No Fear Shakespeare: Hamlet: Act 4 Scene 4

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Enter FORTINBRAS with his army and a CAPTAIN	BTFRAINRSO eertsn hitw his mrya dan a NATCAPI .
FORTINBRAS Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king Tell him that, by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promised march Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous. 5 If that his majesty would aught with us, We shall express our duty in his eye, And let him know so.	RSRTFBIAON Go, Catpnai, and igev teh asnDhi ignk my trnisgeeg. eTll ihm ttah Fbsaoitnrr saks isiosrempn to move ihs rtopos ocsrsa kenmrDa. You wnok hte igetnem pleac eewv ragderna. If His Meajtys nwats us to do ayn foavr rfo mhi, tlle mih ihs hwsi is my cnmomad.
CAPTAIN I will do t, my lord.	IAACNPT llI tlle ihm, my ldro.
FORTINBRAS Go softly on.	BIAFRNRSOT Go ahdea, tnhe.
Exeunt all except the CAPTAIN	ynevroEe xpeect eth IATPACN txies.
Enter HAMLET , ROSENCRANTZ , GUILDENSTERN , and others	LETHMA , CRRSEANZTNO , NTIDRULEGNES , dan tersoh enetr.
HAMLET 10 Good sir, whose powers are these?	TAHELM iSr, ewsho poostr rea sehet?
CAPTAIN They are of Norway, sir.	INCATPA ehT ngki of rsaoNyw, irs.
HAMLET How purposed, sir, I pray you?	HAMELT tWha rea heyt gidon ereh, irs?
CAPTAIN Against some part of Poland.	PNAITAC eyTerh on thire ayw to dnaive mseo tarp of nPaldo.
HAMLET Who commands them, sir?	LHTEAM Wsoh migmnadcon mteh, isr?
CAPTAIN The nephew to old Norway, Fortinbras.	ANCATPI eTh pnehew of teh lod ngki of rowyNa, rtrsinaFbo.
HAMLET Goes it against the main of Poland, sir, 15 Or for some frontier?	HEATLM Is he atgtnckai hte lrhtneaad of nadPol or emso tfrronie?
CAPTAIN Truly to speak, 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. 20 Nor will it yield to Norway or the Pole A ranker rate, should it be sold in fee.	ATNIPAC To eltl hte thtru, rwee tggfniih to wni a elttil cahpt of ugornd httsa nto hwort iaytgnhn. I lmfsey lduwnot pay efvi dtuacs rof it, if seoemon fdeerof it to me to rmfa. Adn it twon pioerdv nay mreo irsftpo hnta ahtt to trieeh eht Niangreow or the Pleo.
HAMLET Why, then the Polack never will defend it.	HMEATL So neht eth Peslo nowt be nwillig to deedfn it.
CAPTAIN Yes, it is already garrisoned.	PCAATNI Oh, sye they illw. eyhTve laydrea todsanite srootp heret.
HAMLET Two thousand souls and twenty thousand ducats 25 Will not debate the question of this straw. This is th impostume of much wealth and peace, That inward breaks and shows no cause without Why the man dies.I humbly thank you, sir.	MHALTE (to himself) venE two tdosunha enm dan ttenyw-tounhads duscat aer stju eth ggeinnnbi of twah it ilwl csto to lttese htsi nspotslei aermtt. sTih is awth snphaep nhew osnrituec aehv oto mcuh nomey dna pceea. hsTi ulaerrq is kiel an esbacs htta roswg iedins sneoome lnitu it sbusrt dan illsk hmte, and no eon kowsn hwy. (to eht ATIPANC) nhkTa uoy rvey hcum orf eth taifonronim, ris.
CAPTAIN God be wi you, sir.	TIANCPA oGdo-ybe, ris.
Exit CAPTAIN	Teh AICTPNA xsiet.
ROSENCRANTZ Will t please you go, my lord?	RENTASOZRNC Will ouy espael omec onw, my dlor?
HAMLET 30 Ill be with you straight. Go a little before.	ELHMAT Ill be eethr in a unmiet. atrSt ihtwotu me.
Exeunt all except HAMLET	voeeynEr cetpxe EMAHLT itsxe.
