Prince of Denmarke.
1112775Cor. This bu
sines is very well di
spatched.
776Now my Lord, touching the yong Prince Hamlet,
1119777Certaine it is that hee is madde: mad let vs grant him then:
1129778Now to know the cau
se of this e
ffe
ct,
1130779Or el
se to
say the cau
se of this defe
ct,
1131780For this e
ffe
ct defe
ctiue comes by cau
se.
1123781Queene Good my Lord be briefe.
1124782Cor. Madam I will: my Lord, I haue a daughter,
1133783Haue while
shee's mine: for that we thinke
1133.1784Is
sure
st, we often loo
se: now to the Prince.
1134786The which my daughter in obedience
1144790Doubt that in earth is
fire,
1145791Doubt that the
starres doe moue,
1151795Thine euer the mo
st vnhappy Prince
Hamlet. 1158796My Lord, what doe you thinke of me?
1160797I, or what might you thinke when I
sawe this?
1159798King As of a true friend and a mo
st louing
subie
ct.
799Cor. I would be glad to prooue
so.
1169800Now when I
saw this letter, thus I be
spake my maiden:
1170801Lord
Hamlet is a Prince out of your
starre,
1170.1802And one that is vnequall for your loue:
1171803Therefore I did commaund her refu
se his letters,
1172804Deny his tokens, and to ab
sent her
selfe.
1174805Shee as my childe obediently obey'd me.
1174.1806Now
since which time,
seeing his loue thus cross'd,
1174.2807Which I tooke to be idle, and but
sport,
1176808He
straitway grew into a melancholy,
809From that vnto a fa
st, then vnto di
stra
ction,
810Then into a
sadne
sse, from that vnto a madne
sse,
And