Hamlet (Quarto 2, 1604)
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The Tragedie of Hamlet
¶Being Natures liuery, or Fortunes starre,
¶His vertues els be they as pure as grace,
¶As infinite as man may vndergoe,
¶Shall in the generall censure take corruption
.20From that particuler fault: the dram of eale
¶To his owne scandle.
¶
Enter Ghost.
¶Hora. Looke my Lord it comes.
625Be thou a spirit of health, or gobl
in damn'd,
¶Bring with thee ayres from heauen, or blasts from hell,
¶Be thy intents wicked, or charitable,
¶That I will speake to thee, Ile call thee Hamlet,
630King, father, royall Dane, ô answere mee,
¶Let me not burst in ignorance, but tell
¶Why thy canoniz'd bones hearsed in death
¶Haue burst their cerements? why the Sepulcher,
¶Wherein we saw thee quietly interr'd
635Hath op't his ponderous and marble iawes,
¶To cast thee vp againe? what may this meane
¶Making night hideous, and we fooles of nature
¶With thoughts beyond the reaches of our soules,
¶Say why is this, wherefore, what should we doe?
Beckins.
¶Hora. It beckins you to goe away with it
¶To you alone.
¶Mar. Looke with what curteous action
¶It waues you to a more remooued ground,
¶But doe not goe with it.
650Hora. No, by no meanes.
¶Hora. Doe not my Lord.
¶I doe not set my life at a pinnes fee,
And