Ham. Ilov'd Ophelia; forty thousand brothers Queen. For love of God, forbear him. Woo't drink up Esile, eat a crocodile ? Queen. Ham. King. I pray thee, good Horatio, wait upon SCENE II. A Hall in the Castle. Enter HAMLET and HORATIO. see the other; [Exeunt. 837 Or I could make a prologue to my brains, Hor. As peace should still her wheaten garland wear, Hor. Was our sea-fight, and what to this was sequent Hor. So Guildenstern and Rosencrantz go to't. They are not near my conscience; their defeat 'Tis dangerous, when the baser nature comes Hor. Why, what a king is this! Ham. Does it not, think thee, stand me now Ham. So much for this, sir; now shall you He that hath kill'd my king, and whor'd my upon? [mother; Popp'd in between the election and my hopes; Thrown out his angle for my proper life, And with such cozenage; is't not perfect conTo quit him with this arm; and is't not to be science, [damn'd, To let this canker of our nature come In further evil? You do remember all the circumstance? There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Ham. Up from my cabin, Hor. But wilt thou hear now how I did proceed? [England, Ham. It will be short: the interim is mine; Peace: who comes here? Osr. Your lordship is right welcome back to this water-fly? Hor. No, my good lord. Ham. Thy state is the more gracious; for 'tis a vice to know him: He hath much land, and fertile; let a beast be lord of beasts,and his crib but, as I say, spacious in the possession of dirt. shall stand at the king's mess: 'Tis a chough; Osr. Sweet lord, if your lordship were at leisure, I should impart a thing to you from his majesty. Ham. I will receive it, sir, with all diligence of spirit: Your bonnet to his right use; 'tis for the head. Osr. I thank your lordship, 'tis very hot. Ham. No, believe me, 'tis very cold: the wind is northerly. Osr. It is indifferent cold, my lord, indeed. Ham. But yet, methinks, it is very sultry and hot: or my complexion Osr. Exceedingly, my lord; it is very sultry, -as 'twere. I cannot tell how-My lord, his majesty bade me siguify to you, that he has laid a great wager on your head: Sir, this is the matter, Ham. I beseech you, remember [HAMLET moves him to put on his Hat. Osr. Nay, good my lord; for my ease, in good faith. Sir, here is newly come to court, Laertes: believe me, an absolute gentleman, full of most excellent differences, of very soft society, and great showing: Indeed, to speak feelingly of him, he is the card or calendar of gentry, for you shall find in him the continent of what part a gentleman would see. Ham. Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially, would dizzy the arithmetick of memory; and yet but raw neither, in respect of his quick sail. But in the verity of extolment, I take him to be a soul of great article: and his infusion of such dearth and rareness, as, to make true diction of him, his semblable is his mirronr; and, who else would trace him, his umbrage, nothing more. [him. Osr. Your lordship speaks most infallibly of Ham. The concernancy, sir? why do we wrap the gentleman in our more rawer breath? Osr. Sir? carriages: that's the French bet against the Danish: Why is this impawned, as you call it? Osr. The king, sir, hath laid, that in a dozen passes between yourself and him, he shall not exceed you three hits: he hath laid on twelve for nine; and it would come to immediate trial, if your lordship would vouchsafe the answer. Ham. How, if I answer, no? Osr. I mean, my lord, the opposition of your person in trial. Ham. Sir, I will walk here in the hall: If it please his majesty, it is the breathing time of day with me: let the foils be brought, the gentleman willing, and the king hold his purpose. I will win for him, if I can; if not, I will gain nothing but my shame, and the odd hits. Osr, Shall I deliver you so? Ham. To this effect, sir; after what flourish your nature will. Osr. I commend my duty to your lordship. [Exit. Ham. Yours, yours.-He does well to com. mend it himself; there are no tongues else for's turn. (on his head. Hor. This lapwing runs away with the shell Ham. He did comply with his dug, before he sucked it. Thus has he (and many more of the same bevy, that, I know, the drossy age dotes on), only got the tune of the time, and outward habit of encounter: a kind of yesty collection, which carries them through and through the most fanned and winnowed opinions; and do but blow them to their trial, the bubbles are out. Enter a Lord. Lord. My lord, his majesty commended him to you by young Osric, who brings back to him, Hor. Is't not possible to understand in ano-that you attend him in the hall: He sends to ther tongue? You will do't, sir, really. Ham. What imports the nomination of this Osr. Of Laertes? [gentleman? Hor. His purse is empty already; all his golden words are spent. Ham. Of him, sir. Osr. I know, you are not ignorant Ham. I would, you did, sir; yet, in faith, if you did, it would not much approve me.-Well, sir. Osr. You are not ignorant of what excellence Laertes is Ham. I dare not confess that, lest I should. compare with him in excellence; but, to know a man well, were to know himself. Osr. I mean, sir, for his weapon; but in the imputation laid on him by them, in his meed he's unfellowed. Ham. What's his weapon? Ham. That's two of his weapons: but, well. Osr. The king, sir, hath wagered with him six Barbary horses: against the which he hath impawned, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as girdle, hangers, and so: Three of the carriages, in faith, are very dear to fancy, very responsive to the hilts, most delicate carriages, and of very liberal conceit. Ham. What call you the carriages? Hor. I know, you must be edified by the margent, ere you had done. Osr. The carriages, sir, are the hangers. Ham. The phrase would be more german to the matter, if we could carry a cannon by our sides; I would, it might be hangers till then, But, on: Six Barbary horses against six French| swords, their assigns, and three liberal conceited know, if your pleasure hold to play