
Addicted so and so; and there put on him
What forgeries you please: marry, none so ranke,
As may dishonour him; take heed of that:
But Sir, such wanton, wild, and vsuall flips,
As are Companions noted and most knowne
To youth and liberty.
Reynol.
As gaming my Lord.
As gaming my Lord.
Poton.
I, or drinking, fencing, swearing,
Quarelling, drabbing. You may goe so farre.
I, or drinking, fencing, swearing,
Quarelling, drabbing. You may goe so farre.
Reynol.
My Lord that would dishonour him.
My Lord that would dishonour him.
Polon.
Faith no, as you may season it in the charge;
You must not put another scandall on him,
That hee is open to lncontinencie;
That's not my meaning; but breath his faults so quaintly.
That they may seeme the taints of liberty.
The flash and out-breake of a fiery minde,
A sauagenes in vnreclaim'd bloud of generall affault.
Faith no, as you may season it in the charge;
You must not put another scandall on him,
That hee is open to lncontinencie;
That's not my meaning; but breath his faults so quaintly.
That they may seeme the taints of liberty.
The flash and out-breake of a fiery minde,
A sauagenes in vnreclaim'd bloud of generall affault.
Reynol.
But my good Lord.
But my good Lord.
Polon.
Wherefore should you doe this?
Wherefore should you doe this?
Reynol.
I my Lord, I would know that.
I my Lord, I would know that.
Polon.
Many Sir, heere's my drift,
And I belieue it is a fetch of warrant:
Yon laying these flight full eyes on my Sonne,
As 'twere a thing a little soil'd i'th'working:
Marke you your party in conuerse; him you would sound
Hauing euer seene. In the prenominate crimes,
The youth you breath of guilty, be assur'd
He closes with you in this consequence:
Good sir, or so, or friend, or Gentleman.
According to the Phrase and the Addition,
Of man and Country.
Many Sir, heere's my drift,
And I belieue it is a fetch of warrant:
Yon laying these flight full eyes on my Sonne,
As 'twere a thing a little soil'd i'th'working:
Marke you your party in conuerse; him you would sound
Hauing euer seene. In the prenominate crimes,
The youth you breath of guilty, be assur'd
He closes with you in this consequence:
Good sir, or so, or friend, or Gentleman.
According to the Phrase and the Addition,
Of man and Country.
Reynol.
Very good my Lord.
Very good my Lord.
Polon.
And then Sir does he this?
He does: what was I about to say?
I was about to say somthing: where did I leaue?
And then Sir does he this?
He does: what was I about to say?
I was about to say somthing: where did I leaue?
Reynol.
At closes in the consequence:
At friend, or so, and Gentleman.
At closes in the consequence:
At friend, or so, and Gentleman.
Polon.
At closes in the consequence, I marry.
He closes with you thus. I know the Gentleman,
I saw him yesterday, or tother day;
Or then or then, with such and such; and as you say.
There was he gaming, there o'retooke in's Rouse,
There falling out at Tennis; or perchance,
I saw him enter such a house of saile;
Videlicet, a Brothell, or so forth. See you now;
Your bait of falshood, takes this Cape of truth;
And thus doe we of wisedome and of reach
With windlesses, and with assaies of Bias,
By indirections finde directions out:
So by my former Lecture and aduice
Shall you my Sonne; you haue me, haue you not?
At closes in the consequence, I marry.
He closes with you thus. I know the Gentleman,
I saw him yesterday, or tother day;
Or then or then, with such and such; and as you say.
There was he gaming, there o'retooke in's Rouse,
There falling out at Tennis; or perchance,
I saw him enter such a house of saile;
Videlicet, a Brothell, or so forth. See you now;
Your bait of falshood, takes this Cape of truth;
And thus doe we of wisedome and of reach
With windlesses, and with assaies of Bias,
By indirections finde directions out:
So by my former Lecture and aduice
Shall you my Sonne; you haue me, haue you not?
Reynol.
My Lord I haue.
My Lord I haue.
Polon.
God buy you; fare you well
God buy you; fare you well
Reynol.
Good my Lord.
Good my Lord.
Polon.
Obserue his inclination in your selfe.
Obserue his inclination in your selfe.
Reynol.
I shall my Lord.
I shall my Lord.
Polon.
And let him plye his Musicke.
And let him plye his Musicke.
Reynol.
Exit.Well, my Lord.
Exit.Well, my Lord.
Enter Ophelia.
Polon.
Farewell:
How now Ophelia, what's the matter?
Farewell:
How now Ophelia, what's the matter?
Ophe.
Alas my Lord,I haue beene so affrighted.
Alas my Lord,I haue beene so affrighted.
Polon.
With what, in the name of Heauen?
With what, in the name of Heauen?
Ophe.
My Lord, as I was sowing in my Chamber,
Lord Hamlet with his doublet all vnbrac'd,
No hat vpon his head, his stockings foul'd,
Vngartred, and downe giued to his Anckle,
Pale as bis shirt, his knees knocking each other,
And with a looke so pitious in purport,
As if he had been loosed out of hell,
To speake of horrors: he comes before me.
My Lord, as I was sowing in my Chamber,
Lord Hamlet with his doublet all vnbrac'd,
No hat vpon his head, his stockings foul'd,
Vngartred, and downe giued to his Anckle,
Pale as bis shirt, his knees knocking each other,
And with a looke so pitious in purport,
As if he had been loosed out of hell,
To speake of horrors: he comes before me.
Polon.
Mad for thy Loue?
Mad for thy Loue?
Ophe.
My Lord, I doe not know; but truly I do feare it.
My Lord, I doe not know; but truly I do feare it.
Polon.
What said he?
What said he?
Ophe.
He tooke me by the wrist, and held me hard;
Then goes he to the length of all his arme;
And with his other hand thus o're his brow,
He fals to such perusall of my face,
As he would draw it. Long staid he so,
At last, a little shaking of mine Arme:
And thrice his head thus wauing vp and downe,
He rais'd a sigh, so pittious and profound,
That it did seeme to shatter all his bulke.
And end his being. That done, he lets me goe.
And with his head ouer his shoulders turn'd,
He seem'd to finde his way without his eyes.
For out adores he went without their helpe;
And to the last, bended their light on me.
He tooke me by the wrist, and held me hard;
Then goes he to the length of all his arme;
And with his other hand thus o're his brow,
He fals to such perusall of my face,
As he would draw it. Long staid he so,
At last, a little shaking of mine Arme:
And thrice his head thus wauing vp and downe,
He rais'd a sigh, so pittious and profound,
That it did seeme to shatter all his bulke.
And end his being. That done, he lets me goe.
And with his head ouer his shoulders turn'd,
He seem'd to finde his way without his eyes.
For out adores he went without their helpe;
And to the last, bended their light on me.
Polon.
Goe with me. I will goe seeke the King,
This is the very extasie of Loue,
Whose violent property foredoes it selfe,
Goe with me. I will goe seeke the King,
This is the very extasie of Loue,
Whose violent property foredoes it selfe,
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