Prince of Denmarke.
487Lend thy li
stning eare, but that I am forbid
699488To tell the
secrets of my pri
son hou
se
700489I would a tale vnfold, who
se lighte
st word
701490Would harrow vp thy
soule, freeze thy yong blood,
702491Make thy two eyes like
stars
start from their
spheres,
703492Thy knotted and combined locks to part,
704493And each particular haire to
stand on end
705494Like quils vpon the fretfull Porpentine,
706495But this
same blazon mu
st not be, to eares of
fle
sh and blood
707496Hamlet, if euer thou did
st thy deere father loue.
710498Gho. Reuenge his foule, and mo
st vnnaturall murder:
712500Ghost Yea, murder in the highe
st degree,
501As in the lea
st tis bad,
713502But mine mo
st foule, bea
stly, and vnnaturall.
714503Ham. Ha
ste me to knowe it, that with wings as
swift as
716504meditation, or the thought of it, may
sweepe to my reuenge.
718505Ghost O I
finde thee apt, and duller
should
st thou be
719506Then the fat weede which rootes it
selfe in ea
se
720507On
Lethe whar
ffe: briefe let me be.
722508Tis giuen out, that
sleeping in my orchard,
723509A Serpent
stung me;
so the whole eare of
Denmarke 724510Is with a forged Pro
sses of my death rankely abu
sde:
725511But know thou noble Youth: he that did
sting
726512Thy fathers heart, now weares his Crowne.
728513Ham. O my prophetike
soule, my vncle! my vncle!
729514Ghost Yea he, that ince
stuous wretch, wonne to his will
(with gifts, 731515O wicked will, and gifts! that haue the power
732516So to
seduce my mo
st seeming vertuous Queene,
739517But vertne, as it neuer will be moued,
740518Though Lewdne
sse court it in a
shape of heauen,
741519So Lu
st, thought to a radiant angle linckt,
742520Would fate it
selfe from a cele
stiall bedde,
521And prey on garbage: but
soft, me thinkes
743522I
sent the mornings ayre, briefe let me be,
Sleeping