with Laertes, or that you will take longer time. Ham. I am constant to my purposes, they follow the king's pleasure: if his fitness speaks, mine is ready: now, or, whensoever, provided I be so able as now. Lord. The king, and queen, and all are coming down. Ham. In happy time. Lord. The queen desires you, to use some gentle entertainment to Laertes, before you fall to play. Ham. She well instructs me. [Exit Lord. Hor. You will lose this wager, my lord. Ham. I do not think so; since he went into France, I have been in continual practice; I shall win at the odds. But thou would'st not think, how ill all's here about my heart; but it is no matter. Hor. Nay, good my lord, Ham. It is but foolery; but it is such a kind of gain-giving, as would, perhaps, trouble a woman. Hor. If your mind dislike any thing, obey it: I will forestall their repair hither, and say, you are not fit. Ham. Not a whit, we defy augury; there is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come; the readiness is all: Since no man, of aught he leaves,-knows-what is't to leave betimes. Let be. Enter King, Queen, LAERTES, Lords, OSRIC, and Attendants, with Foils, &c. King. Come, Hamlet, come, and take this hand from me. [The King puts the hand of LAERTEs into that¦ of HAMLET. Ham Give me your pardon, sir: I have done But pardon it, as you are a gentleman. How I am punish'd with a sore distraction. That might your nature, honour, and exception, Let my disclaiming from a purpos'd evil Ham. I embrace it freely; Come, one for me. norance Your skill shall, like a star i' the darkest night, Laer. You mock me, sir. King. Give them the foils, young Osric.- And let the kettle to the trumpet speak, Ham. Laer. Ham. One. No. Here's to thy health.-Give him the cup. [They play. He's fat, and scant of breath.-- [Aside. I do not think it, Laer. And yet it is almost against my con[Aside. science. King. She swoons to see them bleed. Queen. No, no, the drink, the drink,-( my dear Hamlet! The drink, the drink ;-I am poison'd! [Dies. Laer. It is here, Hamlet: Hamlet, thou art No medicine in the world can do thee good, Envenom'd too!-Then, venom, to thy work. Osr. & Lords. Treason! treason! Drink off this potion:-Is the union here? Judgment. Ham. Heaven make thee free of it! I follow I am dead, Horatio:-Wretched queen, adieu!- Is strict in his arrest),O, I could tell you,- Hor. Never believe it: Ham. O God!-Horatio, what a wounded name, If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, [March afar off, and Shot within. What warlike noise is this? Osr. Young Fortinbras, with conquest come from Poland, To the ambassadors of England gives Ham. O, I die, Horatio; The potent poison quite o'ercrows my spirit; [Dies. Hor. Now cracks a noble heart;-Good night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest! Fort. Where is the sight? What is it, you would see? What feast is toward in thine eternal cell, The sight is dismal; 1 Amb. To tell him, his commandment is fulfill'd, Are here arriv'd; give order, that these bodies Fort. Let us haste to hear it, And call the noblest to the audience. Hor. Of that I shall have also cause to speak, And from his mouth whose voice will draw on more: But let this same be presently perform'd, [sage, Let four captains Take up the bodies:-Such a sight as this Othello, the Moor of Venice. RODERIGO, a Venetian Gentleman. ment of Cyprus. MONTANO, Othello's Predecessor in the Govern- Officers, Gentlemen, Messengers, Musicians, Sailors, Attendants, &c. SCENE-for the first Act, in Venice; during the rest of the Play, at a Seaport in Cyprus. Art First. SCENE I. Venice. A Street. Enter RODERIGO and IAGO. That thou, Iago,-who hast had my purse, Iago. 'Sblood, but you will not hear me :- Rod. Tusn, never tell me, I take it much Abhor me. unkindly, [in thy hate. Rod. Thou told'st me, thou did'st hold him Iago. Despise me, if I do not. Three great ones of the city, In personal suit to make me his lieutenant, My mediators; for, certes, says he, Forsooth, a great arithmetician, A fellow almost damn'd in a fair wife; And I, of whom his eyes had seen the proof, calm'd By debitor and creditor, this counter-castor; ancient. Rod. By heaven, I rather would have been his hangman. Iago. But there's no remedy, 'tis the curse of service; Preferment goes by letter, and affection, Whether I in any just term am affin'd Rod. I would not follow him then. Iago. O, sir, content you; I follow him to serve my turn upon him: Whipme such honest knaves: Others there are, Do well thrive by them, and, when they have lin'd their coats, Do themselves homage: these fellows And such a one do I profess myself. have It is as sure as you are Roderigo, Proclaim him in the streets; incense her kins men, And, though he in a fertile climate dwell, Rod. Here is her father's house: I'll call aloud. Iago. Do; with like timorous accent, and dire yell, As when, by night and negligence, the fire [ho! Rod. What ho! Brabantio! signior Brabantio! Iago. Awake! what ho! Brabantio! thieves! thieves thieves! [bags! Look to your house, your daughter, and your Thieves! thieves! BRABANTIO, above at a Window. Rod. Signior, is all your family within? Why? wherefore ask you this? Iago. 'Zounds, sir, you are robb'd; for shame, Rod. Sir, sir, sir, sir,Bra. But thou must needs be sure, My spirit, and my place, have in them power To make this bitter to thee. Rod. Patience, good sir. Bra. What tell'st thou me of robbing? this is My house is not a grange. [Venice: Rod. Most grave Brabantio, In simple and pure soul I come to you. Iago. 'Zounds, sir, you are one of those, that will not serve God, if the devil bid you. Because we come to do you service, you think we are ruffians: You'll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse; you'll have your nephews neigh to you: you'll have coursers for cousins, and gennets for germans. Bra. What profane wretch art thou? Iago. I am one, sir, that comes to tell you, your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs. Bra. Thou art a villain. Rod. Sir, I will answer any thing. |