Chapter VII: Act IV: SCENE I. A room in the castle

_Enter_ KING, QUEEN, ROSENCRANTZ, _and_ GUILDENSTERN.[1571]

_King._ There's matter in these sighs, these profound heaves:[1572]
You must translate: 'tis fit we understand them.
Where is your son?

_Queen._ Bestow this place on us a little while.

[_Exeunt Rosencrantz and Guildenstern._[1573]

Ah, mine own lord, what have I seen to-night![1574] 5

_King._ What, Gertrude? How does Hamlet?[1575]

_Queen._ Mad as the sea and wind, when both contend[1576]
Which is the mightier: in his lawless fit,[1577]
Behind the arras hearing something stir,
Whips out his rapier, cries 'a rat, a rat!'[1578] 10
And in this brainish apprehension kills[1579]
The unseen good old man.

_King._ O heavy deed!
It had been so with us, had we been there:[1580]
His liberty is full of threats to all,
To you yourself, to us, to every one. 15
Alas, how shall this bloody deed be answer'd?[1581]
It will be laid to us, whose providence
Should have kept short, restrain'd and out of haunt,[1582]
This mad young man: but so much was our love,
We would not understand what was most fit, 20
But, like the owner of a foul disease,
To keep it from divulging, let it feed[1583]
Even on the pith of life. Where is he gone?

_Queen._ To draw apart the body he hath kill'd:
O'er whom his very madness, like some ore[1584] 25
Among a mineral of metals base,[1585]
Shows itself pure; he weeps for what is done.[1586]

_King._ O Gertrude, come away![1587]
The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch,
But we will ship him hence: and this vile deed[1588] 30
We must, with all our majesty and skill,
Both countenance and excuse. Ho, Guildenstern!

_Re-enter_ ROSENCRANTZ _and_ GUILDENSTERN.[1589]

Friends both, go join you with some further aid:[1590]
Hamlet in madness hath Polonius slain,
And from his mother's closet hath he dragg'd him:[1591] 35
Go seek him out; speak fair, and bring the body
Into the chapel. I pray you, haste in this.

[_Exeunt Rosencrantz and Guildenstern._[1592]

Come, Gertrude, we'll call up our wisest friends;
And let them know, both what we mean to do,[1593]
And what's untimely done....[1594] 40
Whose whisper o'er the world's diameter[1594]
As level as the cannon to his blank[1594]
Transports his poison'd shot, may miss our name[1594][1595]
And hit the woundless air. O, come away![1594]
My soul is full of discord and dismay. [_Exeunt._ 45

SCENE II. _Another room in the castle._

_Enter_ HAMLET.[1596]

_Ham._ Safely stowed.

_Ros._ } [_Within_] Hamlet! Lord Hamlet![1597]
_Guil._}

_Ham._ But soft, what noise? who calls on Hamlet?[1598]
O, here they come.

_Enter_ ROSENCRANTZ _and_ GUILDENSTERN.[1599]

_Ros._ What have you done, my lord, with the dead body? 5

_Ham._ Compounded it with dust, whereto 'tis kin.[1600]

_Ros._ Tell us where 'tis, that we may take it thence
And bear it to the chapel.

_Ham._ Do not believe it.

_Ros._ Believe what? 10

_Ham._ That I can keep your counsel and not mine
own. Besides, to be demanded of a sponge! what replication[1601]
should be made by the son of a king?

_Ros._ Take you me for a sponge, my lord?

_Ham._ Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, 15
his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king
best service in the end: he keeps them, like an ape, in the[1602]
corner of his jaw; first mouthed, to be last swallowed:
when he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing
you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again. 20

_Ros._ I understand you not, my lord.

_Ham._ I am glad of it: a knavish speech sleeps in a
foolish ear.

_Ros._ My lord, you must tell us where the body is, and
go with us to the king. 25

_Ham._ The body is with the king, but the king is not[1603]
with the body. The king is a thing--[1604]

_Guil._ A thing, my lord?[1605]

_Ham._ Of nothing: bring me to him. Hide fox, and[1606][1607]
all after. [_Exeunt._[1607] 30

SCENE III. _Another room in the castle._

_Enter_ KING, _attended_.[1608]

_King._ I have sent to seek him, and to find the body.[1609]
How dangerous is it that this man goes loose!
Yet must not we put the strong law on him:[1610]
He's loved of the distracted multitude,
Who like not in their judgement, but their eyes; 5
And where 'tis so, the offender's scourge is weigh'd,[1611]
But never the offence. To bear all smooth and even,[1612]
This sudden sending him away must seem
Deliberate pause: diseases desperate grown
By desperate appliance are relieved, 10
Or not at all.

_Enter_ ROSENCRANTZ.[1613]

How now! what hath befall'n?

_Ros._ Where the dead body is bestow'd, my lord,
We cannot get from him.

_King._ But where is he?

_Ros._ Without, my lord; guarded, to know your pleasure.

_King._ Bring him before us. 15

_Ros._ Ho, Guildenstern! bring in my lord.

_Enter_ HAMLET _and_ GUILDENSTERN.[1614]

_King._ Now, Hamlet, where's Polonius?

_Ham._ At supper.

_King._ At supper! where?

_Ham._ Not where he eats, but where he is eaten: a[1615] 20
certain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him. Your[1616]
worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures
else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots: your fat[1617]
king and your lean beggar is but variable service, two[1618]
dishes, but to one table: that's the end.[1619] 25

_King._ Alas, alas![1620]

_Ham._ A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of[1620]
a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.[1620][1621]

_King._ What dost thou mean by this?

_Ham._ Nothing but to show you how a king may go a 30
progress through the guts of a beggar.[1622]

_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[1623] 35
shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby.

_King._ Go seek him there. [_To some Attendants._[1624]

_Ham._ He will stay till you come. [_Exeunt Attendants._[1625]

_King._ Hamlet, this deed, for thine especial safety,[1626]
Which we do tender, as we dearly grieve 40
For that which thou hast done, must send thee hence
With fiery quickness: therefore prepare thyself;[1627]
The bark is ready and the wind at help,[1628]
The associates tend, and every thing is bent[1629]
For England.

_Ham._ For England?

_King._ Ay, Hamlet.

_Ham._ Good.[1630] 45

_King._ So is it, if thou knew'st our purposes.

_Ham._ I see a cherub that sees them. But, come; for[1631]
England! Farewell, dear mother.

_King._ Thy loving father, Hamlet.

_Ham._ My mother: father and mother is man and 50
wife; man and wife is one flesh, and so, my mother.[1632]
Come, for England! [_Exit._

_King._ Follow him at foot; tempt him with speed aboard;[1633]
Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night:
Away! for every thing is seal'd and done 55
That else leans on the affair: pray you, make haste.[1634]

[_Exeunt Rosencrantz and Guildenstern._

And, England, if my love thou hold'st at aught--
As my great power thereof may give thee sense,
Since yet thy cicatrice looks raw and red
After the Danish sword, and thy free awe 60
Pays homage to us--thou mayst not coldly set[1635]
Our sovereign process; which imports at full,
By letters congruing to that effect,[1636]
The present death of Hamlet. Do it, England;
For like the hectic in my blood he rages, 65
And thou must cure me: till I know 'tis done,
Howe'er my haps, my joys were ne'er begun. [_Exit._[1637]

SCENE IV. _A plain in Denmark._

_Enter_ FORTINBRAS, _a_ Captain _and_ Soldiers, _marching_.[1638]

_For._ Go, captain, from me greet the Danish king;[1639]
Tell him that by his license Fortinbras
Craves the conveyance of a promised march[1640]
Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous.[1641]
If that his majesty would aught with us, 5
We shall express our duty in his eye;[1642]
And let him know so.

_Cap._ I will do't, my lord.

_For._ Go softly on.[1643]

[_Exeunt Fortinbras and Soldiers._[1643]

_Enter_ HAMLET, ROSENCRANTZ, GUILDENSTERN, _and others_.[1643][1644]

_Ham._ Good sir, whose powers are these?[1643][1645]

_Cap._ They are of Norway, sir.[1643][1645][1646] 10

_Ham._ How purposed, sir, I pray you?[1643][1645][1647]

_Cap._ Against some part of Poland.[1643][1645][1648]

_Ham._ Who commands them, sir?[1643][1645]

_Cap._ The nephew to old Norway, Fortinbras.[1645][1649]

_Ham._ Goes it against the main of Poland, sir,[1645] 15
Or for some frontier?[1645]

_Cap._ Truly to speak, and with no addition,[1645][1650]
We go to gain a little patch of ground[1645]
That hath in it no profit but the name.[1645]
To pay five ducats, five, I would not farm it;[1645][1651] 20
Nor will it yield to Norway or the Pole[1645]
A ranker rate, should it be sold in fee.[1645][1652]

_Ham._ Why, then the Polack never will defend it.[1645]

_Cap._ Yes, it is already garrison'd.[1645][1653]

_Ham._ Two thousand souls and twenty thousand ducats[1645][1654][1655] 25
Will not debate the question of this straw:[1645][1655]
This is the imposthume of much wealth and peace,[1645]
That inward breaks, and shows no cause without[1645]
Why the man dies. I humbly thank you, sir.[1645]

_Cap._ God be wi' you, sir. [_Exit._[1645]

_Ros._ Will't please you go, my lord?[1645][1656] 30

_Ham._ I'll be with you straight. Go a little before.[1645]

[_Exeunt all but Hamlet._[1645][1657]

How all occasions do inform against me,[1645]
And spur my dull revenge! What is a man,[1645]
If his chief good and market of his time[1645]
Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more.[1645] 35
Sure, he that made us with such large discourse,[1645]
Looking before and after, gave us not[1645]
That capability and god-like reason[1645]
To fust in us unused. Now, whether it be[1645][1658]
Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple[1645] 40
Of thinking too precisely on the event,--[1645]
A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom[1645]
And ever three parts coward,--I do not know[1645][1659]
Why yet I live to say 'this thing's to do,'[1645][1659]
Sith I have cause, and will, and strength, and means,[1645] 45
To do't. Examples gross as earth exhort me:[1645]
Witness this army, of such mass and charge,[1645]
Led by a delicate and tender prince,[1645]
Whose spirit with divine ambition puff'd[1645]
Makes mouths at the invisible event,[1645] 50
Exposing what is mortal and unsure[1645]
To all that fortune, death and danger dare,[1645]
Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great[1645][1660]
Is not to stir without great argument,[1645][1660][1661]
But greatly to find quarrel in a straw[1645] 55
When honour's at the stake. How stand I then,[1645]
That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd,[1645]
Excitements of my reason and my blood,[1645]
And let all sleep, while to my shame I see[1645]
The imminent death of twenty thousand men,[1645][1662] 60
That for a fantasy and trick of fame[1645]
Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot[1645][1663]
Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause,[1645]
Which is not tomb enough and continent[1645]
To hide the slain? O, from this time forth,[1645][1664] 65
My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth! [_Exit._[1645]

SCENE V. _Elsinore. A room in the castle._

_Enter_ QUEEN, HORATIO, _and a_ Gentleman.[1665]

_Queen._ I will not speak with her.

