_Mar._ Look, with what courteous action 60 It waves you to a more removed ground:[394] But do not go with it. _Hor._ No, by no means.[395] _Ham._ It will not speak; then I will follow it.[396] _Hor._ Do not, my lord. _Ham._ Why, what should be the fear?[397] I do not set my life at a pin's fee;[398] 65 And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?[399] It waves me forth again: I'll follow it. _Hor._ What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord,[400] Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff[401] 70 That beetles o'er his base into the sea,[402] And there assume some other horrible form,[403] Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason[404] And draw you into madness? think of it:[405] The very place puts toys of desperation,[406] 75 Without more motive, into every brain[406] That looks so many fathoms to the sea[406] And hears it roar beneath.[406][407][408] _Ham._ It waves me still.[407] Go on; I'll follow thee. _Mar._ You shall not go, my lord. _Ham._ Hold off your hands.[409] 80 _Hor._ Be ruled; you shall not go. _Ham._ My fate cries out,[410] And makes each petty artery in this body[411] As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve.[412] Still am I call'd: unhand me, gentlemen;[413] By heaven, I'll make a ghost of him that lets me: 85 I say, away! Go on; I'll follow thee. [_Exeunt Ghost and Hamlet._[414] _Hor._ He waxes desperate with imagination.[415] _Mar._ Let's follow; 'tis not fit thus to obey him. _Hor._ Have after. To what issue will this come? _Mar._ Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. 90 _Hor._ Heaven will direct it. _Mar._ Nay, let's follow him. [_Exeunt._[416] SCENE V. _Another part of the platform._ _Enter_ Ghost _and_ HAMLET.[417] _Ham._ Whither wilt thou lead me? speak; I'll go no further.[418] _Ghost._ Mark me. _Ham._ I will. _Ghost._ My hour is almost come, When I to sulphurous and tormenting flames[419] Must render up myself. _Ham._ Alas, poor ghost! _Ghost._ Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing[420][421] 5 To what I shall unfold.[420] _Ham._ Speak; I am bound to hear.[422] _Ghost._ So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear.[423] _Ham._ What?[424]