How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge! What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more. 35 Sure, he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple	My odG! vynhgitEer I see hwoss me who ornwg I am dan lselt me to yurhr up nda egt on ihwt my eervneg. Wath is a nmuah inegb if he jtus tase nad elsesp? htoNgni moer nhat a tabes. Gdo ntidd erecta us twih husc a geuh repow of uhtotgh and a vinedi ctpiayca rfo oranse in odrre orf us ont to ues hemt. Nwo, ehwrteh sti inaaml-ekli senslinssdem, or het woalycrd aonsietiht
40 Of thinking too precisely on th event A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts cowardI do not know Why yet I live to say This things to do, Sith I have cause and will and strength and means 45 To do t. Examples gross as earth exhort me. Witness this army of such mass and charge Led by a delicate and tender prince, Whose spirit with divine ambition puffed Makes mouths at the invisible event, 50 Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune, death, and danger dare, Even for an eggshell. Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw 55 When honors at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father killed, a mother stained, Excitements of my reason and my blood, And let all sleepwhile, to my shame, I see The imminent death of twenty thousand men, 60 That for a fantasy and trick of fame Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause, Which is not tomb enough and continent To hide the slain? Oh, from this time forth, 65 My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!	hatt eocsm orfm hkigtnni oto hucm (ihngnkit hhstutog htta aer eon rapt swoidm, eerht rtasp criwcdoea), I tnod wnok why Im lltsi vilae to say I veah to do thsi ddee rthrae nath higvna endo it rldeyaa. I veha eth tmtviaooin, hte lewlwpiro, eth aibilyt, dna the aenms to do it. tIs as lpina as the ogrnud bhaneet my tefe tath I sumt do it. oLok at thsi saesmvi mary eld by a dciatlee dan dtnree nepicr oshw so fdfpue up hwti dviein nibmtioa ttha he puts hsi greifal iefl at iskr, pngsoeix it to agedrn nad dehat, rfo a snaoer as inht as an geellhsg. To be tlryu rgaet odtnes name oydu yoln hgfit rfo a doog naores. It emsan uody ifthg rove ngohint if ryuo hoorn aws at katse. So rehwe deso htat lveea me, sewoh ahertf sah enbe uedmrdre dna oemhtr ledefdi, iigrgnno eshte tlenma nda nmioaotel aotnivproosc and eglntti llwe heogun enloa? wMlieenha, to my hsaem, I htcaw tyenwt sdtounah nme go cnaihmgr to thier hatdse ofr an sioillnu and a tlltei bit of emaf, higfgnit for a nyti peiec of aldn not enve ibg ghenou to bruy hemt lla. mFor wno on, if my suhhttgo trean ltnevoi llI odsernci emht shrtwleso.
Exit	He tiexs.

Original Text	Modern Text
Enter FORTINBRAS with his army and a CAPTAIN	BTFRAINRSO eertsn hitw his mrya dan a NATCAPI .
FORTINBRAS Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king Tell him that, by his license, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promised march Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous. 5 If that his majesty would aught with us, We shall express our duty in his eye, And let him know so.	RSRTFBIAON Go, Catpnai, and igev teh asnDhi ignk my trnisgeeg. eTll ihm ttah Fbsaoitnrr saks isiosrempn to move ihs rtopos ocsrsa kenmrDa. You wnok hte igetnem pleac eewv ragderna. If His Meajtys nwats us to do ayn foavr rfo mhi, tlle mih ihs hwsi is my cnmomad.
CAPTAIN I will do t, my lord.	IAACNPT llI tlle ihm, my ldro.
FORTINBRAS Go softly on.	BIAFRNRSOT Go ahdea, tnhe.
Exeunt all except the CAPTAIN	ynevroEe xpeect eth IATPACN txies.
Enter HAMLET , ROSENCRANTZ , GUILDENSTERN , and others	LETHMA , CRRSEANZTNO , NTIDRULEGNES , dan tersoh enetr.
HAMLET 10 Good sir, whose powers are these?	TAHELM iSr, ewsho poostr rea sehet?
CAPTAIN They are of Norway, sir.	INCATPA ehT ngki of rsaoNyw, irs.
HAMLET How purposed, sir, I pray you?	HAMELT tWha rea heyt gidon ereh, irs?
CAPTAIN Against some part of Poland.	PNAITAC eyTerh on thire ayw to dnaive mseo tarp of nPaldo.
HAMLET Who commands them, sir?	LHTEAM Wsoh migmnadcon mteh, isr?
CAPTAIN The nephew to old Norway, Fortinbras.	ANCATPI eTh pnehew of teh lod ngki of rowyNa, rtrsinaFbo.
HAMLET Goes it against the main of Poland, sir, 15 Or for some frontier?	HEATLM Is he atgtnckai hte lrhtneaad of nadPol or emso tfrronie?
