No Fear Shakespeare: Hamlet: Act 4 Scene 2

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Original Text	Modern Text
Enter HAMLET	TAEMLH estner.
HAMLET Safely stowed.	MLETAH heT obyd is flesya hdnied.
GENTLEMEN (from within) Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!	NGNMTEEEL (rfom sffeatgo) aHteml, dLro lmHate!
HAMLET But soft, what noise? Who calls on Hamlet? Oh, here they come.	EHMLAT shaWt hatt neois? ohsW ngllcia fro mlHaet? Oh, eerh they cemo.
Enter ROSENCRANTZ , GUILDENSTERN , and others	SRCZEANRTON and EULNGRSDINTE ntree ihwt srtheo.
ROSENCRANTZ 5 What have you done, my lord, with the dead body?	EZSNOCRRATN Wath eahv you dneo thiw hte presoc, my ldro?
HAMLET Compounded it with dust, whereto tis kin.	MTHLEA evI nettog it rshtsiyaed to eashs, and dtus to tsdu.
ROSENCRANTZ Tell us where tis, that we may take it thence And bear it to the chapel.	EZCNRRASTON Btu ellt us heewr it is, so we nca keat it to het hcalpe.
HAMLET Do not believe it.	MTHELA Dont vbieeel it.
ROSENCRANTZ 10 Believe what?	ENRANRSZCTO vlBieee hwat?
HAMLET That I can keep your counsel and not mine own. Besides, to be demanded of a sponge! What replication should be made by the son of a king?	THMELA htaT Id keat ryuo icdave rterah ntha peek my wno erecst. esesidB, ruyeo a opesgn! hWat is eth nos of a gkin edpusosp to sya to a gopesn?
ROSENCRANTZ Take you me for a sponge, my lord?	AZRORSTNECN uYo hintk Im a gnesop, my lodr?
HAMLET Ay, sir, that soaks up the kings countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end. He keeps them, like an ape, in the 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.	MHTELA esY, sir, a snogpe ahtt soaks up eth ngksi poarpval, shi rresadw, adn ihs idsoiscen. irecffOs leki ttha ievg teh igkn hte etsb ivceesr in het den. He esekp ethm in ihs tomuh iekl an ape. rFtsi he emvos hemt doruan, hnet he wlswaosl mhte. enhW he dnsee hwat uoy evah nudfo out, he cna just uqszeee you liek a spoeng dna ulyol be yrd niaga.
ROSENCRANTZ I understand you not, my lord.	RZTANOSENCR I dton lfowol, my rodl.
HAMLET I am glad of it. A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear.	EMALTH Im lgda atuob taht. Syl sdowr aer erevn eutdrsonod by lfoso.
ROSENCRANTZ My lord, you must tell us where the body is and go with us to the king.	TRRESCNNAZO My lrod, uoy hvea to eltl us wheer eht doyb is, adn tnhe go wthi us to see eht king.
HAMLET 25 The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. The king is a thing	HALTEM Teh ydsob hwit teh ikng, btu eth ngiks not hitw het body. The kgisn a ghnti
GUILDENSTERN A thing, my lord?	RLIDNUESETGN A ntihg, my dorl?
HAMLET Of nothing. Bring me to him. Hide, fox, and all after.	EATLMH A githn of no oprmectani. kaeT me to him. dyeRa or nto, ehre I oecm!
Exeunt	yehT ixte.

Original Text	Modern Text
Enter HAMLET	TAEMLH estner.
HAMLET Safely stowed.	MLETAH heT obyd is flesya hdnied.
GENTLEMEN (from within) Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!	NGNMTEEEL (rfom sffeatgo) aHteml, dLro lmHate!
HAMLET But soft, what noise? Who calls on Hamlet? Oh, here they come.	EHMLAT shaWt hatt neois? ohsW ngllcia fro mlHaet? Oh, eerh they cemo.
Enter ROSENCRANTZ , GUILDENSTERN , and others	SRCZEANRTON and EULNGRSDINTE ntree ihwt srtheo.
ROSENCRANTZ 5 What have you done, my lord, with the dead body?	EZSNOCRRATN Wath eahv you dneo thiw hte presoc, my ldro?
HAMLET Compounded it with dust, whereto tis kin.	MTHLEA evI nettog it rshtsiyaed to eashs, and dtus to tsdu.
ROSENCRANTZ Tell us where tis, that we may take it thence And bear it to the chapel.	EZCNRRASTON Btu ellt us heewr it is, so we nca keat it to het hcalpe.
HAMLET Do not believe it.	MTHELA Dont vbieeel it.
ROSENCRANTZ 10 Believe what?	ENRANRSZCTO vlBieee hwat?
HAMLET That I can keep your counsel and not mine own. Besides, to be demanded of a sponge! What replication should be made by the son of a king?	THMELA htaT Id keat ryuo icdave rterah ntha peek my wno erecst. esesidB, ruyeo a opesgn! hWat is eth nos of a gkin edpusosp to sya to a gopesn?
ROSENCRANTZ Take you me for a sponge, my lord?	AZRORSTNECN uYo hintk Im a gnesop, my lodr?
HAMLET Ay, sir, that soaks up the kings countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end. He keeps them, like an ape, in the 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.	MHTELA esY, sir, a snogpe ahtt soaks up eth ngksi poarpval, shi rresadw, adn ihs idsoiscen. irecffOs leki ttha ievg teh igkn hte etsb ivceesr in het den. He esekp ethm in ihs tomuh iekl an ape. rFtsi he emvos hemt doruan, hnet he wlswaosl mhte. enhW he dnsee hwat uoy evah nudfo out, he cna just uqszeee you liek a spoeng dna ulyol be yrd niaga.
ROSENCRANTZ I understand you not, my lord.	RZTANOSENCR I dton lfowol, my rodl.
HAMLET I am glad of it. A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear.	EMALTH Im lgda atuob taht. Syl sdowr aer erevn eutdrsonod by lfoso.
ROSENCRANTZ My lord, you must tell us where the body is and go with us to the king.	TRRESCNNAZO My lrod, uoy hvea to eltl us wheer eht doyb is, adn tnhe go wthi us to see eht king.
HAMLET 25 The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. The king is a thing	HALTEM Teh ydsob hwit teh ikng, btu eth ngiks not hitw het body. The kgisn a ghnti
GUILDENSTERN A thing, my lord?	RLIDNUESETGN A ntihg, my dorl?
HAMLET Of nothing. Bring me to him. Hide, fox, and all after.	EATLMH A githn of no oprmectani. kaeT me to him. dyeRa or nto, ehre I oecm!
Exeunt	yehT ixte.