_Gent._ She is importunate, indeed distract:[1666][1667]
Her mood will needs be pitied.[1667]

_Queen._ What would she have?

_Gent._ She speaks much of her father, says she hears[1666]
There's tricks i' the world, and hems and beats her heart, 5
Spurns enviously at straws; speaks things in doubt,
That carry but half sense: her speech is nothing,
Yet the unshaped use of it doth move
The hearers to collection; they aim at it,[1668]
And botch the words up fit to their own thoughts;[1669] 10
Which, as her winks and nods and gestures yield them,[1670]
Indeed would make one think there might be thought,[1671]
Though nothing sure, yet much unhappily.

_Hor._ 'Twere good she were spoken with, for she may strew[1672]
Dangerous conjectures in ill-breeding minds.[1672] 15

_Queen._ Let her come in. [_Exit Gentleman._[1672][1673][1674]
[_Aside_] To my sick soul, as sin's true nature is,[1674][1675][1676]
Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss:[1676]
So full of artless jealousy is guilt,[1676]
It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.[1676][1677] 20

_Re-enter_ Gentleman, _with_ OPHELIA.

_Oph._ Where is the beauteous majesty of Denmark?

_Queen._ How now, Ophelia![1678]

_Oph._ [_Sings_] How should I your true love know[1679][1680]
From another one?[1680]
By his cockle hat and staff[1680] 25
And his sandal shoon.[1680][1681]

_Queen._ Alas, sweet lady, what imports this song?

_Oph._ Say you? nay, pray you, mark.[1682]
[_Sings_] He is dead and gone, lady,[1683][1684][1685]
He is dead and gone;[1684][1685] 30
At his head a grass-green turf,[1685][1686]
At his heels a stone.[1685]
Oh, oh![1687]

_Queen._ Nay, but, Ophelia,--

_Oph._ Pray you, mark.
[_Sings_] White his shroud as the mountain snow,--

_Enter_ KING.[1688]

_Queen._ Alas, look here, my lord. 35

_Oph._ [_Sings_] Larded with sweet flowers;[1689]
Which bewept to the grave did go[1690]
With true-love showers.[1691]

_King._ How do you, pretty lady?[1692]

_Oph._ Well, God 'ild you! They say the owl was a[1693] 40
baker's daughter. Lord, we know what we are, but know[1694]
not what we may be. God be at your table![1695]

_King._ Conceit upon her father.

_Oph._ Pray you, let's have no words of this; but when[1696]
they ask you what it means, say you this: 45
[_Sings_] To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,[1697][1698][1699]
All in the morning betime,[1698][1700]
And I a maid at your window,[1698]
To be your Valentine.[1698]
Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,[1701][1702] 50
And dupp'd the chamber-door;[1701][1703]
Let in the maid, that out a maid[1701][1704]
Never departed more.[1701]

_King._ Pretty Ophelia!

_Oph._ Indeed, la, without an oath, I'll make an end on't:[1705] 55
[_Sings_] By Gis and by Saint Charity,[1706][1707]
Alack, and fie for shame![1707]
Young men will do't, if they come to't;[1707]
By cock, they are to blame.[1707][1708]
Quoth she, before you tumbled me,[1709][1710] 60
You promised me to wed.[1710]
He answers:[1711]
So would I ha' done, by yonder sun,
An thou hadst not come to my bed.[1712]

_King._ How long hath she been thus?[1713]

_Oph._ I hope all will be well. We must be patient: but 65
I cannot choose but weep, to think they should lay him i'[1714]
the cold ground. My brother shall know of it: and so I
thank you for your good counsel. Come, my coach!
Good night, ladies; good night, sweet ladies; good night,[1715]
good night. [_Exit._[1715][1716] 70

_King._ Follow her close; give her good watch, I pray
you. [_Exit Horatio._[1717]
O, this is the poison of deep grief; it springs[1718]
All from her father's death. O Gertrude, Gertrude,[1719]
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,[1720]
But in battalions! First, her father slain:[1721] 75
Next, your son gone; and he most violent author
Of his own just remove: the people muddied,
Thick and unwholesome in their thoughts and whispers,[1722]
For good Polonius' death; and we have done but greenly,[1723]
In hugger-mugger to inter him: poor Ophelia[1724] 80
Divided from herself and her fair judgement,
Without the which we are pictures, or mere beasts:[1725]
Last, and as much containing as all these,
Her brother is in secret come from France,
Feeds on his wonder, keeps himself in clouds,[1726] 85
And wants not buzzers to infect his ear[1727]
With pestilent speeches of his father's death;
Wherein necessity, of matter beggar'd,[1728]
Will nothing stick our person to arraign[1729]
In ear and ear. O my dear Gertrude, this, 90
Like to a murdering-piece, in many places[1730][1731]
Gives me superfluous death. [_A noise within._[1731]

_Queen._ Alack, what noise is this?[1732]

_King._ Where are my Switzers? Let them guard the door.[1733][1734]

_Enter another_ Gentleman.[1734]

What is the matter?[1734]

_Gent._ Save yourself, my lord:[1734][1735]
The ocean, overpeering of his list, 95
Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste[1736]
Than young Laertes, in a riotous head,
O'erbears your officers. The rabble call him lord;[1737]
And, as the world were now but to begin,[1738]
Antiquity forgot, custom not known,[1738] 100
The ratifiers and props of every word,[1738][1739][1740]
They cry 'Choose we; Laertes shall be king!'[1739][1741]
Caps, hands and tongues applaud it to the clouds,[1742]
'Laertes shall be king, Laertes king!'[1743]

_Queen._ How cheerfully on the false trail they cry! 105
O, this is counter, you false Danish dogs! [_Noise within._[1744]

_King._ The doors are broke.

_Enter_ LAERTES, _armed_; Danes _following_.[1745]

_Laer._ Where is this king? Sirs, stand you all without.[1746]

_Danes._ No, let's come in.[1747]

_Laer._ I pray you, give me leave.

_Danes._ We will, we will. 110

[_They retire without the door._[1747][1748]

_Laer._ I thank you: keep the door. O thou vile king,[1749][1750]
Give me my father![1749]

_Queen._ Calmly, good Laertes.

_Laer._ That drop of blood that's calm proclaims me bastard;[1751]
Cries cuckold to my father; brands the harlot
Even here, between the chaste unsmirched brow[1752] 115
Of my true mother.

_King._ What is the cause, Laertes,
That thy rebellion looks so giant-like?
Let him go, Gertrude; do not fear our person:
There's such divinity doth hedge a king,
That treason can but peep to what it would,[1753] 120
Acts little of his will. Tell me, Laertes,[1754]
Why thou art thus incensed: let him go, Gertrude:[1755]
Speak, man.

_Laer._ Where is my father?

_King._ Dead.

_Queen._ But not by him.[1756]

_King._ Let him demand his fill. 125

_Laer._ How came he dead? I'll not be juggled with:
To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil![1757]
Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit![1758]
I dare damnation: to this point I stand,[1758]
That both the worlds I give to negligence, 130
Let come what comes; only I'll be revenged
Most throughly for my father.

_King._ Who shall stay you?

_Laer._ My will, not all the world:[1759]
And for my means, I'll husband them so well,
They shall go far with little.[1760]

_King._ Good Laertes,[1761] 135
If you desire to know the certainty[1761]
Of your dear father's death, is't writ in your revenge,[1762]
That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe,[1763]
Winner and loser?[1764]

_Laer._ None but his enemies.

_King._ Will you know them then?[1765] 140

_Laer._ To his good friends thus wide I'll ope my arms;[1766]
And, like the kind life-rendering pelican,[1767]
Repast them with my blood.[1768]

_King._ Why, now you speak
Like a good child and a true gentleman.
That I am guiltless of your father's death, 145
And am most sensibly in grief for it,[1769]
It shall as level to your judgement pierce[1770]
As day does to your eye.

_Danes._ [_Within_] Let her come in.

_Laer._ How now! what noise is that?

