The Tragedie of Hamlet.That you know ought of me; this not to doe:So grace and mercy at your most neede helpe you:
[850]
Sweare.Ghost.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,
[855]
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,
[860]
Nay, come let's goe together.Exeunt.
Actus Secundus.
[Act 2, Scene 1]
Enter Polonius, and Reynoldo.Polon.Giue him his money, and these notes
Reynoldo.
Reynol.I will my Lord.Polon.You shall doe maruels wisely: good
Reynoldo,Before you visite him you make inquiry
[865]
Of his behauiour.Reynol.My Lord, I did intend it.Polon. Marry, well said;
Very well said. Looke.you Sir,Enquire me first what Danskers are in Paris;
[870]
And how, and who; what meanes; and where they keepe:What company, at what expence: and findingBy this encompassement and drift of question,That they doe know my sonne: Come you more nearerThen your particular demands will touch it,
[875]
Take you as 'twere somc 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.Polon.And in part him, but you may say not well;
[880]
But if't be hee I meane, hees very wilde;Addicted so and so; and there put on himWhat forgeries you please; marry, none so ranke,As may dishonour him; take need of that:But Sir, such wanton, wild, and vsuall slips,
[885]
As are Companions noted and most knowneTo youth and liberty.Reynol.As gaming my Lord.Polon.I, or drinking, fencing. swearing,Quarelling, drabbi
ng. You may goe so farre.
Reynol.
[890]
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 Incontinencie;That's not my meaning: but breath his faults so quaintly,
[895]
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 assault.Reynol.But my good Lord.Polon.Wherefore should you doe this?Reynol.
[900]
I my Lord, I would know that.Polon.Marry Sir, here's my drift,And I belieue it is a fetch of warrant:You laying these slight sulleyes on my Sonne,As 'twere a thing a little soil'd i'th'working:
[905]
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'dHe closes with you in this consequence:Good sir, or so, or friend, or Gentleman.
[910]
According to the Phrase and the Addition,Of man and Country.Reynol.Very good my Lord.Polon.And then Sir does he this?He does: what was I about to say?
[915]
I was about to say somthing: where did I leaue?Reynol.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,
[920]
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;
[925]
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 reachWith windlesses, and with assaies of Bias,By indirections finde directions out:
[930]
So by my former Lecture and aduiceShall you my Sonne; you haue me, haue you not?Reynol.My Lord I haue.Polon.God buy you; fare you well.Reynol.Good my Lord.Polon.
[935]
Obserue his inclination in your selfe.Reynol.I shall my Lord.Polon.And let him plye his Musicke.Reynol.Well, my Lord.Exit.Enter Ophelia.Polon.Farewell:
[940]
How now
Ophelia, what's the matter?
Ophe.Alas my Lord, I haue beene so affrighted.Polon.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,
[945]
No hat vpon his head, his stockings foul'd,Vngartred, and downe giued to his Anckle,Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other,And with a looke so pitious in purport,As if he had been loosed out of hell,
[950]
To speake of horrors: he comes before me.Polon.Mad for thy Loue
?Ophe.My Lord, I doe not know: but truly I do feare it.Polon.What said he?Ophe.He tooke me by the wrist, and held me hard;
[955]
Then goes he to the length of all his arme;And with his other hand thus o're his browHe fals to such perusall of my face,As he would draw it. Long staid he so,At last, a little shaking of mine Arme:
[960]
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,
[965]
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,
Actus Secundus.
[Act 2, Scene 1]
Enter Polonius, and Reynoldo.Polon.Giue him his money, and these notes
Reynoldo.
Reynol.I will my Lord.Polon.You shall doe maruels wisely: good
Reynoldo,Before you visite him you make inquiry
[865]
Of his behauiour.Reynol.My Lord, I did intend it.Polon. Marry, well said;
Very well said. Looke.you Sir,Enquire me first what Danskers are in Paris;
[870]
And how, and who; what meanes; and where they keepe:What company, at what expence: and findingBy this encompassement and drift of question,That they doe know my sonne: Come you more nearerThen your particular demands will touch it,
[875]
Take you as 'twere somc 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.Polon.And in part him, but you may say not well;
[880]
But if't be hee I meane, hees very wilde;Addicted so and so; and there put on himWhat forgeries you please; marry, none so ranke,As may dishonour him; take need of that:But Sir, such wanton, wild, and vsuall slips,
[885]
As are Companions noted and most knowneTo youth and liberty.Reynol.As gaming my Lord.Polon.I, or drinking, fencing. swearing,Quarelling, drabbi
ng. You may goe so farre.
