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| <H3>SCENE I. A churchyard.</h3> | |
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| <i>Enter two Clowns, with spades, & c</i> | |
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| <A NAME=speech1><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=1>Is she to be buried in Christian burial that</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=2>wilfully seeks her own salvation?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech2><b>Second Clown</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=3>I tell thee she is: and therefore make her grave</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=4>straight: the crowner hath sat on her, and finds it</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=5>Christian burial.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech3><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=6>How can that be, unless she drowned herself in her</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>own defence?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech4><b>Second Clown</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=8>Why, 'tis found so.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech5><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=9>It must be 'se offendendo;' it cannot be else. For</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=10>here lies the point: if I drown myself wittingly,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=11>it argues an act: and an act hath three branches: it</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=12>is, to act, to do, to perform: argal, she drowned</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=13>herself wittingly.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech6><b>Second Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=14>Nay, but hear you, goodman delver,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=15>Give me leave. Here lies the water; good: here</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=16>stands the man; good; if the man go to this water,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=17>and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=18>goes,--mark you that; but if the water come to him</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=19>and drown him, he drowns not himself: argal, he</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=20>that is not guilty of his own death shortens not his own life.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech8><b>Second Clown</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=21>But is this law?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech9><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=22>Ay, marry, is't; crowner's quest law.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech10><b>Second Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=23>Will you ha' the truth on't? If this had not been</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>a gentlewoman, she should have been buried out o'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=25>Christian burial.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech11><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=26>Why, there thou say'st: and the more pity that</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=27>great folk should have countenance in this world to</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=28>drown or hang themselves, more than their even</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=29>Christian. Come, my spade. There is no ancient</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=30>gentleman but gardeners, ditchers, and grave-makers:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=31>they hold up Adam's profession.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>Second Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=32>Was he a gentleman?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=33>He was the first that ever bore arms.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>Second Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=34>Why, he had none.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech15><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=35>What, art a heathen? How dost thou understand the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=36>Scripture? The Scripture says 'Adam digged:'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=37>could he dig without arms? I'll put another</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=38>question to thee: if thou answerest me not to the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=39>purpose, confess thyself--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech16><b>Second Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=40>Go to.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=41>What is he that builds stronger than either the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=42>mason, the shipwright, or the carpenter?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>Second Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=43>The gallows-maker; for that frame outlives a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=44>thousand tenants.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech19><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=45>I like thy wit well, in good faith: the gallows</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=46>does well; but how does it well? it does well to</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=47>those that do in: now thou dost ill to say the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=48>gallows is built stronger than the church: argal,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=49>the gallows may do well to thee. To't again, come.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>Second Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=50>'Who builds stronger than a mason, a shipwright, or</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=51>a carpenter?'</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=52>Ay, tell me that, and unyoke.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech22><b>Second Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=53>Marry, now I can tell.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech23><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=54>To't.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech24><b>Second Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=55>Mass, I cannot tell.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter HAMLET and HORATIO, at a distance</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=56>Cudgel thy brains no more about it, for your dull</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=57>ass will not mend his pace with beating; and, when</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=58>you are asked this question next, say 'a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=59>grave-maker: 'the houses that he makes last till</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=60>doomsday. Go, get thee to Yaughan: fetch me a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=61>stoup of liquor.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit Second Clown</i></p> | |
| <p><i>He digs and sings</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=62>In youth, when I did love, did love,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=63>Methought it was very sweet,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=64>To contract, O, the time, for, ah, my behove,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=65>O, methought, there was nothing meet.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech26><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=66>Has this fellow no feeling of his business, that he</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=67>sings at grave-making?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>HORATIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=68>Custom hath made it in him a property of easiness.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=69>'Tis e'en so: the hand of little employment hath</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=70>the daintier sense.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=71>[Sings]</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=72>But age, with his stealing steps,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=73>Hath claw'd me in his clutch,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=74>And hath shipped me intil the land,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=75>As if I had never been such.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Throws up a skull</i></p> | |
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| <A NAME=speech30><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=76>That skull had a tongue in it, and could sing once:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=77>how the knave jowls it to the ground, as if it were</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=78>Cain's jaw-bone, that did the first murder! It</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=79>might be the pate of a politician, which this ass</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=80>now o'er-reaches; one that would circumvent God,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=81>might it not?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>HORATIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=82>It might, my lord.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=83>Or of a courtier; which could say 'Good morrow,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=84>sweet lord! How dost thou, good lord?' This might</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=85>be my lord such-a-one, that praised my lord</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=86>such-a-one's horse, when he meant to beg it; might it not?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>HORATIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=87>Ay, my lord.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech34><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=88>Why, e'en so: and now my Lady Worm's; chapless, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=89>knocked about the mazzard with a sexton's spade:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=90>here's fine revolution, an we had the trick to</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=91>see't. Did these bones cost no more the breeding,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>but to play at loggats with 'em? mine ache to think on't.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech35><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=93>[Sings]</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=94>A pick-axe, and a spade, a spade,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=95>For and a shrouding sheet:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=96>O, a pit of clay for to be made</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=97>For such a guest is meet.