_Re-enter_ OPHELIA.[1771]

O heat, dry up my brains! tears seven times salt, 150
Burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye![1772]
By heaven, thy madness shall be paid with weight,[1773]
Till our scale turn the beam. O rose of May![1774]
Dear maid, kind sister, sweet Ophelia!
O heavens! is't possible a young maid's wits 155
Should be as mortal as an old man's life?[1775]
Nature is fine in love, and where 'tis fine[1776][1777]
It sends some precious instance of itself[1776][1777]
After the thing it loves.[1776]

_Oph._ [_Sings_] They bore him barefaced on the bier;[1778] 160
Hey non nonny, nonny, hey nonny:[1779]
And in his grave rain'd many a tear,--[1780]
Fare you well, my dove![1781]

_Laer._ Hadst thou thy wits, and didst persuade revenge,[1782]
It could not move thus.[1782][1783] 165

_Oph._ [_Sings_] You must sing down a-down,[1784]
An you call him a-down-a.[1785]
O, how the wheel becomes it! It is the false steward, that[1786]
stole his master's daughter.

_Laer._ This nothing's more than matter.[1787] 170

_Oph._ There's rosemary, that's for remembrance: pray[1788][1789]
you, love, remember: and there is pansies, that's for[1789][1790]
thoughts.

_Laer._ A document in madness; thoughts and remembrance
fitted. 175

_Oph._ There's fennel for you, and columbines: there's
rue for you; and here's some for me: we may call it herb[1791]
of grace o' Sundays: O, you must wear your rue with a[1791][1792]
difference. There's a daisy: I would give you some
violets, but they withered all when my father died: they 180
say a' made a good end,--[1793]

[_Sings_] For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy.[1794]

_Laer._ Thought and affliction, passion, hell itself,[1795]
She turns to favour and to prettiness.

_Oph._ [_Sings_] And will a' not come again?[1796][1797] 185
And will a' not come again?[1797]
No, no, he is dead,[1798]
Go to thy death-bed,[1798][1799]
He never will come again.

His beard was as white as snow,[1800] 190
All flaxen was his poll:[1801]
He is gone, he is gone,[1802]
And we cast away moan:[1802]
God ha' mercy on his soul![1803]

And of all Christian souls, I pray God. God be wi' you. 195

[_Exit._[1804]

_Laer._ Do you see this, O God?[1805]

_King._ Laertes, I must commune with your grief,[1806]
Or you deny me right. Go but apart,
Make choice of whom your wisest friends you will,
And they shall hear and judge 'twixt you and me: 200
If by direct or by collateral hand[1807]
They find us touch'd, we will our kingdom give,[1808]
Our crown, our life, and all that we call ours,
To you in satisfaction; but if not,
Be you content to lend your patience to us,[1809] 205
And we shall jointly labour with your soul
To give it due content.

_Laer._ Let this be so;
His means of death, his obscure funeral,[1810]
No trophy, sword, nor hatchment o'er his bones,[1811]
No noble rite nor formal ostentation,[1812] 210
Cry to be heard, as 'twere from heaven to earth,
That I must call't in question.[1813]

_King._ So you shall;
And where the offence is let the great axe fall.[1814]
I pray you, go with me. [_Exeunt._

SCENE VI. _Another room in the castle._

_Enter_ HORATIO _and a_ Servant.[1815]

_Hor._ What are they that would speak with me?[1816]

_Serv._ Sea-faring men, sir: they say they have letters
for you.[1816][1817]

_Hor._ Let them come in. [_Exit Servant._[1816][1818]
I do not know from what part of the world
I should be greeted, if not from Lord Hamlet.[1819] 5

_Enter_ Sailors.[1820]

_First Sail._ God bless you, sir.[1821][1822]

_Hor._ Let him bless thee too.

_First Sail._ He shall, sir, an't please him. There's a[1821][1823]
letter for you, sir; it comes from the ambassador that was[1824]
bound for England; if your name be Horatio, as I am let 10
to know it is.

_Hor._ [_Reads_] 'Horatio, when thou shalt have over-looked[1825]
this, give these fellows some means to the king:
they have letters for him. Ere we were two days old at
sea, a pirate of very warlike appointment gave us chase. 15
Finding ourselves too slow of sail, we put on a compelled
valour: and in the grapple I boarded them: on the instant[1826]
they got clear of our ship; so I alone became their prisoner.
They have dealt with me like thieves of mercy:
but they knew what they did; I am to do a good turn[1827] 20
for them. Let the king have the letters I have sent; and
repair thou to me with as much speed as thou wouldest[1828]
fly death. I have words to speak in thine ear will make[1829]
thee dumb; yet are they much too light for the bore of[1830]
the matter. These good fellows will bring thee where I[1830] 25
am. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern hold their course for
England: of them I have much to tell thee. Farewell.[1831]
'He that thou knowest thine, HAMLET.'[1832]

Come, I will make you way for these your letters;[1833]
And do't the speedier, that you may direct me 30
To him from whom you brought them. [_Exeunt._[1834]

SCENE VII. _Another room in the castle._[1835]

_Enter_ KING _and_ LAERTES.

_King._ Now must your conscience my acquittance seal,
And you must put me in your heart for friend,
Sith you have heard, and with a knowing ear,
That he which hath your noble father slain[1836]
Pursued my life.

_Laer._ It well appears: but tell me 5
Why you proceeded not against these feats,[1837]
So crimeful and so capital in nature,[1838]
As by your safety, wisdom, all things else,[1839]
You mainly were stirr'd up.

_King._ O, for two special reasons,[1840]
Which may to you perhaps seem much unsinew'd,[1841] 10
But yet to me they're strong. The queen his mother[1842]
Lives almost by his looks; and for myself--
My virtue or my plague, be it either which--[1843]
She's so conjunctive to my life and soul,[1844]
That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, 15
I could not but by her. The other motive,
Why to a public count I might not go,
Is the great love the general gender bear him;
Who, dipping all his faults in their affection,
Would, like the spring that turneth wood to stone,[1845] 20
Convert his gyves to graces; so that my arrows,[1846]
Too slightly timber'd for so loud a wind,[1847]
Would have reverted to my bow again[1848]
And not where I had aim'd them.[1849]

_Laer._ And so have I a noble father lost;[1850] 25
A sister driven into desperate terms,
Whose worth, if praises may go back again,[1851]
Stood challenger on mount of all the age[1852]
For her perfections: but my revenge will come.[1853]

_King._ Break not your sleeps for that: you must not think[1854] 30
That we are made of stuff so flat and dull
That we can let our beard be shook with danger[1855]
And think it pastime. You shortly shall hear more:[1856]
I loved your father, and we love ourself;[1857]
And that, I hope, will teach you to imagine--[1858] 35

_Enter a_ Messenger, _with letters_.

How now! what news?[1859]

_Mess._ Letters, my lord, from Hamlet:
This to your majesty; this to the queen.[1860]

_King._ From Hamlet! who brought them?[1861]

_Mess._ Sailors, my lord, they say; I saw them not:
They were given me by Claudio; he received them 40
Of him that brought them.

_King._ Laertes, you shall hear them.[1862]
Leave us. [_Exit Messenger._[1863]

[_Reads_] 'High and mighty, You shall know I am set[1864]
naked on your kingdom. To-morrow shall I beg leave[1865]
to see your kingly eyes: when I shall, first asking your[1866][1867] 45
pardon thereunto, recount the occasion of my sudden and[1866][1868][1869]
more strange return.[1869]
'HAMLET.'[1870]

What should this mean? Are all the rest come back?
Or is it some abuse, and no such thing?[1871] 50

_Laer._ Know you the hand?

_King._ Tis Hamlet's character. 'Naked!'[1872][1873]
And in a postscript here, he says 'alone.'[1872][1873]
Can you advise me?[1872][1874]

_Laer._ I'm lost in it, my lord. But let him come;[1875] 55
It warms the very sickness in my heart,
That I shall live and tell him to his teeth,[1876]
'Thus didest thou.'[1877]

_King._ If it be so, Laertes,--[1878]
As how should it be so? how otherwise?--[1878][1879]
Will you be ruled by me?[1878]

_Laer._ Ay, my lord;[1880][1881] 60
So you will not o'errule me to a peace.[1880]

_King._ To thine own peace. If he be now return'd,[1882]
As checking at his voyage, and that he means[1883]
No more to undertake it, I will work him
To an exploit now ripe in my device,[1884] 65
Under the which he shall not choose but fall:
And for his death no wind of blame shall breathe;
But even his mother shall uncharge the practice,
And call it accident.[1885]

_Laer._ My lord, I will be ruled;[1886][1887]
The rather, if you could devise it so[1886] 70
That I might be the organ.[1886][1888]

_King._ It falls right.[1886]
You have been talk'd of since your travel much,[1886]
And that in Hamlet's hearing, for a quality[1886]
Wherein, they say, you shine: your sum of parts[1886]
Did not together pluck such envy from him,[1886] 75
As did that one, and that in my regard[1886]
Of the unworthiest siege.[1886]

_Laer._ What part is that, my lord?[1886]

_King._ A very riband in the cap of youth,[1886][1889]
Yet needful too; for youth no less becomes[1886]
The light and careless livery that it wears[1886] 80
Than settled age his sables and his weeds,[1886]
Importing health and graveness. Two months since,[1886][1890]
Here was a gentleman of Normandy:--[1891]
I've seen myself, and served against, the French,[1892]
And they can well on horseback: but this gallant[1893] 85
Had witchcraft in't; he grew unto his seat,[1894]
And to such wondrous doing brought his horse
As had he been incorpsed and demi-natured[1895]
With the brave beast: so far he topp'd my thought[1896]
That I, in forgery of shapes and tricks, 90
Come short of what he did.[1897]

_Laer._ A Norman was't?

_King._ A Norman.

_Laer._ Upon my life, Lamond.

