And hit the woundless air.-O come away! [Exeunt. SCENE II.-Another room in the same. Enter HAMLET. Ham.- -Safely stowed,-[ROSENCRANTZ, &c. within. Hamlet! lord Hamlet!] But soft,-what noise? who calls on Hamlet? O, here they come. Enter ROSENCrantz and GUILDENSTERN. Ros. What have you done, my lord, with the dead body? Ham. Compounded it with dust, whereto 'tis kin. Ros. Tell us where 'tis; that we may take it thence, And bear it to the chapel. Ham. Do not believe it. Ros. Believe what? Ham. That I can keep your counsel, and not mine own. Besides, to be demanded of a sponge !—what replication should be made by the son of a king? Ros. Take you me for a sponge, my lord? Ham. Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end: He keeps them, like an ape,' in the corner of his jaw; first mouthed, to be last swallowed: When he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again. Ros. I understand you not, my lord. Ham. I am glad of it: A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. Ros. My lord, you must tell us where the body is, and go with us to the king. Ham. The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. The king is a thing Guil. A thing, my lord? Ham. Of nothing: bring me to him. Hide fox,' and all after. [Exeunt. SCENE III.-Another room in the same. Enter King, attended. King, I have sent to seek him, and to find the body. Who like not in their judgment, but their eyes; Enter ROSENCRANTZ. Or not at all.-How now? what hath befallen? King. But where is he? Ros. Without, my lord; guarded, to know your King. Bring him before us. [pleasure. Ros. Ho, Guildenstern! bring in my lord. Enter HAMLET and GUILDENSTERN. King. Now, Hamlet, where's Polonius? King. At supper r? Where? Ham. Not where he eats, but where he is eaten: a certain convocation of politick worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else, to fat us; and we fat ourselves for 'The name of a game among children. maggots: Your fat king, and your lean beggar, is but variable service; two dishes, but to one table; that's the end. King. Alas, alas! Ham. A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king; and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm. King. Where is Polonius? Ham. In heaven; send thither to see: if your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But, indeed, if you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby. King. Go seek him there. [To some Attendants. Ham. He will stay till you come. [Exeunt Attendants. King. Hamlet, this deed, for thine especial safety,— Which we do tender, as we dearly' grieve For that which thou hast done,-must send thee hence With fiery quickness: Therefore, prepare thyself; The bark is ready, and the wind at help, Th' associates tend, and every thing is bent For England. Ham. King. Ham. Good. King. So is it, if thou knew'st our purposes. for England!--Farewell, dear mother. King. Thy loving father, Hamlet. Ham. My mother: Father and mother is man and wife; man and wife is one flesh; and so, my mother. Come, for England. [Exit. King. Follow him at foot; tempt him with speed Delay it not, I'll have him hence to-night: [aboard; Away for every thing is seal'd and done That else leans on th' affair: Pray you, make haste. The present death of Hamlet. Do it, England; my And thou must cure me: Till I know tis done, Howe'er my haps, my joys were ne'er begun. [Exit. SCENE IV.—A plain in Denmark. Enter FORTINBRAS, and Forces, marching. For. Go, captain, from me greet the Danish king; Tell him, that, by his licence, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis'd march Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous. If that his majesty would aught with us, We shall express our duty in his eye,' And let him know so. Enter HAMLET, ROSENCRANTZ, GUILDENSTERN, &c. Ham. I will do't, my lord. [Exeunt FORTINBRAS and Forces. Good sir, whose powers are these? How purpos'd, sir, Who Cap. They are of Norway, sir. Ham. I pray you? Cap. Ham. Against some part of Poland. Commands them, sir? To set the king's process coldly, is to value or rate it low. 2 in his presence. Cap. The nephew to old Norway, Fortinbras. Ham. Goes it against the main' of Poland, sir, Or for some frontier? Cap. Truly to speak, sir, and with no addition, We go to gain a little patch of ground, That hath in it no profit but the name. Το pay five ducats, five, I would not farm it; Ham. Why, then the Polack never will defend it. Ham. Two thousand souls, and twenty thousand Will not debate3 the question of this straw: [ducats, This is th' imposthume of much wealth and peace; That inward breaks, and shows no cause without Why the man dies.—I humbly thank you, sir, Cap. God be wi' you, sir. Ros. [Exit Captain. Will't please you go, my lord? Ham. I will be with you straight. Go a little before. [Exeunt ROSENCRANTZ and Guildenstern. How all occasions do inform against me, That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unus'd. Now, whether it be Of thinking too precisely on th' event, A thought, which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom, Sith I have cause, and will, and strength, and means, the interior. 3 suffice to debate. 5 the return had for his time. 2 larger, more costly. 4 canker. 6 such latitude of comprehension. |