Reading Help HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK
And what make you from Wittenberg, Horatio?-- `
` Marcellus? `
` `
` Mar. `
` My good lord,-- `
` `
` Ham. `
` I am very glad to see you.--Good even, sir.-- `
` But what, in faith, make you from Wittenberg? `
` `
` Hor. `
` A truant disposition, good my lord. `
` `
` Ham. `
` I would not hear your enemy say so; `
` Nor shall you do my ear that violence, `
` To make it truster of your own report `
` Against yourself: I know you are no truant. `
` But what is your affair in Elsinore? `
` We'll teach you to drink deep ere you depart. `
` `
` Hor. `
` My lord, I came to see your father's funeral. `
` `
` Ham. `
` I prithee do not mock me, fellow-student. `
` I think it was to see my mother's wedding. `
` `
` Hor. `
` Indeed, my lord, it follow'd hard upon. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Thrift, thrift, Horatio! The funeral bak'd meats `
` Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables. `
` Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven `
` Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!-- `
` My father,--methinks I see my father. `
` `
` Hor. `
` Where, my lord? `
` `
` Ham. `
` In my mind's eye, Horatio. `
` `
` Hor. `
` I saw him once; he was a goodly king. `
` `
` Ham. `
` He was a man, take him for all in all, `
` I shall not look upon his like again. `
` `
` Hor. `
` My lord, I think I saw him yesternight. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Saw who? `
` `
` Hor. `
` My lord, the king your father. `
` `
` Ham. `
` The King my father! `
` `
` Hor. `
` Season your admiration for awhile `
` With an attent ear, till I may deliver, `
` Upon the witness of these gentlemen, `
` This marvel to you. `
` `
` Ham. `
` For God's love let me hear. `
` `
` Hor. `
` Two nights together had these gentlemen, `
` Marcellus and Bernardo, on their watch `
` In the dead vast and middle of the night, `
` Been thus encounter'd. A figure like your father, `
` Armed at point exactly, cap-a-pe, `
` Appears before them and with solemn march `
` Goes slow and stately by them: thrice he walk'd `
` By their oppress'd and fear-surprised eyes, `
` Within his truncheon's length; whilst they, distill'd `
` Almost to jelly with the act of fear, `
` Stand dumb, and speak not to him. This to me `
` In dreadful secrecy impart they did; `
` And I with them the third night kept the watch: `
` Where, as they had deliver'd, both in time, `
` Form of the thing, each word made true and good, `
` The apparition comes: I knew your father; `
` These hands are not more like. `
` `
` Ham. `
` But where was this? `
` `
` Mar. `
` My lord, upon the platform where we watch'd. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Did you not speak to it? `
` `
` Hor. `
` My lord, I did; `
` But answer made it none: yet once methought `
` It lifted up it head, and did address `
` Itself to motion, like as it would speak: `
` But even then the morning cock crew loud, `
` And at the sound it shrunk in haste away, `
` And vanish'd from our sight. `
` `
` Ham. `
` 'Tis very strange. `
` `
` Hor. `
` As I do live, my honour'd lord, 'tis true; `
` And we did think it writ down in our duty `
` To let you know of it. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Indeed, indeed, sirs, but this troubles me. `
` Hold you the watch to-night? `
` `
` Mar. and Ber. `
` We do, my lord. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Arm'd, say you? `
` `
` Both. `
` Arm'd, my lord. `
` `
` Ham. `
` From top to toe? `
` `
` Both. `
` My lord, from head to foot. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Then saw you not his face? `
` `
` Hor. `
` O, yes, my lord: he wore his beaver up. `
` `
` Ham. `
` What, look'd he frowningly? `
` `
` Hor. `
` A countenance more in sorrow than in anger. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Pale or red? `
` `
` Hor. `
` Nay, very pale. `
` `
` Ham. `
` And fix'd his eyes upon you? `
` `
` Hor. `
` Most constantly. `
` `
` Ham. `
` I would I had been there. `
` `
` Hor. `
` It would have much amaz'd you. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Very like, very like. Stay'd it long? `
` `
` Hor. `
` While one with moderate haste might tell a hundred. `
` `
` Mar. and Ber. `
` Longer, longer. `
` `
` Hor. `
` Not when I saw't. `
` `
` Ham. `
` His beard was grizzled,--no? `
` `
` Hor. `
` It was, as I have seen it in his life, `
` A sable silver'd. `
` `
` Ham. `
` I will watch to-night; `
` Perchance 'twill walk again. `
` `
` Hor. `
` I warr'nt it will. `
` `
` Ham. `
` If it assume my noble father's person, `
` I'll speak to it, though hell itself should gape `
` And bid me hold my peace. I pray you all, `
` If you have hitherto conceal'd this sight, `
` Let it be tenable in your silence still; `
` And whatsoever else shall hap to-night, `
` Give it an understanding, but no tongue: `