_King._ The very same.[1898]

_Laer._ I know him well: he is the brooch indeed
And gem of all the nation.[1899] 95

_King._ He made confession of you,[1900]
And gave you such a masterly report,
For art and exercise in your defence,
And for your rapier most especial,[1901]
That he cried out, 'twould be a sight indeed[1902] 100
If one could match you: the scrimers of their nation.[1903][1904]
He swore, had neither motion, guard, nor eye,[1903]
If you opposed them. Sir, this report of his[1903]
Did Hamlet so envenom with his envy[1905]
That he could nothing do but wish and beg 105
Your sudden coming o'er, to play with him.[1906]
Now, out of this--

_Laer._ What out of this, my lord?

_King._ Laertes, was your father dear to you?[1907]
Or are you like the painting of a sorrow,
A face without a heart?

_Laer._ Why ask you this? 110

_King._ Not that I think you did not love your father,
But that I know love is begun by time,[1908]
And that I see, in passages of proof,
Time qualifies the spark and fire of it.
There lives within the very flame of love[1909] 115
A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it;[1909][1910]
And nothing is at a like goodness still,[1909]
For goodness, growing to a plurisy,[1909][1911]
Dies in his own too much: that we would do[1909][1912]
We should do when we would; for this 'would' changes[1909][1913] 120
And hath abatements and delays as many[1909]
As there are tongues, are hands, are accidents,[1909][1914]
And then this 'should' is like a spendthrift sigh,[1909][1913][1915]
That hurts by easing. But, to the quick o' the ulcer:[1909]
Hamlet comes back: what would you undertake,[1916] 125
To show yourself your father's son in deed[1917]
More than in words?

_Laer._ To cut his throat i' the church.

_King._ No place indeed should murder sanctuarize;[1918]
Revenge should have no bounds. But, good Laertes,
Will you do this, keep close within your chamber.[1919] 130
Hamlet return'd shall know you are come home:
We'll put on those shall praise your excellence
And set a double varnish on the fame[1920]
The Frenchman gave you; bring you in fine together[1921]
And wager on your heads: he, being remiss,[1922] 135
Most generous and free from all contriving,
Will not peruse the foils, so that with ease,[1923]
Or with a little shuffling, you may choose
A sword unbated, and in a pass of practice[1924]
Requite him for your father.

_Laer._ I will do't 140
And for that purpose I'll anoint my sword.[1925]
I bought an unction of a mountebank,
So mortal that but dip a knife in it,[1926]
Where it draws blood no cataplasm so rare,
Collected from all simples that have virtue 145
Under the moon, can save the thing from death
That is but scratch'd withal: I'll touch my point
With this contagion, that, if I gall him slightly,[1927][1928]
It may be death.[1927]

_King._ Let's further think of this;
Weigh what convenience both of time and means[1929] 150
May fit us to our shape: if this should fail,[1930]
And that our drift look through our bad performance,[1931]
'Twere better not assay'd: therefore this project
Should have a back or second, that might hold
If this did blast in proof. Soft! let me see:[1932] 155
We'll make a solemn wager on your cunnings:[1933]
I ha't:[1934][1935]
When in your motion you are hot and dry--[1935][1936]
As make your bouts more violent to that end--[1937]
And that he calls for drink, I'll have prepared him[1938] 160
A chalice for the nonce; whereon but sipping,[1939]
If he by chance escape your venom'd stuck,[1940]
Our purpose may hold there. But stay, what noise?

_Enter_ QUEEN.[1941]

How now, sweet queen![1942]

_Queen._ One woe doth tread upon another's heel,[1943] 165
So fast they follow: your sister's drown'd, Laertes.[1944]

_Laer._ Drown'd! O, where?

_Queen._ There is a willow grows aslant a brook,[1945]
That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream;[1946]
There with fantastic garlands did she come[1947] 170
Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples,
That liberal shepherds give a grosser name,[1948]
But our cold maids do dead men's fingers call them:[1949]
There, on the pendent boughs her coronet weeds[1950]
Clambering to hang, an envious sliver broke;[1951] 175
When down her weedy trophies and herself[1952]
Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide,
And mermaid-like awhile they bore her up:[1953]
Which time she chanted snatches of old tunes,[1954]
As one incapable of her own distress, 180
Or like a creature native and indued[1955]
Unto that element: but long it could not be
Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,[1956]
Pull'd the poor wretch from her melodious lay[1957]
To muddy death.

_Laer._ Alas, then she is drown'd![1958] 185

_Queen._ Drown'd, drown'd.

_Laer._ Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia,
And therefore I forbid my tears: but yet
It is our trick; nature her custom holds,
Let shame say what it will: when these are gone, 190
The woman will be out. Adieu, my lord:
I have a speech of fire that fain would blaze,[1959]
But that this folly douts it. [_Exit._[1960]

_King._ Let's follow, Gertrude:
How much I had to do to calm his rage![1961]
Now fear I this will give it start again; 195
Therefore let's follow. [_Exeunt._

FOOTNOTES:

[1571] ACT IV. SCENE I.] Q (1676) and Rowe.

A room....] A Royal apartment. Rowe. The same. Capell.

Enter....] Enter King, and Queene, with Rosencraus and Guyldensterne. Qq (Eenter Q₂ Q₃). Enter King. Ff. Enter the King and Lordes. (Q₁).

[1572] _There's ... heaves:_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_matter_] Qq. _matters_ Ff.

_sighs, these ... heaves:_] _sighs, these ... heaves;_ Rowe. _sighes, these ... heaves,_ Qq. _sighes. These ... heaves_ Ff.

[1573] &c. Queen.] Ger. or Gert. in Qq. _Bestow ... while._] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

_a little while_] om. Seymour conj.

[Exeunt....] Q (1676) and Capell. To Ros. and Guild. who go out. Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

[1574] _mine own_] Qq. _my good_ Ff.

_to-night!_] _to night?_ Qq Ff.

[1575] _Gertrude_] Ff. _Gertrard_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₆. _Gertrad_ Q₄. _Gertard_ Q₅.

_How_] _hast thou seen? and how_ Seymour conj.

[1576] _sea_] Qq. _seas_ Ff.

[1577] _mightier:_] _mightier;_ Rowe. _ightier,_ Q₂ Q₃ Ff. _mightier_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

_fit,_] Qq. _fit_ Ff.

[1578] _Whips out ... cries_] Qq (_Whyps_ Q₂ Q₃. _cryeis_ Q₄ Q₅). _He whips his Rapier out, and cries_ Ff.

_'a rat, a rat!'_] _a rat!_ Pope, reading the rest of the line with Ff.

[1579] _this_] Qq. _his_ Ff.

[1580] _been_] Q₆ F₃ F₄. _beene_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _bin_ F₁. _bine_ F₂.

_been_] Q₂ Q₃ F₃ Q₆ F₄. _beene_ Q₄ F₁ F₂. _bin_ Q₅.

[1581] _answer'd_] Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _answered_ Ff Q₆.

[1582] _haunt_] _harm_ Johnson conj.

[1583] _let_] Qq. _let's_ F₁ F₃ F₄. _lets_ F₂.

[1584] _ore_] Qq F₄. _oare_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _or_ (i.e. _gold_) Johnson conj.

[1585] _metals_] _metal_ Mason conj.

[1586] _he_] Ff. _a_ Qq.

[1587] _O_] Q₂ Q₃. _Oh_ Ff. om. Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1588] _vile_] Qq F₄. _vilde_ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[1589] _Both ... Guildenstern!_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

Re-enter ...] Dyce. Enter Ros. & Guild. Qq (after line 31). After _excuse_ in Ff.

[1590] _you with_] _with you_ Q (1676).

[1591] _mother's closet_] _Mother Clossets_ F₁.

_dragg'd_] _dreg'd_ Q₂ Q₃.

[1592] _I pray_] _Pray_ Pope.

[Exeunt ...] Ex. Ros. and Guild. Rowe. Exit Gent. Ff. om. Qq.

[1593] _And let_] Qq. _To let_ Ff.

[1594] See note (XXIII).

[1595] _his_] _its_ Theobald.

_poison'd_] _poysned_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _poysoned_ Q₅ Q₆.

[1596] SCENE II.] Pope.

Another....] Capell.

Enter Hamlet.] Ff. Enter Hamlet, Rosencraus, and others. Qq.

[1597] Ros. Guil. [Within] _... Hamlet!_] Gentlemen within. _Hamlet, Lord Hamlet._ Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[1598] _But soft,_] See note (XXIV).

[1599] Enter....] Ff. om. Qq.

[1600] _Compounded_] _Compound_ Q₂ Q₃.

_'tis kin_] _it is kin_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _it is akin_ Q (1676).

[1601] _sponge!_] _sponge!--_ Steevens. _sponge,--_ Capell. _spunge,_ or _spundge,_ Qq Ff.

[1602] _like an ape_] Ff. _like an apple_ Qq. _like an ape, an apple_ Farmer conj. _like an ape doth nuts_ Singer, from (Q₁).

[1603] _with the king, but_] _not with the king, for_ Johnson conj.

[1604] _a thing--_] Ff. _a thing._ Qq. _nothing._ Hanmer.

[1605] _A thing_] _Nothing_ Hanmer.

_lord?_] Ff Q₆. _lord._ The rest.

[1606] _Of nothing:_] F₁. _Of nothing_ Qq. _Of nothing?_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _A thing or nothing_ Hanmer. _Or nothing._ Johnson conj.

[1607] _Hide ... after._] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[1608] SCENE III.] Pope.

Another....] Capell.

Enter King, attended.] Capell. Enter King, and two or three. Qq. Enter King. Ff.

[1609] _I have_] _I've_ Pope.

[1610] _on_] _upon_ Keightley.

[1611] _weigh'd_] Ff. _wayed_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _waigh'd_ Q₆.

[1612] _never_] Qq. _neerer_ F₁ F₂. _nearer_ F₃ F₄. _ne'er_ Long MS.