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Throws up another skull</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech36><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=98>There's another: why may not that be the skull of a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=99>lawyer? Where be his quiddities now, his quillets,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=100>his cases, his tenures, and his tricks? why does he</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=101>suffer this rude knave now to knock him about the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=102>sconce with a dirty shovel, and will not tell him of</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=103>his action of battery? Hum! This fellow might be</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=104>in's time a great buyer of land, with his statutes,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=105>his recognizances, his fines, his double vouchers,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=106>his recoveries: is this the fine of his fines, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=107>the recovery of his recoveries, to have his fine</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=108>pate full of fine dirt? will his vouchers vouch him</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=109>no more of his purchases, and double ones too, than</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=110>the length and breadth of a pair of indentures? The</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=111>very conveyances of his lands will hardly lie in</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=112>this box; and must the inheritor himself have no more, ha?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech37><b>HORATIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=113>Not a jot more, my lord.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech38><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=114>Is not parchment made of sheepskins?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>HORATIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=115>Ay, my lord, and of calf-skins too.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=116>They are sheep and calves which seek out assurance</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=117>in that. I will speak to this fellow. Whose</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=118>grave's this, sirrah?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=119>Mine, sir.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Sings</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=120>O, a pit of clay for to be made</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=121>For such a guest is meet.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=122>I think it be thine, indeed; for thou liest in't.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=123>You lie out on't, sir, and therefore it is not</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=124>yours: for my part, I do not lie in't, and yet it is mine.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=125>'Thou dost lie in't, to be in't and say it is thine:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=126>'tis for the dead, not for the quick; therefore thou liest.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=127>'Tis a quick lie, sir; 'twill away gain, from me to</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=128>you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=129>What man dost thou dig it for?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=130>For no man, sir.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=131>What woman, then?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=132>For none, neither.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=133>Who is to be buried in't?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=134>One that was a woman, sir; but, rest her soul, she's dead.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=135>How absolute the knave is! we must speak by the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=136>card, or equivocation will undo us. By the Lord,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=137>Horatio, these three years I have taken a note of</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=138>it; the age is grown so picked that the toe of the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=139>peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=140>gaffs his kibe. How long hast thou been a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=141>grave-maker?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=142>Of all the days i' the year, I came to't that day</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=143>that our last king Hamlet overcame Fortinbras.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=144>How long is that since?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=145>Cannot you tell that? every fool can tell that: it</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=146>was the very day that young Hamlet was born; he that</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=147>is mad, and sent into England.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=148>Ay, marry, why was he sent into England?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=149>Why, because he was mad: he shall recover his wits</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=150>there; or, if he do not, it's no great matter there.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=151>Why?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=152>'Twill, a not be seen in him there; there the men</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=153>are as mad as he.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=154>How came he mad?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=155>Very strangely, they say.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=156>How strangely?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=157>Faith, e'en with losing his wits.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=158>Upon what ground?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=159>Why, here in Denmark: I have been sexton here, man</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=160>and boy, thirty years.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=161>How long will a man lie i' the earth ere he rot?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=162>I' faith, if he be not rotten before he die--as we</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=163>have many pocky corses now-a-days, that will scarce</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=164>hold the laying in--he will last you some eight year</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=165>or nine year: a tanner will last you nine year.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=166>Why he more than another?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=167>Why, sir, his hide is so tanned with his trade, that</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=168>he will keep out water a great while; and your water</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=169>is a sore decayer of your whoreson dead body.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=170>Here's a skull now; this skull has lain in the earth</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=171>three and twenty years.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech70><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=172>Whose was it?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=173>A whoreson mad fellow's it was: whose do you think it was?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=174>Nay, I know not.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech73><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=175>A pestilence on him for a mad rogue! a' poured a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=176>flagon of Rhenish on my head once. This same skull,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=177>sir, was Yorick's skull, the king's jester.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech74><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=178>This?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech75><b>First Clown</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=179>E'en that.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech76><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=180>Let me see.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Takes the skull</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=181>Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=182>of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=183>borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=184>abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=185>it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=186>not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=187>gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=188>that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=189>now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=190>Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=191>her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=192>come; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=193>me one thing.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech77><b>HORATIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=194>What's that, my lord?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech78><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=195>Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=196>the earth?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech79><b>HORATIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=197>E'en so.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech80><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=198>And smelt so? pah!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Puts down the skull</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech81><b>HORATIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=199>E'en so, my lord.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech82><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=200>To what base uses we may return, Horatio! Why may</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=201>not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=202>till he find it stopping a bung-hole?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech83><b>HORATIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=203>'Twere to consider too curiously, to consider so.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech84><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=204>No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=205>modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it: as</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=206>thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=207>Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=208>earth we make loam; and why of that loam, whereto he</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=209>was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=210>Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=211>Might stop a hole to keep the wind away:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=212>O, that that earth, which kept the world in awe,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=213>Should patch a wall to expel the winter flaw!