` I will requite your loves. So, fare ye well: `
`
` Marcellus? `
` `
` Mar. `
` My good lord,-- `
` `
` Ham. `
` I am very glad to see you.--Good even, sir.-- `
` But what, in faith, make you from Wittenberg? `
` `
` Hor. `
` A truant disposition, good my lord. `
` `
` Ham. `
` I would not hear your enemy say so; `
` Nor shall you do my ear that violence, `
` To make it truster of your own report `
` Against yourself: I know you are no truant. `
` But what is your affair in Elsinore? `
` We'll teach you to drink deep ere you depart. `
` `
` Hor. `
` My lord, I came to see your father's funeral. `
` `
` Ham. `
` I prithee do not mock me, fellow-student. `
` I think it was to see my mother's wedding. `
` `
` Hor. `
` Indeed, my lord, it follow'd hard upon. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Thrift, thrift, Horatio! The funeral bak'd meats `
` Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables. `
` Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven `
` Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!-- `
` My father,--methinks I see my father. `
` `
` Hor. `
` Where, my lord? `
` `
` Ham. `
` In my mind's eye, Horatio. `
` `
` Hor. `
` I saw him once; he was a goodly king. `
` `
` Ham. `
` He was a man, take him for all in all, `
` I shall not look upon his like again. `
` `
` Hor. `
` My lord, I think I saw him yesternight. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Saw who? `
` `
` Hor. `
` My lord, the king your father. `
` `
` Ham. `
` The King my father! `
` `
` Hor. `
` Season your admiration for awhile `
` With an attent ear, till I may deliver, `
` Upon the witness of these gentlemen, `
` This marvel to you. `
` `
` Ham. `
` For God's love let me hear. `
` `
` Hor. `
` Two nights together had these gentlemen, `
` Marcellus and Bernardo, on their watch `
` In the dead vast and middle of the night, `
` Been thus encounter'd. A figure like your father, `
` Armed at point exactly, cap-a-pe, `
` Appears before them and with solemn march `
` Goes slow and stately by them: thrice he walk'd `
` By their oppress'd and fear-surprised eyes, `
` Within his truncheon's length; whilst they, distill'd `
` Almost to jelly with the act of fear, `
` Stand dumb, and speak not to him. This to me `
` In dreadful secrecy impart they did; `
` And I with them the third night kept the watch: `
` Where, as they had deliver'd, both in time, `
` Form of the thing, each word made true and good, `
` The apparition comes: I knew your father; `
` These hands are not more like. `
` `
` Ham. `
` But where was this? `
` `
` Mar. `
` My lord, upon the platform where we watch'd. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Did you not speak to it? `
` `
` Hor. `
` My lord, I did; `
` But answer made it none: yet once methought `
` It lifted up it head, and did address `
` Itself to motion, like as it would speak: `
` But even then the morning cock crew loud, `
` And at the sound it shrunk in haste away, `
` And vanish'd from our sight. `
` `
` Ham. `
` 'Tis very strange. `
` `
` Hor. `
` As I do live, my honour'd lord, 'tis true; `
` And we did think it writ down in our duty `
` To let you know of it. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Indeed, indeed, sirs, but this troubles me. `
` Hold you the watch to-night? `
` `
` Mar. and Ber. `
` We do, my lord. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Arm'd, say you? `
` `
` Both. `
` Arm'd, my lord. `
` `
` Ham. `
` From top to toe? `
` `
` Both. `
` My lord, from head to foot. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Then saw you not his face? `
` `
` Hor. `
` O, yes, my lord: he wore his beaver up. `
` `
` Ham. `
` What, look'd he frowningly? `
` `
` Hor. `
` A countenance more in sorrow than in anger. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Pale or red? `
` `
` Hor. `
` Nay, very pale. `
` `
` Ham. `
` And fix'd his eyes upon you? `
` `
` Hor. `
` Most constantly. `
` `
` Ham. `
` I would I had been there. `
` `
` Hor. `
` It would have much amaz'd you. `
` `
` Ham. `
` Very like, very like. Stay'd it long? `
` `
` Hor. `
` While one with moderate haste might tell a hundred. `
` `
` Mar. and Ber. `
` Longer, longer. `
` `
` Hor. `
` Not when I saw't. `
` `
` Ham. `
` His beard was grizzled,--no? `
` `
` Hor. `
` It was, as I have seen it in his life, `
` A sable silver'd. `
` `
` Ham. `
` I will watch to-night; `
` Perchance 'twill walk again. `
` `
` Hor. `
` I warr'nt it will. `
` `
` Ham. `
` If it assume my noble father's person, `
` I'll speak to it, though hell itself should gape `
` And bid me hold my peace. I pray you all, `
` If you have hitherto conceal'd this sight, `
` Let it be tenable in your silence still; `
` And whatsoever else shall hap to-night, `
` Give it an understanding, but no tongue: `
` I will requite your loves. So, fare ye well: `
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