_and even_] om. Pope. _even_ Jennens (a misprint).

[1613] Enter Rosencrantz.] Enter Rosencraus and all the rest. Qq. Enter Rosencrane. F₁. Enter Rosincros. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1614] _Ho, Guildenstern!_] _Hoa, Guildensterne?_ F₁. _Hoa, Guildenstar?_ F₂ F₃. _Ho, Guildenstare?_ F₄. _How,_ Q₂ Q₃. _Hoe,_ Q₄ Q₅. _Ho,_ Q₆.

_Guildenstern_] om. Qq.

_my lord_] Ff. _the lord_ Qq. _the lord Hamlet_ Q (1676).

Enter ...] Ff. They enter. Qq.

[1615] _he is_] _a is_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1616] _convocation_] _convacation_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

_politic_] _politique_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _politick_ Q₅ Q₆. om. Ff. _palated_ Collier MS.

_e'en_] om. Pope.

[1617] _ourselves_] _our selfe_ F₁.

[1618] _service, two_] _service to_ F₁.

[1619] _but_] om. Pope.

[1620] King. _Alas, alas!_ Ham. _A ... that worm._] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1621] _and_] om. Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1622] _guts_] Qq F₁. _gut_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1623] _indeed, if_] Ff. _indeed if_ Q₆. _if indeed_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

_within_] Qq. om. Ff.

[1624] [To some Attendants.] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[1625] _He_] Ff. _A_ Qq.

_you_] Qq. _ye_ Ff.

[Exeunt Attendants.] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[1626] _deed, for thine_] Qq. _deed of thine, for thine_ Ff.

[1627] _With fiery quickness:_] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

_therefore_] _then_ Pope.

[1628] _at help_] _sits fair_ Q (1676). _at helm_ Johnson conj.

[1629] _is bent_] Qq. _at bent_ Ff.

[1630] _For England ... Good._] As one line first by Steevens (1793).

_England?_] F₁ Q₆ F₃ F₄. _England._ The rest.

[1631] _sees_] _knows_ Seymour conj.

_them_] Qq. _him_ Ff.

[1632] _and so_] (Q₁) Ff Q₆. _so_ The rest.

[1633] _Follow ... aboard:_] One line in Rowe. Two, the first ending _foote,_ in Qq Ff.

_at foot_] om. Q (1676).

[1634] [Exeunt ...] Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

[1635] _set_] _let_ Pope (ed. 2). _set by_ Hanmer. _jet_ Becket conj. _rate_ Anon. conj. _see_ Collier MS. See note (II).

[1636] _congruing_] Qq. _conjuring_ Ff.

[1637] _my haps ... begun_] Ff (_happes_ F₁). _my haps, my ioyes will nere begin_ Qq. _my hopes, my joys are not begun_ Johnson conj. _'t may hap, my joys will ne'er begin_ Heath conj. _my hopes, my joys were ne're begun_ Collier MS.

[1638] SCENE IV.] Pope. SCENE II. Rowe.

A plain....] Capell. A camp. Rowe. A camp, on the Frontiers of Denmark. Theobald.

Enter....] Edd. (Globe ed.) Enter Fortinbrasse with his Army over the stage. Qq. Enter Fortinbras with an Armie. Ff. Enter Fortinbras, and Forces, marching. Capell.

[1639] _greet the_] _to the_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1640] _Craves_] Qq. _Claimes_ F₁ F₂. _Claims_ F₃ F₄.

[1641] _kingdom_] _realm_ Pope.

_rendezvous_] Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _randevous_ Q₂ Q₃. _rendevous_ F₁. _rendevouz_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1642] _duty_] _durie_ F₂.

[1643] _Go ... sir?_] As four lines, ending _these?... sir, ... Who ... sir?_ in Steevens (1793).

[1644] _softly_] Qq. _safely_ Ff.

[Exeunt....] Exit Fortinbras, with the Army. Theobald. Exit. Ff. om. Qq.

Enter ... and others.] Dyce. Enter ... Rosincrantz, Guildenstern, &c. Theobald. Enter Hamlet, Rosencraus, &c. Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1645] Ham. _Good sir, ... worth!_] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1646] _They_] _The_ Q₄.

[1647] _purposed_] _purposd_ Q₂ Q₃. _proposd_ Q₄ Q₅. _propos'd_ Q₆.

[1648] _Against_] _Sir, against_ Capell, reading lines 9-13 as three lines, ending _sir ... against ... sir?_

[1649] _to_] _of_ Q₆.

[1650] _speak_] _speak it_ Pope. _speak, sir_ Capell. _speak on't_ Anon. conj.

_no_] _no more_ Anon. conj.

[1651] _five ducats, five,_] _fiue duckets, fiue_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _five duckets, five_ Q₆. _five ducats--five,_ Theobald. _five ducats fine_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn). _five ducats; fly!_ Jackson conj.

[1652] _sold_] _so_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[1653] _Yes, it is_] _O, yes, it is_ Capell. _Nay, 'tis_ Q (1676) and Rowe. _Yes, 'tis_ Pope.

[1654] _Two_] _Ten_ S. Walker conj.

_twenty_] _many_ Hanmer.

[1655] _Two ... straw:_] To be continued to Cap. Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. LX. 403).

[1656] _be wi' you_] Capell. _buy you_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _buy your_ Q₆. _b' w' ye_ Q (1676) and Rowe.

[1657] _I'll_] _Ile_ Qq. _I will_ Capell (ending the line _straight_). _I will_ Malone.

_straight_] om. Pope.

[Exeunt.] Exe. Manet Hamlet. Rowe. om. Qq.

[1658] _fust_] _rust_ Rowe.

[1659] _know Why yet I live_] _know. Why yet live I_ Anon. conj. MS.

[1660] _Rightly ... to stir_] _'Tis not to be great Never to stir_ Pope.

[1661] _to stir_] _to never stir_ Bullock conj.

[1662] _imminent_] Q₆. _iminent_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _eminent_ Q (1703) and Rowe.

[1663] _plot_] _spot_ Pope. _plat_ Jennens conj.

[1664] _slain_] _slain men_ or _slaughter'd_ Anon. conj.

_O,_] _O then_ Pope.

[1665] SCENE V.] Pope. SCENE III. Rowe.

Elsinore. A room....] Capell. A Palace. Rowe.

Enter....] Pope. Enter Horatio, Gertrard, and a Gentleman. Qq. Enter Queene and Horatio. Ff. Enter Queen, Horatio, and Attendants. Rowe. Enter Queen, and a Gentleman. Hanmer. Enter Queen, attended; Horatio, and a Gentleman. Capell.

[1666] Gent.] Gent. or Gen. Qq. Hor. Ff.

[1667] _She ... pitied._] As in Capell. Two lines, the first ending _importunat,_ in Qq. Prose in Ff.

_distract: ... pitied._] _distracted, and deserves pity._ Q (1676).

[1668] _collection; ... it_] _collect at what they aim_ Long MS. (obliterated).

_aim_] F₃ F₄. _ayme_ F₁ F₂. _yawne_ Qq. _yearn_ Anon. conj.

[1669] _botch_] _both_ F₃ F₄.

[1670] _as her_] _as_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _at her_ F₃ F₄.

[1671] _might_] Qq. _would_ Ff.

_thought_] _thoughts_ F₃ F₄. _meant or seen_ Staunton conj.

[1672] Hor. _'Twere ... minds._ Queen. _Let ... in._] Arranged as by Collier (Blackstone conj.) See note (XXV).

[1673] [Exit Gentleman.] Hanmer. Exit Hor. Johnson, om. Qq Ff.

[1674] _in. To_] Qq F₁. _in To_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1675] [Aside] Edd. om. Qq Ff.

[1676] _To my ... spilt._] Marked with inverted commas in Qq.

[1677] Re-enter....] Edd. Enter Ophelia. Qq (after line 16). Enter Ophelia distracted. Ff. Enter Horatio, with Ophelia, distracted. Johnson. Enter Ophelia, wildly. Capell. Re-enter Horatio, with Ophelia. Steevens (1778).

[1678] _Ophelia!_] _Ophelia?_ Q₂ Q₃ Ff Q₆. _Ophelia._ Q₄ Q₅.

[1679] [Sings] shee sings, Q₂ Q₃. she sings. Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. om. Ff.

[1680] _How ... shoon_] Four lines in Capell. Two in Qq Ff.

[1681] _And his_] _and by his_ Q₆.

_sandal_] Ff. _sendall_ Qq.

[1682] _Say you?_] Ff. _Say you,_ Qq.

[1683] [Sings] Song. Qq. om. Ff.

[1684] _He is ... He is_] _He's ... he is_ Pope. _He's ... he's_ Hanmer.

[1685] _He ... stone._] Four lines in Capell. Two in Qq Ff.

[1686] _grass-green_] _green grass_ Elze (Percy's Reliques).

[1687] _Oh, oh!_] _O ho._ Qq. om. Ff.

[1688] _his_] _the_ Warburton.

[Sings] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

Enter King.] Qq. After _stone_, line 32, in Ff.

[1689] [Sings] Song. Q₆. Song. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ (opposite line 37). om. Ff.

_Larded_] (Q₁) Ff. _Larded all_ Qq.

[1690] _bewept_] (Q₁) Ff. _beweept_ Qq. _unbewept_ Keightley, reading _did not_ with Qq Ff.

_grave_] (Q₁) Ff. _ground_ Qq.

_did_] Pope. _did not_ Qq Ff.

[1691] _true-love_] Hyphened in Ff.

_showers_] _flowers_ F₃ F₄.

[1692] _you_] Qq. _ye_ Ff.

[1693] _God 'ild_] Capell. _good dild_ Qq. _God dil'd_ Ff. _Godild_ Hanmer. _God yield_ Warburton. _God 'ield_ Johnson.

