1772883Ham. O thou shouldst not a beleeued me!

1776884Go to a Nunnery goe, why shouldst thou

1777885Be a breeder of sinners? I am my selfe indifferent honest,

1778886But I could accuse my selfe of such crimes

887It had beene better my mother had ne're borne me,

1779888O I am very prowde, ambitious, disdainefull,

1780889With more sinnes at my becke, then I haue thoughts

1781890To put them in, what should such fellowes as I

1783891Do, crawling between heauen and earth?

1784892To a Nunnery goe, we are arrant knaues all,

893Beleeue none of vs, to a Nunnery goe.

1789894Ofel. O heauens secure him!

1785895Ham. Wher's thy father?

1786896Ofel. At home my lord.

1787897Ham. For Gods sake let the doores be shut on him,

898He may play the foole no where but in his

1788899Owne house: to a Nunnery goe.

900Ofel. Help him good God.

1790901Ham. If thou dost marry, Ile giue thee

902This plague to thy dowry:

1791903Be thou as chaste as yce, as pure as snowe,

1792904Thou shalt not scape calumny, to a Nunnery goe.

1792.1905Ofel. Alas, what change is this?

1793906Ham. But if thou wilt needes marry, marry a foole,

1794907For wisemen know well enough,

908What monsters you make of them, to a Nunnery goe.

1797909Ofel. Pray God restore him.

1798910Ham. Nay, I haue heard of your paintings too,

1799911God hath giuen you one face,

912And you make your selues another,

1800913You fig, and you amble, and you nickname Gods creatures,

1801914Making your wantonnesse, your ignorance,

1802915A pox, t'is scuruy, Ile no more of it,

916It hath made me madde: Ile no more marriages,

1803917All that are married but one, shall liue,

1804918The rest shall keepe as they are, to a Nunnery goe,