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Hamlet (Quarto 1, 1603)

Author: William Shakespeare
Not Peer Reviewed
Prince of Denmarke.
Ergo I am guiltie of my owne death:
3208.1Y'are gone, goe y'are gone sir.
2. I but see, she hath christian buriall,
Because she is a great woman.
3215Clowne Mary more's the pitty, that great folke
Should haue more authoritie to hang or drowne
Themselues, more than other people:
Goe fetch me a stope of drinke, but before thou
3230Goest, tell me one thing, who buildes strongest,
Of a Mason, a Shipwright, or a Carpenter?
3231.12. Why a Mason, for he buildes all of stone,
And will indure long.
Clowne That's prety, too't agen, too't agen.
2. Why then a Carpenter, for he buildes the gallowes,
3232.1And that brings many a one to his long home.
Clowne Prety agen, the gallowes doth well, mary howe
3235dooes it well? the gallowes dooes well to them that doe ill,
goe get thee gone:
And if any one aske thee hereafter, say,
A Graue-maker, for the houses he buildes
Last till Doomes-day. Fetch me a stope of beere, goe.

3245
Enter Hamlet and Horatio.
3285Clowne A picke-axe and a spade,
A spade for and a winding sheete,
Most fit it is, for t'will be made,
he throwes vp a shouel.
For such a ghest most meete.
Ham. Hath this fellow any feeling of himselfe,
That is thus merry in making of a graue?
See how the slaue joles their heads against the earth.
Hor. My lord, Custome hath made it in him seeme no-
Clowne A pick-axe and a spade, a spade,
For and a winding sheete,
Most fit it is for to be made,
For such a ghest most meet.
Ham. Looke you, there's another Horatio.
Why