Reynol.
[890]
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 Incontinencie;That's not my meaning: but breath his faults so quaintly,
[895]
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 assault.Reynol.But my good Lord.Polon.Wherefore should you doe this?Reynol.
[900]
I my Lord, I would know that.Polon.Marry Sir, here's my drift,And I belieue it is a fetch of warrant:You laying these slight sulleyes on my Sonne,As 'twere a thing a little soil'd i'th'working:
[905]
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'dHe closes with you in this consequence:Good sir, or so, or friend, or Gentleman.
[910]
According to the Phrase and the Addition,Of man and Country.Reynol.Very good my Lord.Polon.And then Sir does he this?He does: what was I about to say?
[915]
I was about to say somthing: where did I leaue?Reynol.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,
[920]
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;
[925]
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 reachWith windlesses, and with assaies of Bias,By indirections finde directions out:
[930]
So by my former Lecture and aduiceShall you my Sonne; you haue me, haue you not?Reynol.My Lord I haue.Polon.God buy you; fare you well.Reynol.Good my Lord.Polon.
[935]
Obserue his inclination in your selfe.Reynol.I shall my Lord.Polon.And let him plye his Musicke.Reynol.Well, my Lord.Exit.Enter Ophelia.Polon.Farewell:
[940]
How now
Ophelia, what's the matter?
Ophe.Alas my Lord, I haue beene so affrighted.Polon.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,
[945]
No hat vpon his head, his stockings foul'd,Vngartred, and downe giued to his Anckle,Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other,And with a looke so pitious in purport,As if he had been loosed out of hell,
[950]
To speake of horrors: he comes before me.Polon.Mad for thy Loue
?Ophe.My Lord, I doe not know: but truly I do feare it.Polon.What said he?Ophe.He tooke me by the wrist, and held me hard;
[955]
Then goes he to the length of all his arme;And with his other hand thus o're his browHe fals to such perusall of my face,As he would draw it. Long staid he so,At last, a little shaking of mine Arme:
[960]
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,
[965]
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,
[970]
Whose violent property foredoes it selfe,And leads the will to desperate Vndertakings,As oft as any passion vnder Heauen,That does afflict our Natures. I am sorrie,What haue you giuen him any hard words of late?Ophe.
[975]
No my good Lord: but as you did command,I did repell his Letters, and deny'deHis accesse to me.Pol.That hath made him mad.I am sorrie that with better speed and iudgement
[980]
I had not quoted him. I feare he did but trifle,And meant to wracke thee: but beshrew my iealousie:It seemes it is as proper to our Age,To cast beyond our selues in our Opinions,As it is common for the yonger sort
[985]
To lacke discretion. Come, go we to the King,This must be knowne, w
c being kept close might moue
More greefe to hide, then hate to vtter loue.Exeunt.
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<l n="879">And in part him, but you may say not well;</l>
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<l n="887">As gaming my Lord.</l>
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<l n="888">I, or drinking, fencing. swearing,</l>
<l n="889">Quarelling, drabbi<c rend="inverted">n</c>g. You may goe so farre.</l>
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<l n="890">My Lord that would dishonour him.</l>
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<l n="891">Faith no, as you may season it in the charge;</l>
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<l n="893">That hee is open to Incontinencie;</l>
<l n="894">That's not my meaning: but breath his faults so quaintly,</l>
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<l n="899">Wherefore should you doe this?</l>
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<l n="900">I my Lord, I would know that.</l>
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<l n="901">Marry Sir, here's my drift,</l>
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<l n="912">Very good my Lord.</l>
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<l n="913">And then Sir does he this?</l>
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<l n="916">At closes in the consequence:</l>
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<sp who="#F-ham-pol">
<speaker rend="italic">Polon.</speaker>
<l n="918">At closes in the consequence, I marry,</l>
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<l n="920">I saw him yesterday, or tother day;</l>
<l n="921">Or then or then, with such and such; and as you say,</l>
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<l n="923">There falling out at Tennis; or perchance,</l>
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<l n="925">