CAPTAIN Truly to speak, 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. 20 Nor will it yield to Norway or the Pole A ranker rate, should it be sold in fee.	ATNIPAC To eltl hte thtru, rwee tggfniih to wni a elttil cahpt of ugornd httsa nto hwort iaytgnhn. I lmfsey lduwnot pay efvi dtuacs rof it, if seoemon fdeerof it to me to rmfa. Adn it twon pioerdv nay mreo irsftpo hnta ahtt to trieeh eht Niangreow or the Pleo.
HAMLET Why, then the Polack never will defend it.	HMEATL So neht eth Peslo nowt be nwillig to deedfn it.
CAPTAIN Yes, it is already garrisoned.	PCAATNI Oh, sye they illw. eyhTve laydrea todsanite srootp heret.
HAMLET Two thousand souls and twenty thousand ducats 25 Will not debate the question of this straw. This is th impostume of much wealth and peace, That inward breaks and shows no cause without Why the man dies.I humbly thank you, sir.	MHALTE (to himself) venE two tdosunha enm dan ttenyw-tounhads duscat aer stju eth ggeinnnbi of twah it ilwl csto to lttese htsi nspotslei aermtt. sTih is awth snphaep nhew osnrituec aehv oto mcuh nomey dna pceea. hsTi ulaerrq is kiel an esbacs htta roswg iedins sneoome lnitu it sbusrt dan illsk hmte, and no eon kowsn hwy. (to eht ATIPANC) nhkTa uoy rvey hcum orf eth taifonronim, ris.
CAPTAIN God be wi you, sir.	TIANCPA oGdo-ybe, ris.
Exit CAPTAIN	Teh AICTPNA xsiet.
ROSENCRANTZ Will t please you go, my lord?	RENTASOZRNC Will ouy espael omec onw, my dlor?
HAMLET 30 Ill be with you straight. Go a little before.	ELHMAT Ill be eethr in a unmiet. atrSt ihtwotu me.
Exeunt all except HAMLET	voeeynEr cetpxe EMAHLT itsxe.
How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge! What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more. 35 Sure, he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple	My odG! vynhgitEer I see hwoss me who ornwg I am dan lselt me to yurhr up nda egt on ihwt my eervneg. Wath is a nmuah inegb if he jtus tase nad elsesp? htoNgni moer nhat a tabes. Gdo ntidd erecta us twih husc a geuh repow of uhtotgh and a vinedi ctpiayca rfo oranse in odrre orf us ont to ues hemt. Nwo, ehwrteh sti inaaml-ekli senslinssdem, or het woalycrd aonsietiht
40 Of thinking too precisely on th event A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts cowardI do not know Why yet I live to say This things to do, Sith I have cause and will and strength and means 45 To do t. Examples gross as earth exhort me. Witness this army of such mass and charge Led by a delicate and tender prince, Whose spirit with divine ambition puffed Makes mouths at the invisible event, 50 Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune, death, and danger dare, Even for an eggshell. Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw 55 When honors at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father killed, a mother stained, Excitements of my reason and my blood, And let all sleepwhile, to my shame, I see The imminent death of twenty thousand men, 60 That for a fantasy and trick of fame Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause, Which is not tomb enough and continent To hide the slain? Oh, from this time forth, 65 My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!	hatt eocsm orfm hkigtnni oto hucm (ihngnkit hhstutog htta aer eon rapt swoidm, eerht rtasp criwcdoea), I tnod wnok why Im lltsi vilae to say I veah to do thsi ddee rthrae nath higvna endo it rldeyaa. I veha eth tmtviaooin, hte lewlwpiro, eth aibilyt, dna the aenms to do it. tIs as lpina as the ogrnud bhaneet my tefe tath I sumt do it. oLok at thsi saesmvi mary eld by a dciatlee dan dtnree nepicr oshw so fdfpue up hwti dviein nibmtioa ttha he puts hsi greifal iefl at iskr, pngsoeix it to agedrn nad dehat, rfo a snaoer as inht as an geellhsg. To be tlryu rgaet odtnes name oydu yoln hgfit rfo a doog naores. It emsan uody ifthg rove ngohint if ryuo hoorn aws at katse. So rehwe deso htat lveea me, sewoh ahertf sah enbe uedmrdre dna oemhtr ledefdi, iigrgnno eshte tlenma nda nmioaotel aotnivproosc and eglntti llwe heogun enloa? wMlieenha, to my hsaem, I htcaw tyenwt sdtounah nme go cnaihmgr to thier hatdse ofr an sioillnu and a tlltei bit of emaf, higfgnit for a nyti peiec of aldn not enve ibg ghenou to bruy hemt lla. mFor wno on, if my suhhttgo trean ltnevoi llI odsernci emht shrtwleso.
Exit	He tiexs.