[1694] _but know_] _but we know_ Johnson.

[1695] _God ... table!_] om. Q (1676).

[1696] _Pray you, let's_] _Pray you let's_ F₁ F₂. _Pray lets_ Qq (_let's_ Q₆). _Pray you let us_ F₃ F₄. _Pray let us_ Pope.

[1697] [Sings] Song. Qq. om. Ff.

[1698] _To-morrow ... Valentine._] Four lines in Qq. Two in Ff.

[1699] _To-morrow is_] _Good Morrow, 'tis_ Steevens, 1793 (Farmer conj.)

[1700] _morning_] Qq F₁. _morne_ F₂. _morn_ F₃ F₄.

[1701] _Then ... more._] Four lines in Johnson. Two in Qq Ff. Six in Capell.

[1702] _clothes_] F₁ Q₆ F₃. _close_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _cloathes_ F₂. _cloths_ F₄.

[1703] _dupp'd_] _dupt_ Qq Ff. _op'd_ Hanmer. _do'pt_ Warburton. _d'op'd_ Capell.

[1704] _the maid, that out_] Qq F₁. _the maid, let in_ F₂. _a maid, that out_ F₃ F₄. _a maid, but out_ Hanmer.

[1705] _Indeed, la,_] _Indeed la?_ Ff. _Indeede_ Q₂ Q₃. _Indeed_ Q₄ Q₅. _Indeed,_ Q₆. _Indeed?_ Pope.

[1706] [Sings] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

_Gis_] F₃ F₄. _gis_ Qq F₁ F₂. _Cis_ Johnson conj.

[1707] _By ... blame._] Four lines in Qq Ff. Six in Capell.

[1708] _to blame_] Q₅ Q₆ F₃ F₄. _too blame_ The rest.

[1709] _Quoth she, before_] _Before, quoth she,_ Capell.

[1710] _Quoth ... wed._] Two lines in Ff. One in Qq. Three lines in Capell.

[1711] _He answers:_] _(He answers.)_ Qq. Omitted in Ff.

_So ... sun,_] Two lines in Capell.

_would_] Q₂ Q₃ Ff. _should_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

_ha' done_] _ha done_ Ff. _a done_ Qq.

[1712] _An_] Hanmer. _And_ Qq Ff.

[1713] _been thus_] _bin this_ F₁.

[1714] _should_] Ff. _would_ Qq.

[1715] _Good ... good ... good ... good_] _God ... god ... god ... god_ Q₂ Q₃. _God ... God ... God ... God_ Q₄ Q₅.

_night, sweet ... night._] Pointed as in Ff, substantially. _night. Sweet ... night._ Qq, reading _Sweet ... night_ as a separate line.

[1716] [Exit.] Ff. om. Qq.

[1717] _Follow ... you._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[Exit Horatio.] Theobald. Exeunt Hor. and Att. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[1718] _O, this_] _This_ Pope.

[1719] _death. O_] _death. Oh_ Ff. _death, and now behold, ô_ Qq, reading lines 72, 73 as prose.

[1720] _come, they_] _comes, they_ F₁.

_spies_] _spyes_ Q₂ Q₃. _spies_ The rest. _files_ Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. LX. 307).

[1721] _battalions_] Q (1676) and Rowe. _battalians_ Qq. _battaliaes_ F₁ F₂. _battels_ F₃ F₄.

[1722] _their_] Ff. om. Qq.

[1723] _and we have_] _We've_ Pope.

_but greenly,_] om. Q (1676).

[1724] _In hugger-mugger_] _Obscurely_ Q (1676). _In private_ Pope. Omitted by Capell, ending the previous line at _done_.

[1725] _the which we are_] _which we are but_ Q₆. _the which we're_ Pope.

[1726] _Feeds on his wonder_] Johnson. _Feeds on this wonder_ Qq. _Keepes on his wonder_ Ff (_Keeps_ F₃ F₄). _Feeds on his anger_ Hanmer.

_in clouds_] _inclos'd_ Thirlby conj.

[1727] _buzzers_] _whispers_ Q (1676).

[1728] _Wherein_] Qq. _Where in_ Ff.

_Wherein necessity_] _Whence animosity_ Hanmer.

[1729] _person_] Qq. _persons_ Ff.

[1730] _murdering-piece_] Hyphen inserted in Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1731] _places Gives_] Qq. _places, Gives_ Ff.

[1732] Queen. _Alack, ... this?_] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[1733] SCENE VI. Pope.

_Where_] Ff. _Attend, where_ Qq.

_are_] _is_ Q₂ Q₃.

_Switzers_] Ff. _Swissers_ Qq.

[1734] _Let ... matter_] As in Qq. One line in Ff.

Enter another Gentleman.] Enter a Gentleman, hastily. Capell. Enter a Messenger. Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ Ff, after _death_, line 92. Enter Messenger. Q₆.

[1735] Gent.] Gen. Capell. Messen. Qq. Mes. Ff.

[1736] _Eats_] _Beats_ Williams conj.

_impetuous_] _impitious_ Q₂ Q₃. _impittious_ F₁.

[1737] _lord_] _king_ Collier MS.

[1738] _And ... word,_] Put in a parenthesis, Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. LX. 403).

[1739] _The ... shall be king!_] _The ... to be king,_ Q₆. _The ... for our king,_ Q (1676) and Rowe. _They cry ... for our king: The ratifiers ... word_ Hanmer.

[1740] _word_] _ward_ Warburton. _weal_ Johnson conj. _work_ Capell (Tyrwhitt conj.)

[1741] _They_] _The_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

_we;_] _we,_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _we?_ Ff. _we_ Q₆.

[1742] _tongues_] _shouts_ Hanmer.

[1743] [Noise again, and Shouts: Door assaulted. Capell.

[1744] [Noise within.] Ff. A noise within. Qq, opposite to line 105.

[1745] Enter ... following.] Capell. Enter Laertes with others. Qq, after line 106. Enter Laertes. Ff, after line 106. Enter Laertes, with a Party at the Door. Theobald.

[1746] _this king? Sirs_] Qq. _the king, sirs?_ Ff.

[1747] Danes.] Dan. Capell. All. Qq Ff.

[1748] [They retire....] Capell. Exeunt. Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

[1749] _O thou ... father!_] Arranged as in Qq. One line in Ff.

[1750] _vile_] Qq F₄. _vilde_ F₁ F₂. _vild_ F₃.

[1751] _That ... bastard;_] One line in Qq. Two lines in Ff.

_that's calm_] _that's calme_ Q₅ Q₆. _thats calme_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _that calmes_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _that calms_ F₄.

[1752] _unsmirched brow_] _unsmitched brow_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _brows_ Q (1676). _and unsmich'd brow_ Pope. _and unsmirch'd brow_ Theobald. _and unsmirch'd brows_ Johnson. _unsmirched brows_ Grant White.

[1753] _can but_] _cannot_ Q₄ Q₅.

_can but peep to_] _dares not reach at_ Q (1676).

[1754] _Acts_] _Act's_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _Act_ Hanmer.

_his_] _its_ Pope.

[1755] _thou art_] _art thou_ F₃ F₄. _are you_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[1756] _Where is_] Qq. _Wheres_ F₁ F₂. _Where's_ F₃ F₄.

_Dead_] _Dead, Laertes_ Capell.

[1757] _blackest_] _black_ Hanmer.

[1758] _grace, to ... pit! I_] _grace, to ... pit. I_ Ff. _grace, to ... pit I_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _grace to ... pit, I_ Q₆.

[1759] _world_] Ff. _worlds_ Qq. _world's_ Hanmer.

[1760] _They_] _The_ Q₄.

[1761] _Good ... certainty_] As in Ff. _One line in_ Qq.

[1762] _father's death_] F₃ F₄. _fathers death_ F₁ F₂. _father_ Qq.

_is't_] Q₆. _i'st_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _if_ Ff. _if 'tis not_ Rowe.

[1763] _That, swoopstake_] _Swoop-stake-like_ (Q₁). _That soopstake_ Q₂ Q₃. _That soope-stake_ Q₄. _That soop-stake_ Q₅ Ff Q₆. (_That sweep-stake_) Pope. _That, sweep-stake_ Johnson.

_you will_] _will you_ Hanmer (Theobald conj.)

[1764] _loser?_] Q₆. _loser._ F₄. _looser._ The rest.

[1765] _then?_] Qq F₄. _then._ The rest.

[1766] _his good friends_] _this, good friends_, Q (1676).

_ope_] _hope_ F₂.

[1767] _pelican_] _Politician_ F₁.

[1768] _Repast_] _Relieve_ Q (1676).

_Why, now you speak_] _Why now? what noyse is that?_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1769] _sensibly_] _sencibly_ Q₂ Q₃. _sencible_ Q₄. _sensible_ The rest.

[1770] _pierce_] Ff. _peare_ Qq. _lye_ Q (1676). _'pear_ Johnson.

SCENE VII. Pope.

Danes. [Within] Capell. See note (XXVI).

[1771] Re-enter....] Collier. Enter Ophelia, fantastically drest with Straws and Flowers. Rowe.

[1772] _Burn out_] _Burn on_ Pope (ed. 1).

[1773] _with_] Qq. _by_ Ff.

[1774] _Till_] _Tell_ Q₂ Q₃.

_turn_] _turne_ Qq. _turnes_ F₁ F₂. _turns_ F₃ F₄.

[1775] _an old_] Ff. _a poore_ Qq. _a sick_ Q (1676).

[1776] _Nature ... loves._] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[1777] _fine ... fine, ... instance_] _fire ... fire, ... incense_ Pope conj. _fal'n ... fal'n, ... instance_ Warburton.

