Hamlet (Quarto 1, 1603)
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Prince of Denmarke.
3551.1So all was done without discouerie.
¶Horatio once againe I take my leaue,
.5Horat. Madam adue.
¶
Enter King and Leartes.
¶What chance is this? they are gone, and he come home.
3065At it my iocund heart doth leape for ioy,
¶That I shall liue to tell him, thus he dies.
3068.1And you shall haue no let for your reuenge.
2885Lear. My will, not all the world.
¶King Nay but Leartes, marke the plot I haue layde,
3100I haue heard him often with a greedy wish,
¶Touching your weapon, which with all his heart,
¶He might be once tasked for to try your cunning.
¶Lea. And how for this?
¶King Mary Leartes thus: I'le lay a wager,
¶The which will draw him with a more desire,
¶To try the maistry, that in twelue venies
¶You gaine not three of him: now this being granted,
.5When you are hot in midst of all your play,
¶Among the foyles shall a keene rapier lie,
¶Steeped in a mixture of deadly poyson,
¶That if it drawes but the least dramme of blood,
¶In any part of him, he cannot liue:
¶And not the deerest friend that Hamlet lov'de
3130Lear. My lord, I like it well:
¶King I'le warrant you, wee'le put on you
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