Hamlet (Quarto 1, 1603)
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The Tragedie of Hamlet
Lear. By whome, by heau'n I'le be resolued.
¶king Let him goe Gertred, away, I feare him not,
¶There's such diuinitie doth wall a king,
¶That treason dares not looke on.
¶Let him goe Gertred, that your father is murdred,
Swoop-stake-like, draw at friend, and foe, and all?
2895Lear. To his good friends thus wide I'le ope mine arms,
And locke them in my hart, but to his foes,
551.1I will no reconcilement but by bloud.
And that in soule we sorrow for for his death,
2960Meane while be patient, and content your selfe.
2905
Enter Ofelia as before.
¶Should be as mortall as an olde mans sawe?
2913.1O heau'ns themselues! how now Ofelia?
¶Ofel. Wel God a mercy, I a bin gathering of floures:
¶Here, here is rew for you,
You may call it hearb a grace a Sundayes,
Heere's some for me too: you must weare your rew
2935With a difference, there's a dazie.
¶Here Loue, there's rosemary for you
For remembrance: I pray Loue remember,
¶And there's pansey for thoughts.
2930Lear. A document in madnes, thoughts, remembrance:
¶O God, O God!
¶Ofelia There is fennell for you, I would a giu'n you
¶Some violets, but they all withered, when
My father died: alas, they say the owle was
2785A Bakers daughter, we see what we are,
But can not tell what we shall be.
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