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Hamlet (Folio 1, 1623)
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1646 Enter King, Queene, Polonius, Ophelia, Ro-
1647sincrance, Guildenstern, and Lords.
1649Get from him why he puts on this Confusion:
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1651With turbulent and dangerous Lunacy.
1655But with a crafty Madnesse keepes aloofe:
1657Of his true state.
1658Qu. Did he receiue you well?
1662Most free in his reply.
1665We ore-wrought on the way: of these we told him,
1666And there did seeme in him a kinde of ioy
1667To heare of it: They are about the Court,
1668And (as I thinke) they haue already order
1669This night to play before him.
1672To heare, and see the matter.
1673King. With all my heart, and it doth much content me
1674To heare him so inclin'd. Good Gentlemen,
1675Giue him a further edge, and driue his purpose on
1676To these delights.
1678King. Sweet Gertrude leaue vs too,
1680That he, as 'twere by accident, may there
1683We may of their encounter frankely iudge,
1684And gather by him, as he is behaued,
1688And for your part Ophelia, I do wish
1689That your good Beauties be the happy cause
1691Will bring him to his wonted way againe,
1692To both your Honors.
1697Your lonelinesse. We are oft too blame in this,
1698'Tis too much prou'd, that with Deuotions visage,
1700The diuell himselfe.
1701King. Oh 'tis true:
1703The Harlots Cheeke beautied with plaist'ring Art
1704Is not more vgly to the thing that helpes it,
1705Then is my deede, to my most painted word.
1706Oh heauie burthen!
1707Pol. I heare him comming, let's withdraw my Lord.
1708Exeunt.
1709 Enter Hamlet.
1712The Slings and Arrowes of outragious Fortune,
1713Or to take Armes against a Sea of troubles,
1719To sleepe, perchance to Dreame; I, there's the rub,
1720For in that sleepe of death, what dreames may come,
1723That makes Calamity of so long life:
1724For who would beare the Whips and Scornes of time,
1725The Oppressors wrong, the poore mans Contumely,
1726The pangs of dispriz'd Loue, the Lawes delay,
1728That patient merit of the vnworthy takes,
1729When he himselfe might his Quietus make
1730With a bare Bodkin? Who would these Fardles beare
1731To grunt and sweat vnder a weary life,
1732But that the dread of something after death,
1734No Traueller returnes, Puzels the will,
1735And makes vs rather beare those illes we haue,
1736Then flye to others that we know not of.
1737Thus Conscience does make Cowards of vs all,
1738And thus the Natiue hew of Resolution
1740And enterprizes of great pith and moment,
1741With this regard their Currants turne away,
1743The faire Ophelia? Nimph, in thy Orizons
1744Be all my sinnes remembred.
1745Ophe. Good my Lord,
1746How does your Honor for this many a day?
1747Ham. I humbly thanke you: well, well, well.
1748Ophe. My Lord, I haue Remembrances of yours,
1749That I haue longed long to re-deliuer.
1750I pray you now, receiue them.
1751Ham. No, no, I neuer gaue you ought.
1752Ophe. My honor'd Lord, I know right well you did,
1754As made the things more rich, then perfume left:
1755Take these againe, for to the Noble minde
1756Rich gifts wax poore, when giuers proue vnkinde.
1757There my Lord.
1759Ophe. My Lord.
1760Ham. Are you faire?
1764Ophe. Could Beautie my Lord, haue better Comerce
1765then your Honestie?
1769This was sometime a Paradox, but now the time giues it
1770proofe. I did loue you once.
1774of it. I loued you not.
1775Ophe. I was the more deceiued.
1779ter my Mother had not borne me. I am very prowd, re-
1780uengefull, Ambitious, with more offences at my becke,
1781then I haue thoughts to put them in imagination, to giue
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1783Fellowes as I do, crawling betweene Heauen and Earth.
1784We are arrant Knaues all, beleeue none of vs. Goe thy
1785wayes to a Nunnery. Where's your Father?
1786Ophe. At home, my Lord.
1788play the Foole no way, but in's owne house. Farewell.
1791for thy Dowrie. Be thou as chast as Ice, as pure as Snow,
1793Go, Farewell. Or if thou wilt needs Marry, marry a fool:
1795make of them. To a Nunnery go, and quickly too. Far-
1796well.
1798Ham. I haue heard of your pratlings too wel enough.
1800other: you gidge, you amble, and you lispe, and nickname
1802norance. Go too, Ile no more on't, it hath made me mad.
1805as they are. To a Nunnery, go. Exit Hamlet.
1806Ophe. O what a Noble minde is heere o're-throwne?
1807The Courtiers, Soldiers, Schollers: Eye, tongue, sword,
1815That vnmatch'd Forme and Feature of blowne youth,
1818 Enter King, and Polonius.
1820Nor what he spake, though it lack'd Forme a little,
1822O're which his Melancholly sits on brood,
1824Will be some danger, which to preuent
1825I haue in quicke determination
1827For the demand of our neglected Tribute:
1828Haply the Seas and Countries different
1831Whereon his Braines still beating, puts him thus
1834The Origin and Commencement of this greefe
1835Sprung from neglected loue. How now Ophelia?
1836You neede not tell vs, what Lord Hamlet saide,
1837We heard it all. My Lord, do as you please,
1838But if you hold it fit after the Play,
1839Let his Queene Mother all alone intreat him
1840To shew his Greefes: let her be round with him,
1847Exeunt.