<hi rend="italic">Videlicet</hi>, a Brothell, or so forth. See you now;</l>
<l n="926">Your bait of falshood, takes this Cape of truth;</l>
<l n="927">And thus doe we of wisedome and of reach</l>
<l n="928">With windlesses, and with assaies of Bias,</l>
<l n="929">By indirections finde directions out:</l>
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<l n="932">My Lord I haue.</l>
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<speaker rend="italic">Polon.</speaker>
<l n="933">God buy you; fare you well.</l>
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<l n="934">Good my Lord.</l>
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<speaker rend="italic">Polon.</speaker>
<l n="935">Obserue his inclination in your selfe.</l>
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<l n="936">I shall my Lord.</l>
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<sp who="#F-ham-pol">
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<l n="937">And let him plye his Musicke.</l>
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<speaker rend="italic">Reynol.</speaker>
<l n="938">Well, my Lord.</l>
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<sp who="#F-ham-pol">
<speaker rend="italic">Polon.</speaker>
<l n="939">Farewell:</l>
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<sp who="#F-ham-oph">
<speaker rend="italic">Ophe.</speaker>
<l n="941">Alas my Lord, I haue beene so affrighted.</l>
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<sp who="#F-ham-pol">
<speaker rend="italic">Polon.</speaker>
<l n="942">With what, in the name of Heauen?</l>
</sp>
<sp who="#F-ham-oph">
<speaker rend="italic">Ophe.</speaker>
<l n="943">My Lord, as I was sowing in my Chamber,</l>
<l n="944">Lord<hi rend="italic">Hamlet</hi>with his doublet all vnbrac'd,</l>
<l n="945">No hat vpon his head, his stockings foul'd,</l>
<l n="946">Vngartred, and downe giued to his Anckle,</l>
<l n="947">Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other,</l>
<l n="948">And with a looke so pitious in purport,</l>
<l n="949">As if he had been loosed out of hell,</l>
<l n="950">To speake of horrors: he comes before me.</l>
</sp>
<sp who="#F-ham-pol">
<speaker rend="italic">Polon.</speaker>
<l n="951">Mad for thy Loue<c rend="italic">?</c>
</l>
</sp>
<sp who="#F-ham-oph">
<speaker rend="italic">Ophe.</speaker>
<l n="952">My Lord, I doe not know: but truly I do feare it.</l>
</sp>
<sp who="#F-ham-pol">
<speaker rend="italic">Polon.</speaker>
<l n="953">What said he?</l>
</sp>
<sp who="#F-ham-oph">
<speaker rend="italic">Ophe.</speaker>
<l n="954">He tooke me by the wrist, and held me hard;</l>
<l n="955">Then goes he to the length of all his arme;</l>
<l n="956">And with his other hand thus o're his brow</l>
<l n="957">He fals to such perusall of my face,</l>
<l n="958">As he would draw it. Long staid he so,</l>
<l n="959">At last, a little shaking of mine Arme:</l>
<l n="960">And thrice his head thus wauing vp and downe;</l>
<l n="961">He rais'd a sigh, so pittious and profound,</l>
<l n="962">That it did seeme to shatter all his bulke,</l>
<l n="963">And end his being. That done, he lets me goe,</l>
<l n="964">And with his head ouer his shoulders turn'd,</l>
<l n="965">He seem'd to finde his way without his eyes,</l>
<l n="966">For out adores he went without their helpe;</l>
<l n="967">And to the last, bended their light on me.</l>
</sp>
<sp who="#F-ham-pol">
<speaker rend="italic">Polon.</speaker>
<l n="968">Goe with me, I will goe seeke the King,</l>
<l n="969">This is the very extasie of Loue,</l>
<l n="970">Whose violent property foredoes it selfe,</l>
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<l n="971">And leads the will to desperate Vndertakings,</l>
<l n="972">As oft as any passion vnder Heauen,</l>
<l n="973">That does afflict our Natures. I am sorrie,</l>
<l n="974">What haue you giuen him any hard words of late?</l>
</sp>
<sp who="#F-ham-oph">
<speaker rend="italic">Ophe.</speaker>
<l n="975">No my good Lord: but as you did command,</l>
<l n="976">I did repell his Letters, and deny'de</l>
<l n="977">His accesse to me.</l>
</sp>
<sp who="#F-ham-pol">
<speaker rend="italic">Pol.</speaker>
<l n="978">That hath made him mad.</l>
<l n="979">I am sorrie that with better speed and iudgement</l>
<l n="980">I had not quoted him. I feare he did but trifle,</l>
<l n="981">And meant to wracke thee: but beshrew my iealousie:</l>
<l n="982">It seemes it is as proper to our Age,</l>
<l n="983">To cast beyond our selues in our Opinions,</l>
<l n="984">As it is common for the yonger sort</l>
<l n="985">To lacke discretion. Come, go we to the King,</l>
<l n="986">This must be knowne, w<hi rend="superscript">c</hi>being kept close might moue</l>
<l n="987">More greefe to hide, then hate to vtter loue.</l>
</sp>
<stage rend="italic rightJustified" type="exit">Exeunt.</stage>
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