Friends both, go join you with some further aid:[1590] Hamlet in madness hath Polonius slain, And from his mother's closet hath he dragg'd him:[1591] 35 Go seek him out; speak fair, and bring the body Into the chapel. I pray you, haste in this. [_Exeunt Rosencrantz and Guildenstern._[1592] Come, Gertrude, we'll call up our wisest friends; And let them know, both what we mean to do,[1593] And what's untimely done....[1594] 40 Whose whisper o'er the world's diameter[1594] As level as the cannon to his blank[1594] Transports his poison'd shot, may miss our name[1594][1595] And hit the woundless air. O, come away![1594] My soul is full of discord and dismay. [_Exeunt._ 45 SCENE II. _Another room in the castle._ _Enter_ HAMLET.[1596] _Ham._ Safely stowed. _Ros._ } [_Within_] Hamlet! Lord Hamlet![1597] _Guil._} _Ham._ But soft, what noise? who calls on Hamlet?[1598] O, here they come. _Enter_ ROSENCRANTZ _and_ GUILDENSTERN.[1599] _Ros._ What have you done, my lord, with the dead body? 5 _Ham._ Compounded it with dust, whereto 'tis kin.[1600] _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? 10 _Ham._ That I can keep your counsel and not mine own. Besides, to be demanded of a sponge! what replication[1601] 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, 15 his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end: he keeps them, like an ape, in the[1602] 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. 20 _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. 25 _Ham._ The body is with the king, but the king is not[1603] with the body. The king is a thing--[1604] _Guil._ A thing, my lord?[1605] _Ham._ Of nothing: bring me to him. Hide fox, and[1606][1607] all after. [_Exeunt._[1607] 30 SCENE III. _Another room in the castle._ _Enter_ KING, _attended_.[1608]