3595Gent. Now God
saue thee,
sweete prince
Hamlet.
3595.1Ham. And you
sir: foh, how the mu
ske-cod
smels!
¶Gen. I come with an emba
ssage from his maie
sty to you
¶Ham. I
shall
sir giue you attention:
3600By my troth me thinkes t'is very colde.
¶Gent. It is indeede very rawi
sh colde.
¶Ham. T'is hot me thinkes.
3605Gent. Very
swoltery hote:
¶The King,
sweete Prince, hath layd a wager on your
side,
¶Six Barbary hor
se, again
st
six french rapiers,
¶With all their acoutrements too, a the carriages:
3620In good faith they are very curiou
sly wrought.
¶Ham. The cariages
sir, I do not know what you meane.
¶Gent. The girdles, and hangers
sir, and
such like.
¶Ham. The worde had beene more co
sin german to the
3625phra
se, if he could haue carried the canon by his
side,
¶And howe's the wager? I vnder
stand you now.
3630Gent. Mary
sir, that yong Leartes in twelue venies
¶At Rapier and Dagger do not get three oddes of you,
And on your side the King hath laide,
¶And de
sires you to be in readine
sse.
¶Ham. Very well, if the King dare venture his wager,
I dare venture my skull: when must this be?
¶Gent. My Lord, pre
sently, the king, and her maie
sty,
.10With the re
st of the be
st iudgement in the Court,
¶Are comming downe into the outward pallace.
¶Ham. Goe tell his maie
stie, I wil attend him.
¶Gent. I
shall deliuer your mo
st
sweet an
swer.
exit.
¶Ham. You may
sir, none better, for y'are
spiced,
3644.1El
se he had a bad no
se could not
smell a foole.
¶Hor. He will di
sclo
se him
selfe without inquirie.
¶Ham. Beleeue me
Horatio, my hart is on the
sodaine
Very sore, all here about.
¶Hor. My lord, forbeare the challenge then.
¶Ham. No
Horatio, not I, if danger be now,
¶Why then it is not to come, theres a prede
stiuate prouidence
