The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_Ham._ I see a cherub that sees them. But, come; for[1631]
England! Farewell, dear mother.
_King._ Thy loving father, Hamlet.
_Ham._ My mother: father and mother is man and 50
wife; man and wife is one flesh, and so, my mother.[1632]
Come, for England! [_Exit._
_King._ Follow him at foot; tempt him with speed aboard;[1633]
Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night:
Away! for every thing is seal'd and done 55
That else leans on the affair: pray you, make haste.[1634]
[_Exeunt Rosencrantz and Guildenstern._
And, England, if my love thou hold'st at aught--
As my great power thereof may give thee sense,
Since yet thy cicatrice looks raw and red
After the Danish sword, and thy free awe 60
Pays homage to us--thou mayst not coldly set[1635]
Our sovereign process; which imports at full,
By letters congruing to that effect,[1636]
The present death of Hamlet. Do it, England;
For like the hectic in my blood he rages, 65
And thou must cure me: till I know 'tis done,
Howe'er my haps, my joys were ne'er begun. [_Exit._[1637]
SCENE IV. _A plain in Denmark._
_Enter_ FORTINBRAS, _a_ Captain _and_ Soldiers, _marching_.[1638]
_For._ Go, captain, from me greet the Danish king;[1639]
Tell him that by his license Fortinbras
Craves the conveyance of a promised march[1640]
Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous.[1641]
If that his majesty would aught with us, 5
We shall express our duty in his eye;[1642]
And let him know so.
_Cap._ I will do't, my lord.
_For._ Go softly on.[1643]
[_Exeunt Fortinbras and Soldiers._[1643]
_Enter_ HAMLET, ROSENCRANTZ, GUILDENSTERN, _and others_.[1643][1644]
_Ham._ Good sir, whose powers are these?[1643][1645]
_Cap._ They are of Norway, sir.[1643][1645][1646] 10
_Ham._ How purposed, sir, I pray you?[1643][1645][1647]
_Cap._ Against some part of Poland.[1643][1645][1648]
_Ham._ Who commands them, sir?[1643][1645]
_Cap._ The nephew to old Norway, Fortinbras.[1645][1649]
_Ham._ Goes it against the main of Poland, sir,[1645] 15
Or for some frontier?[1645]
_Cap._ Truly to speak, and with no addition,[1645][1650]
We go to gain a little patch of ground[1645]
That hath in it no profit but the name.[1645]
To pay five ducats, five, I would not farm it;[1645][1651] 20
Nor will it yield to Norway or the Pole[1645]
A ranker rate, should it be sold in fee.[1645][1652]
_Ham._ Why, then the Polack never will defend it.[1645]
_Cap._ Yes, it is already garrison'd.[1645][1653]
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