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
_Pol._ Look, whether he has not turned his colour and[952]
has tears in's eyes. Prithee, no more.[953]
_Ham._ 'Tis well; I'll have thee speak out the rest of this[954]
soon. Good my lord, will you see the players well bestowed?[955] 500
Do you hear, let them be well used, for they are the abstract[956]
and brief chronicles of the time: after your death you were
better have a bad epitaph than their ill report while you live.[957]
_Pol._ My lord, I will use them according to their desert.[958]
_Ham._ God's bodykins, man, much better: use every[959] 505
man after his desert, and who shall 'scape whipping? Use[958][960]
them after your own honour and dignity: the less they deserve,
the more merit is in your bounty. Take them in.
_Pol._ Come, sirs.
_Ham._ Follow him, friends: we'll hear a play to-morrow. 510
[_Exit Polonius with all the Players but the First._[961]
Dost thou hear me, old friend; can you play the Murder of[962]
Gonzago?[963]
_First Play._ Ay, my lord.
_Ham._ We'll ha't to-morrow night. You could, for a[961][964][965]
need, study a speech of some dozen or sixteen lines, which[965][966] 515
I would set down and insert in't, could you not?[967]
_First Play._ Ay, my lord.
_Ham._ Very well. Follow that lord; and look you[961]
mock him not. [_Exit First Player._] My good friends, I'll[968]
leave you till night: you are welcome to Elsinore.[969] 520
_Ros._ Good my lord![970]
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