[1778] _barefaced_] _bure-faste_ Q₂ Q₃.

[Sings] Song. Qq. om. Ff.

[1779] _Hey ... nonny:_] _Hey ... nony:_ or _Hey ... noney:_ Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[1780] _in_] Qq. _on_ Ff.

_rain'd_] Qq. _raines_ F₁ F₂. _rains_ F₃ F₄. _remains_ Warburton. _rain_ Collier MS. See note (II).

[1781] _Fare ... dove!_] See note (XXVII).

[1782] _Hadst ... thus._] Verse in Qq. Prose in Ff.

[1783] _move_] _move me_ S. Walker conj.

[1784] See note (XXVIII).

[1785] _An_] _an_ Capell. _And_ Qq. and Ff.

[1786] _wheel becomes it_] _wheele becomes it_ Qq F₁. _wheeles become it_ F₂. _wheels become?_ F₃ F₄. _weal becomes it_ Warburton.

[1787] _nothing's_] _nothing is much_ Q (1676).

[1788] _There's ... remembrance:_] Prose in Qq. One line in Ff.

_that's_] _that_ Q₄ Q₅.

[1789] _pray you_] Qq. _Pray_ Ff.

[1790] _there is_] _there's_ Q₆ F₃ F₄.

_pansies_] Johnson. _paconcies_ F₁. _pancies_ The rest.

[1791] _herb of grace_] _herbe of grace_ Qq. _herbe-grace_ Ff (_herb_ F₃ F₄). _hearb a grace_ (Q₁).

[1792] _o'_] Theobald. _a_ Qq Ff.

_O, you must_] _Oh you must_ or _O you must_ Ff. _you may_ Qq. _you must_ (Q₁).

[1793] _a' made_] _a made_ Qq. _he made_ Ff.

[1794] [Sings] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[1795] _Thought_] _Thoughts_ (Q₁) Q₆.

_affliction_] Ff. _afflictions_ (Q₁) Qq.

[1796] [Sings] Song. Qq. om. Ff.

[1797] _a' ... a'_] _a ... a_ Qq. _he ... he_ Ff.

[1798] Two lines in Johnson. One in Qq Ff.

[1799] _Go to thy_] _Gone to his_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[1800] _was as_] Qq. _as_ Ff. _was_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[1801] _All flaxen_] Ff. _Flaxen_ Qq.

_poll_] Johnson. _pole_ Qq Ff.

[1802] _He ... moan:_] Two lines in Johnson. One in Qq Ff.

[1803] _God ha' mercy_] Collier. _God a mercy_ Qq. _Gramercy_ Ff. _God a' mercy_ Steevens (1778).

[1804] _of_] Q₂ Q₃ Ff. om. Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _on_ Johnson.

_Christian_] Ff Q₆. _Christians_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

_I pray God_] Ff. om. Qq.

_God be wi' you_] _God buy you_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₆. _God buy yous,_ Q₄ Q₅. _God buy ye_ F₁ F₂. _God bu'ye_ F₃. _God b' w' ye_ F₄. See note (XXIX).

[Exit.] Exit dancing distractedly. Collier MS.

[1805] _Do you see this, O God?_] Capell. _Doe you this ô God._ Qq _(God!_ Q₆). _Do you see this, you Gods?_ Ff.

[1806] _commune_] Qq F₂ F₃ F₄. _common_ F₁.

[1807] _collateral_] F₃ F₄. _colaturall_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _collaturall_ Q₅. _colaterall_ F₁. _collaterall_ F₂ Q₆.

[1808] _kingdom_] _kindome_ Q₄.

[1809] _patience_] _paience_ F₂.

[1810] _funeral_] _funerall_ Qq. _buriall_ F₁ F₂. _burial_ F₃ F₄.

[1811] _trophy_] _trophe_ Q₂ Q₃. _trophae_ Q₄ Q₅. _trophee_ Ff. trophey Q₆.

[1812] _rite_] Ff. _right_ Qq.

[1813] _call't_] Qq. _call_ Ff.

[1814] _axe_] _tax_ Warburton.

[1815] SCENE VI.] Capell. SCENE VIII. Pope.

Another ...] Another Room in the same. Capell.

Enter ...] Capell. Enter Horatio, with an Attendant. Ff. Enter Horatio and others. Qq.

[1816] _What ... in._] Verse by Capell, ending the lines _sir ... in._

[1817] Serv.] Ser. Ff. Gent. or Gen. Qq.

_Sea-faring men_] Qq. _Saylors_ F₁ F₂. _Sailors_ F₃ F₄.

[1818] [Exit Servant.] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[1819] _greeted, if_] Ff Q₆. _greeted. If_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1820] Enter Sailors.] Enter Saylers. Qq. Enter Saylor. Ff (Sailor F₄).

[1821] First Sail.] 1. S. Capell. Say. Qq F₁ F₂. Sayl. F₃. Sail. F₄.

[1822] _you_] _your_ F₂.

[1823] _He_] Ff. _A_ Qq.

_an't_] Q₆ F₄. _and_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _and't_ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[1824] _comes_] Ff. _came_ Qq.

_ambassador_] _embassador_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _Ambassadours_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _embassadour_ Q₆. _Ambassadour_ F₄.

[1825] Hor. [Reads] Reads the Letter. Ff. Hor. Qq.

[1826] _and in_] Qq. _in_ Ff.

_on the instant_] _in the instant_ Q₆.

[1827] _good_] Ff. om. Qq.

[1828] _speed_] Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _speede_ Q₂ Q₃. _hast_ F₁ F₂. _haste_ F₃ F₄.

_wouldest_] Q₂ Q₃ F₁ F₂ F₃. _wouldst_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆ F₄.

[1829] _thine_] Qq. _your_ Ff. _thy_ Pope.

[1830] _bore of the_] Ff. _bord of the_ Qq. om. Q (1676) and Pope.

[1831] _much_] _as much_ F₃ F₄.

[1832] _He that ... thine, Hamlet._] Ff. _So that ... thine Hamlet._ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _So that ... thine, Hamlet._ Q₆. _Hamlet._ Q (1676).

[1833] _make_] Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _give_ Ff. om. Q₂ Q₃.

[1834] [Exeunt.] Qq. Exit. Ff.

[1835] SCENE VII.] Capell. SCENE IX. Pope.

Another ... castle.] Another ... same. Capell.

[1836] _which_] _who_ Q (1676).

[1837] _proceeded_] Ff. _proceede_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _proceed_ Q₅ Q₆.

[1838] _crimeful_] F₄. _crimefull_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _criminall_ Qq.

_and so_] _and_ Q₆.

[1839] _safety_] Ff. _safetie, greatnes_ Q₂ Q₃. _safety, greatnes_ Q₄. _safetie, greatnesse_ Q₅. _safety, greatnesse_ Q₆.

[1840] _O, for two_] _For two_ Q (1676). _Two_ Pope.

[1841] _unsinew'd_] _unsinnow'd_ Qq. _unsinnowed_ F₁ F₂. _unsinewed_ F₃ F₄.

[1842] _But_] Qq. _And_ Ff.

_they're_] _tha'r_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _tha're_ Q₆. _they are_ Ff. _are_ Pope.

[1843] _be it_] _be't_ Pope.

[1844] _She's so conjunctive_] Ff (_Shes_ F₂). _She is so concliue_ Qq. _She is so precious_ Q (1676).

[1845] _Would_] Ff. _Worke_ Qq.

[1846] _gyves_] F₁ F₂ Q₆ F₃. _gives_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅ F₄. _gybes_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn).

_that_] om. Pope.

[1847] _timber'd_] _tymberd_ Q₂ Q₃. _tymbered_ Q₄. _timbered_ Q₅ Q₆. _timbred_ Ff.

_loud a wind_] Ff (_winde_ F₁). _loued Arm'd_ Q₂ Q₃. _loued armes_ Q₄ Q₅. _loved armes_ Q₆. _loved, arm'd_ Jennens.

[1848] _bow_] _brow_ Long MS.

[1849] _And_] Ff. _But_ Qq.

_not_] _not gone_ Keightley conj.

_had_] Ff. _have_ Qq.

_aim'd_] _arm'd_ F₁.

[1850] _have I_] _I have_ Q₅ Q₆.

[1851] _Whose worth_] Qq. _Who was_ Ff. _Who has_ Johnson.

[1852] _Stood_] _Sole_ Collier MS.

_on mount_] _on the mount_ Q (1676).

[1853] _my_] om. Pope.

[1854] _Break ... think_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[1855] _beard_] _berd_ Q₄. _beards_ Q₆.

_with danger_] _of danger_ Capell conj.

[1856] _pastime_] _pasttime_ F₂.

_shortly shall_] _shall soon_ Pope.

[1857] _ourself_] _your selfe_ F₂. _your self_ F₃ F₄.

[1858] _imagine--_] Ff. _imagine._ Qq.

Enter....] Qq. Enter a Messenger. Ff.

[1859] _How ... news?_] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

_Letters ... Hamlet:_] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[1860] _This_] Ff. _These_ Qq.

[1861] _Hamlet!_] _Hamlet?_ Ff Q₆. _Hamlet,_ The rest.

[1862] _Of ... them._] Omitted in Ff.

_him_] _them_ S. Walker conj.

_hear_] om. F₂. _read_ F₃ F₄.

[1863] _us._] _us, all--_ Pope, reading _Laertes ... all--_ as one line.

[Exit....] Ff. om. Qq.

[1864] [Reads] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[1865] _shall I_] _I shall_ Jennens.

[1866] _first ... thereunto,_] _(first ... pardon) thereunto_ Q (1676).

[1867] _asking your_] _asking you_ Q (1676) and Rowe.

[1868] _occasion_] Qq. _occasions_ Ff.