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=214>But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter Priest, & c. in procession; the Corpse of OPHELIA, LAERTES and Mourners following; KING CLAUDIUS, QUEEN GERTRUDE, their trains, & c</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=215>The queen, the courtiers: who is this they follow?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=216>And with such maimed rites? This doth betoken</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=217>The corse they follow did with desperate hand</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=218>Fordo its own life: 'twas of some estate.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=219>Couch we awhile, and mark.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Retiring with HORATIO</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech85><b>LAERTES</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=220>What ceremony else?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech86><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=221>That is Laertes,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=222>A very noble youth: mark.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech87><b>LAERTES</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=223>What ceremony else?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech88><b>First Priest</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=224>Her obsequies have been as far enlarged</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=225>As we have warrantise: her death was doubtful;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=226>And, but that great command o'ersways the order,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=227>She should in ground unsanctified have lodged</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=228>Till the last trumpet: for charitable prayers,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=229>Shards, flints and pebbles should be thrown on her;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=230>Yet here she is allow'd her virgin crants,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=231>Her maiden strewments and the bringing home</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=232>Of bell and burial.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech89><b>LAERTES</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=233>Must there no more be done?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech90><b>First Priest</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=234>No more be done:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=235>We should profane the service of the dead</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=236>To sing a requiem and such rest to her</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=237>As to peace-parted souls.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech91><b>LAERTES</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=238>Lay her i' the earth:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=239>And from her fair and unpolluted flesh</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=240>May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=241>A ministering angel shall my sister be,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=242>When thou liest howling.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech92><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=243>What, the fair Ophelia!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech93><b>QUEEN GERTRUDE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=244>Sweets to the sweet: farewell!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Scattering flowers</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=245>I hoped thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=246>I thought thy bride-bed to have deck'd, sweet maid,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=247>And not have strew'd thy grave.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech94><b>LAERTES</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=248>O, treble woe</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=249>Fall ten times treble on that cursed head,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=250>Whose wicked deed thy most ingenious sense</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=251>Deprived thee of! Hold off the earth awhile,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=252>Till I have caught her once more in mine arms:</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Leaps into the grave</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=253>Now pile your dust upon the quick and dead,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=254>Till of this flat a mountain you have made,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=255>To o'ertop old Pelion, or the skyish head</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=256>Of blue Olympus.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech95><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=257>[Advancing] What is he whose grief</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=258>Bears such an emphasis? whose phrase of sorrow</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=259>Conjures the wandering stars, and makes them stand</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=260>Like wonder-wounded hearers? This is I,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=261>Hamlet the Dane.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Leaps into the grave</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech96><b>LAERTES</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=262> The devil take thy soul!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Grappling with him</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech97><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=263>Thou pray'st not well.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=264>I prithee, take thy fingers from my throat;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=265>For, though I am not splenitive and rash,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=266>Yet have I something in me dangerous,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=267>Which let thy wiseness fear: hold off thy hand.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech98><b>KING CLAUDIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=268>Pluck them asunder.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech99><b>QUEEN GERTRUDE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=269>Hamlet, Hamlet!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech100><b>All</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=270>Gentlemen,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech101><b>HORATIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=271> Good my lord, be quiet.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>The Attendants part them, and they come out of the grave</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech102><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=272>Why I will fight with him upon this theme</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=273>Until my eyelids will no longer wag.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech103><b>QUEEN GERTRUDE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=274>O my son, what theme?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech104><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=275>I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=276>Could not, with all their quantity of love,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=277>Make up my sum. What wilt thou do for her?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech105><b>KING CLAUDIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=278>O, he is mad, Laertes.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech106><b>QUEEN GERTRUDE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=279>For love of God, forbear him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech107><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=280>'Swounds, show me what thou'lt do:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=281>Woo't weep? woo't fight? woo't fast? woo't tear thyself?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=282>Woo't drink up eisel? eat a crocodile?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=283>I'll do't. Dost thou come here to whine?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=284>To outface me with leaping in her grave?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=285>Be buried quick with her, and so will I:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=286>And, if thou prate of mountains, let them throw</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=287>Millions of acres on us, till our ground,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=288>Singeing his pate against the burning zone,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=289>Make Ossa like a wart! Nay, an thou'lt mouth,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=290>I'll rant as well as thou.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech108><b>QUEEN GERTRUDE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=291>This is mere madness:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=292>And thus awhile the fit will work on him;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=293>Anon, as patient as the female dove,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=294>When that her golden couplets are disclosed,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=295>His silence will sit drooping.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech109><b>HAMLET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=296>Hear you, sir;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=297>What is the reason that you use me thus?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=298>I loved you ever: but it is no matter;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=299>Let Hercules himself do what he may,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=300>The cat will mew and dog will have his day.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech110><b>KING CLAUDIUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=301>I pray you, good Horatio, wait upon him.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit HORATIO</i></p> | |
| <p><i>To LAERTES</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=302>Strengthen your patience in our last night's speech;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=303>We'll put the matter to the present push.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=304>Good Gertrude, set some watch over your son.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=305>This grave shall have a living monument:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=306>An hour of quiet shortly shall we see;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=307>Till then, in patience our proceeding be.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
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