35952091Gent. Now God saue thee, sweete prince Hamlet.

3595.12092Ham. And you sir: foh, how the muske-cod smels!

35962093Gen. I come with an embassage from his maiesty to you

35972094Ham. I shall sir giue you attention:

36002095By my troth me thinkes t'is very colde.

36022096Gent. It is indeede very rawish colde.

36032097Ham. T'is hot me thinkes.

36052098Gent. Very swoltery hote:

36062099The King, sweete Prince, hath layd a wager on your side,

36162100Six Barbary horse, against six french rapiers,

36182101With all their acoutrements too, a the carriages:

36202102In good faith they are very curiously wrought.

36222103Ham. The cariages sir, I do not know what you meane.

36232104Gent. The girdles, and hangers sir, and such like.

36242105Ham. The worde had beene more cosin german to the

36252106phrase, if he could haue carried the canon by his side,

36292107And howe's the wager? I vnderstand you now.

36302108Gent. Mary sir, that yong Leartes in twelue venies

36312109At Rapier and Dagger do not get three oddes of you,

2110And on your side the King hath laide,

36332111And desires you to be in readinesse.

36412112Ham. Very well, if the King dare venture his wager,

2113I dare venture my skull: when must this be?

3657.92114Gent. My Lord, presently, the king, and her maiesty,

3657.102115With the rest of the best iudgement in the Court,

3657.112116Are comming downe into the outward pallace.

36382117Ham. Goe tell his maiestie, I wil attend him.

36432118Gent. I shall deliuer your most sweet answer. exit.

36442119Ham. You may sir, none better, for y'are spiced,

3644.12120Else he had a bad nose could not smell a foole.

3644.22121Hor. He will disclose himselfe without inquirie.

36612122Ham. Beleeue me Horatio, my hart is on the sodaine

2123Very sore, all here about.

36662124Hor. My lord, forbeare the challenge then.

36682125Ham. No Horatio, not I, if danger be now,

36692126Why then it is not to come, theres a predestiuate prouidence