[1869] _and more strange_] Ff. Omitted in Qq. _and most strange_ Anon conj.

[1870] _HAMLET._] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[1871] _abuse, and_] Qq. _abuse? Or_ Ff.

[1872] _'Tis ... me?_] Divided as in Qq. Prose in Ff. Pope ends the lines _character; ... says) ... me?_

[1873] _'Naked!' ... 'alone'._] Marked as quotations first by Johnson.

[1874] _advise_] Ff. _devise_ Qq.

[1875] _I'm_] Ff. _I am_ Qq.

[1876] _shall_] Ff. om. Qq.

_and tell_] _to tell_ Hanmer.

[1877] _didest_] _diddest_ Ff. _didst_ Qq.

[1878] _If it ... me?_] Arranged as in Qq. Two lines, the first ending _so?_, in Ff.

[1879] _should it_] _should it but_ Keightley. _should't not_ Anon. conj.

[1880] _Ay ... peace._] Arranged as by Steevens. One line in Qq.

_Ay ... So you will_] _I my lord, so you will_ Qq. _If so you'l_ Ff. _I, so you'll_ Pope. _Ay; so you'll_ Johnson. _I will, my lord; So you will_ Capell, ending the first line at _lord_.

[1881] _lord_] _good lord_ S. Walker conj.

[1882] _return'd_] _returned_ Qq.

[1883] _checking at_] Ff. _the King at_ Q₂ Q₃. _liking not_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _kecking at_ Long MS.

[1884] _device_] Ff Q₆. _devise_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1885] _accident_] _accedent_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1886] Laer. _My Lord ... graveness._] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1887] _My Lord,_] om. Pope.

[1888] _organ_] _instrument_ Q(1676) and Rowe.

[1889] _riband_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _ribaud_ Q₂ Q₃. _feather_ Q(1676) and Rowe.

[1890] _health_] _wealth_ Warburton.

_Two months since_] Qq. _Some two months hence_ Ff.

[1891] _Normandy:--_] _Normandy._ Ff. _Normandy,_ Qq.

[1892] _I've_] Ff. _I have_ Qq.

[1893] _can_] Qq. _ran_ Ff.

[1894] _unto_] Qq. _into_ Ff.

[1895] _had he_] _he had_ Q₆.

[1896] _topp'd_] _topt_ Qq. _past_ Ff.

_my thought_] Ff Q₆. _me thought_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅.

[1897] _Come_] _Came_ Capell conj.

[1898] _Lamond_] Pope. _Lamound_ Ff. _Lamord_ Qq. _Lamode_ Malone conj. _Lamont_ Grant White.

_very_] om. Warburton.

[1899] _the_] Qq. _our_ Ff. _that_ Collier MS. See note (II).

[1900] _He made_] _Hee mad_ F₁.

[1901] _especial_] _especiall_ Qq. _especiallyͨ_ F₁. _especially_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1902] _sight_] _fight_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[1903] _you: the ... them. Sir, this_] _you; the ... them; sir this_ Qq. _you Sir. This_ Ff. omitting _the ... them,_ lines 101-103. _you. This_ Pope, following Ff.

[1904] _the scrimers_] Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _the scrimures_ Q₂ Q₃. _the fencers_ Q (1676). _th' escrimeurs_ Grant White.

[1905] _his_] _your_ S. Walker conj.

[1906] _o'er_] _ore_ Qq F₁. _over_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_him_] Ff. _you_ Q₄.

[1907] _this--_] Rowe. _this._ Qq Ff.

_What_] Qq. _Why_ Ff.

[1908] _But ... by time_] _Love is begun betime: but that I know,_ Becket conj.

_begun_] _begone_ or _by-gone_ Mason conj. _benumb'd_ Jackson conj.

_by time_] _betime_ Seymour conj.

_begun_] _begnawn_ Bailey conj.

[1909] _There ... ulcer:_] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

[1910] _wick_] Rowe (ed. 2). _weeke_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _wicke_ Q₆.

[1911] _plurisy_] _plurisie_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _pleurisie_ Q₆. _plethory_ Hanmer (Warburton conj.)

[1912] _that_] _what_ Pope.

[1913] _'would' ... 'should'_] Put in italics in Q₅ Q₆.

[1914] _accidents_] _accedents_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

[1915] _spendthrift sigh_] _spend-thrift sigh_ Q₆. _spend thrifts sigh_ Q₂ Q₃. _spend-thrifts sigh_ Q₄ Q₅. _spend-thrift's sign_ Warburton.

[1916] _Hamlet comes_] Qq F₁. _Hamlet come_ F₂ F₃. _Hamlet, come_ F₄.

[1917] _your ... in deed_] F₄. _your fathers sonne indeed_ F₁ F₂. _your father's son indeed_ F₃. _indeede your fathers sonne_ Qq (_indeed_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆).

[1918] _sanctuarize_] _sanctuarise_ Q₂ Q₃. _sancturize_ F₁.

[1919] _this, ... chamber._] Pointed substantially as by Steevens (1778). _this, ... chamber,_ Q₂ Q₃ F₁ _this, ... chamber_ Q₄ Q₅. _this?... chamber,_ Q₆. _this, ... chamber?_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1920] _fame_] _same_ Q₅ Q₆ F₃ F₄.

[1921] _Frenchman_] _Frenchmen_ Warburton.

[1922] _on_] Ff. _ore_ Qq.

[1923] _foils,_] Marked with a note of interrogation in Ff.

[1924] _unbated_] Qq. _unbaited_ F₁ F₂. _un-baited_ F₃ F₄. _imbaited_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn). _unrebated_ Becket conj. See note (XXX).

_pass_] F₃ F₄. _passe_ F₁ F₂. _pace_ Qq.

[1925] _that_] Ff. om. Q₂ Q₃. _the_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

_anoint_] _annoiot_ F₂.

[1926] _that but dip_] Q₅ Q₆. _that but dippe_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _I but dipt_ Ff.

[1927] _With ... death._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[1928] _if I_] _if't_ Anon. conj.

[1929] _Weigh_] Q₅ Ff Q₆. _Wey_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄.

_convenience_] _conveiance_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆.

[1930] _us_] _it_ Hanmer.

_shape: if ... fail,_] Pointed substantially as by Rowe. _shape if ... fayle,_ Qq. _shape, if ... faile;_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _shape if ... fail;_ F₄.

[1931] _look_] _lookt_ F₄.

[1932] _did_] Qq. _should_ Ff.

[1933] _cunnings_] Qq. _commings_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _comings_ F₄.

[1934] _I ha't_] Ff. _I hate_ Q₂ Q₃. _I hav't_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _That--_ Rowe.

[1935] _I ha't ... dry_] Arranged as by Johnson. One line in Qq Ff.

[1936] _and dry_] om. Pope, reading _I ha't ... hot_ as one line.

[1937] _As_] _And_ Pope.

_that end_] Qq. _the end_ Ff.

[1938] _prepared_] _prepar'd_ Ff. _prefard_ Q₂ Q₃. _preferd_ Q₄ Q₅. _prefer'd_ Q₆.

[1939] _nonce_] _once_ Q₄ Q₅.

_sipping_] _tasting_ Q (1676).

[1940] _stuck_] _tucke_ Q₆. _tuck_ Q (1676) and Rowe.

[1941] _But ... noise?_] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

Enter Queen.] As in Qq. After _queen!_ in Ff.

[1942] _How ... queen!_] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[1943] SCENE X. Pope.

[1944] _they_] Qq. _they'l_ F₁ F₂. _they'll_ F₃ F₄.

[1945] _grows aslant_] _growing o'er_ Q (1676).

_aslant a_] Ff. _ascaunt the_ Qq.

[1946] _hoar_] F₃ F₄. _hore_ F₁ F₂. _horry_ Q₂ Q₃. _hoary_ Q₄. _hoarie_ Q₅ Q₆.

[1947] _There with ... come_] Ff. _Therewith ... make_ Qq. _Near which ... she did make_ Q (1676).

[1948] _give_] _gave_ F₄.

_name_] _name to_ Rowe.

[1949] _cold_] Ff. _cull-cold_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _culcold_ Q₅ Q₆.

[1950] _There_] Qq Ff. _Then_ Capell.

_coronet_] _cronet_ Q₂ Q₃.

[1951] _silver_] Q₂ Q₃ Ff. _sluer_ Q₄ Q₅. _shiver_ Q₆.

[1952] _her_] Qq. _the_ Ff.

_trophies_] Q₂ Q₃ Ff. _trophæs_ Q₄ Q₅. _tropheys_ Q₆.

[1953] _bore_] _bear_ F₄.

[1954] _snatches_] _remnants_ Q (1676).

_tunes_] (Q₁) Ff. _laudes_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄. _lauds_ Q₅ Q₆.

[1955] _indued_] F₁ Q₆. _indewed_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _deduced_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _inured_ Mason conj. _reduced_ Collier MS.

[1956] _their_] _her_ F₁.

[1957] _poor wretch_] _poore wench_ Q₄ Q₅ Q₆. _gentle maid_ Q (1676).

_lay_] Qq. _buy,_ F₁. _by,_ F₂ F₃. _by_ F₄.

[1958] _she is drown'd!_] Pope, _she is drownd._ Q₂ Q₃. _is she drownd._ Q₄. _is she drown'd._ Q₅. _is she drown'd?_ Ff Q₆.

[1959] _of fire_] Ff. _a fire_ Q₂ Q₃ Q₄ Q₅. _afire_ Q₆.

[1960] _douts_] Knight. _doubts_ F₁. _drownes_ Qq F₂. _drowns_ F₃ F₄.

_Let's_] om. Pope.

[1961] _I had_] _had I_ Pope (ed. 2).