1112775Cor. This busines is very well dispatched.

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 cause of this effect,

1130779Or else to say the cause of this defect,

1131780For this effect defectiue comes by cause.

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 surest, we often loose: now to the Prince.

1133.2785My Lord, but note this letter,

1134786The which my daughter in obedience

1135787Deliuer'd to my handes.

1135.1788King Reade it my Lord.

789Cor. Marke my Lord.

1144790Doubt that in earth is fire,

1145791Doubt that the starres doe moue,

1146792Doubt trueth to be a liar,

1147793But doe not doubt I loue.

1137794To the beautifull Ofelia:

1151795Thine euer the most 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 most louing subiect.

799Cor. I would be glad to prooue so.

1169800Now when I saw this letter, thus I bespake 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 refuse his letters,

1172804Deny his tokens, and to absent 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 fast, then vnto distraction,

810Then into a sadnesse, from that vnto a madnesse,