As level as the cannon to his blank, stright direct And hit the woundless air. O, come away! that which cant be SCENE II. Another Room in the Castle. Enter HAMLET. Hamlet. Safely stowed. Rosencrantz. Guildenstern. [Exeunt. of. "officeless with" } [Within] Hamlet! Lord Hamlet! Hamlet. What noise? who calls on Hamlet? O, here Enter ROSENCRANTZ and Guildenstern. Hamlet. Compounded it with dust, whereto 't is kin. thence And bear it to the chapel. Hamlet. Do not believe it. Rosencrantz. Believe what? IC Hamlet. That I can keep your counsel and not mine secrets own. Besides, to be demanded of a sponge, what replication should be made by the son of a king? questioned by Rosencrantz. Take you me for a sponge, my lord? Hamlet. Ay, sir, that soaks up the king's countenance, his fatrage, fu rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end; he keeps them, as an ape doth nuts, 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. Rosencrantz. I understand you not, my lord. 20 Hamlet. I am glad of it; a knavish speech sleeps in a aat meng furt in the ind Rosencrantz. My lord, you must tell us where the body is, and go with us to the king. Hamlet. The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. The king is a thing— Guildenstern. A thing, my lord! Hamlet. Of nothing; bring me to him. Hide fox, and all after. SCENE III. Another Room in the Castle. Enter KING, attended. [Exeunt, y King. I have sent to seek him, and to find the body. air Deliberate Or not at all.— Enter ROSENCRANTZ. How now! what hath befall'n? funishment carry through have been strangely true. 10 Rosencrantz. Where the dead body is bestow'd, my lord, stred We cannot get from him. King. But where is he? Rosencrantz. Without, my lord; guarded, to know your pleasure. King. Bring him before us. Rosencrantz. Ho, Guildenstern! bring in my lord. Enter HAMLET and GUILDENSTERN. King. Now, Hamlet, where 's Polonius? Hamlet. At supper. King. At supper! where? 19 a cer Hamlet. Not where he eats, but where he is eaten ; tain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him. worm is your only emperor for diet; we fat all creatures else f to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat kingenting and your lean beggar is but variable service, two dishes, but to one table; that 's the end. King. Alas, alas ! Hamlet. 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. What dost thou mean by this? Hamlet. Nothing but to show you how a king may go a progress through the guts of a beggar. King. Where is Polonius? Hamlet. In heaven; send thither to see: if your messenger find him not there, seek him i' the 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. Hamlet. He will stay till ye come. [To some Attendants. King. Hamlet, this deed, for thine especial safety,— Which we do tender, as we dearly grieve cacefor For that which thou hast done, must send thee hence The bark is ready, and the wind at help, For England. Hamlet. King. Hamlet. For England! ४ ་་ at 40 in state friend". wait, Ay, Hamlet. Good. King. So is it, if thou knew'st our purposes. Hamlet. I see a cherub that sees them.-But, come; for England!-Farewell, dear mother. King. Thy loving father, Hamlet. net we Hamlet. My mother: father and mother is man and wife; King. Follow him at foot; tempt him with speed aboard; That else leans on the affair; pray you, make haste. depends is heat [Exeunt Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. A affai sense, as And, England, if my love thou hold'st at aught- fueling, offreciatio and ant Pays homage to us-thou may'st not coldly set in his prescence fever [Exit. Do it, England; And thou must cure me: till I know 't is done, SCENE IV. A Plain in Denmark. Enter FORTINBRAS, a Captain, and Soldiers, marching. Tell him that by his license Fortinbras Claims the conveyance of a promis'd march Captain. Fortinbras. Go softly on. dowly, gemily lord.. I will do 't, my [Exeunt Fortinbras and Soldiers. Enter HAMLET, ROSENCRANTZ, GUILDENSTERN, and others. Hamlet. Good sir, whose powers are these? Captain. They are of Norway, sir. What is your Hamlet. How purpos'd, sir, I pray you? their destination Hamlet. Who commands them, sir? Captain. The nephew to old Norway, Fortinbras. main fower Hamlet. Goes it against the main of Poland, sir, Or for some frontier? Captain. Truly to speak, and with no addition, We go to gain a little patch of ground luten lease To pay five ducats, five, I would not farm it; ΙΟ main fart of the "Jesuitry. " 20 Nor will it yield to Norway or the Poles in absolute forcession. Rosencrantz. thousand ducats quarrel, satele by ward sore or [Exit. Will 't please you go, my lord? How all occasions do inform And spur my dull revenge! 31 [Exeunt all except Hamlet. against me, If his chief good and market of his time that for which he sells his time. The fenchors. Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. " Sure, He that made us with such large discourse. fower & reason 13 |