Ros. My lord, you must tell us where the body is, and go with us to the king. Ham. The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. The king is a thing Guil. A thing, my lord? Ham. Of nothing: bring me to him. and all after." Hide fox, [Exeunt. SCENE III. Another Room in the same. Enter King, attended. King. I have sent to seek him, and to find the How dangerous is it, that this man goes loose? Who like not in their judgment, but their eyes; Enter ROSENCRANTZ. Or not at all.-How now? what hath befallen? King. Ros. Without, my lord; pleasure. 9 But where is he? Hide fox, &c.] There is a play among children called, Hide fox, and all after. King. Bring him before us. Ros. Ho, Guildenstern! bring in my lord. Enter HAMLet and GuilDÉNSTÉRN. King. Now, Hamlet, where's Polonius? King. At supper? Where? Ham. Not where he eats, but where he is eaten: a certain convocation of politick worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else, to fat us; and we fat ourselves for maggots: Your fat king, and your lean beggar, is but variable service; two dishes, but to one table; that's the end. King. Alas, alas! Ham. A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king; and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm. King. What dost thou mean by this? Ham. Nothing, but to show you how a king may go a progress1 through the guts of a beggar. King. Where is Polonius? Ham. In heaven; send thither to see: if your messenger find him not there, seek him i'the other place yourself. But, indeed, if you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up. the stairs into the lobby. King. Go seek him there. [To some Attendants. come. Exeunt Attendants. King. Hamlet, this deed, for thine especial safety, go a progress-] Alluding to the royal journeys of state, always styled progresses; a familiar idea to those who, like our author, lived during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James I. Which we do tender, as we dearly grieve For that which thou hast done,-must send thee hence With fiery quickness: Therefore, prepare thyself; The associates tend, and every thing is bent Ham. King. Ham. For England? Ay, Hamlet. Good. King. So is it, if thou knew'st our purposes. for England!-Farewell, dear mother. King. Thy loving father, Hamlet. Ham. My mother: Father and mother is man and wife; man and wife is one flesh; and so, my mother. Come, for England. [Exit. King. Follow him at foot; tempt him with speed aboard; Delay it not, I'll have him hence to-night: That else leans on the affair: Pray you, make haste. my The present death of Hamlet. Do it, England; 2 the wind at help,] i. e. at hand, ready. 3 thou may'st not coldly set] i. e. set at nought, 4 Howe'er my haps,] i. e. whatever befall me. SCENE IV. A Plain in Denmark. Enter FORTINBRAS, and Forces, marching." For. Go, captain, from me greet the Danish king; Tell him, that, by his licence, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis'd march Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous. If that his majesty would aught with us, We shall express our duty in his eye,3 And let him know so. Cap. Enter HAMLET, ROSENCRANTZ, GUILDENSTERN, &c. Ham. I will do't, my lord. [Exeunt FORTINBRAS and Forces. Good sir, whose powers are these? How purpos'd, sir, Who Cap. They are of Norway, sir. Ham. I pray you? Cap. Ham. Against some part of Poland. Commands them, sir? Cap. The nephew to old Norway, Fortinbras. Ham. Goes it against the main of Poland, sir, Or for some frontier? Cap. Truly to speak, sir, and with no addition, We go to gain a little patch of ground, That hath in it no profit but the name. To pay five ducats, five, I would not farm it; Nor will it yield to Norway, or the Pole, 5 in his eye,] i. e. in his presence. The phrase appears to have been formularly. A ranker rate, should it be sold in fee. Ham. Why, then the Polack never will defend it. Cap. Yes, 'tis already garrison'd. Ham. Two thousand souls, and twenty thousand ducats, Will not debate the question of this straw: Ros. [Exit Captain. Will't please you go, my lord? Ham. I will be with you straight. Go a little before. [Exeunt Ros. and GUIL. To fust in us unus'd. Now, whether it be Of thinking too precisely on the event, A thought, which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom, And, ever, three parts coward,-I do not know Sith I have cause, and will, and strength, and means, Whose spirit, with divine ambition puff'd, 6 chief good, and market of his time, &c.] If his highest good, and that for which he sells his time, be to sleep and feed. large discourse,]. Such latitude of comprehension, such power of reviewing the past, and anticipating the future. 7 some craven scruple-] Some cowardly scruple.. |