Hamlet (Quarto 1, 1603)
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The Tragedie of Hamlet
Such a report of singularitie,
¶Will bring him on, although against his will.
¶In all his heate when that he calles for drinke,
Lear. T'is excellent, O would the time were come!
¶Here comes the Queene.
enter the Queene.
king How now Gertred, why looke you heauily?
3153.1Queene O my Lord, the yong Ofelia
¶Sitting vpon a willow by a brooke,
¶And for a while her clothes spread wide abroade,
Euen Mermaide-like, twixt heauen and earth,
¶Chaunting olde sundry tunes vncapable
¶Till that her clothes, being heauy with their drinke,
¶Dragg'd the sweete wretch to death.
¶Too much of water hast thou Ofelia,
¶Therefore I will not drowne thee in my teares,
3179.1Reuenge it is must yeeld this heart releefe,
¶For woe begets woe, and griefe hangs on griefe.
exeunt.
¶
enter Clowne and an other.
¶In christian buriall.
¶Clowne No, that's certaine, the water drown'd her.
¶If the water come to me, I drowne not my selfe:
3205But if I goe to the water, and am there drown'd,
Ergo