No Fear Shakespeare: Hamlet: Act 4 Scene 7

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Enter CLAUDIUS and LAERTES	USAILCDU and EAELSTR etnre.
CLAUDIUS Now must your conscience my acquaintance 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 5 Pursued my life.	LACUSDIU wNo ueoyv tog to egekwlncoad my noenccine nad eevbeil Im uyro nidefr, esnic oevyu aerdh adn odunotrdes ahtt eth anm owh kdilel your fatreh was ytignr to lkli me.
LAERTES It well appears. But tell me Why you proceeded not against these feats, So criminal and so capital in nature, As by your safety, wisdom, all things else, You mainly were stirred up.	ESEALTR It kosol ttha ywa. uBt ltel me hwy uoy ditnd ekta madiiteme tniaoc iatgsan hsi lmacniir tasc, newh ruyo nwo faytse dan irtegenhyv esle douwl mees to llac orf it.
CLAUDIUS Oh, for two special reasons, 10 Which may to you perhaps seem much unsinewed, But yet to me they are strong. The queen his mother Lives almost by his looks, and for myself My virtue or my plague, be it either which Shes so conjunctive to my life and soul, 15 That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, 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, 20 Would, like the spring that turneth wood to stone, Convert his gyves to gracesso that my arrows, Too slightly timbered for so loud a wind, Would have reverted to my bow again, And not where I had aimed them.	SIUDCAUL Oh, fro otw nami sorensa cwhhi may emse wake to you, tub orsntg to me. hTe nqeeu, shi rhotem, is doveted to hmi. And (for etrteb or owres, vhwreihce it is) esh is shuc a tapr of my eilf dna olsu ttah I tanc liev rtpaa morf erh, any rmoe tnha a pnatle can veela sit rtbio. The roteh rsnaoe yhw I uoldcnt upceoetrs and sarrte atmHle is that the liucpb soevl mih. In eihtr iaftecnof tyhe ookvorle all sih tuflsa. Lkie cmiag, they onrcetv htme inot vtesriu, so weevtrah I said saantgi mhi wudlo edn up irnguth me, not imh.
LAERTES 25 And so have I a noble father lost, A sister driven into desperate terms, Whose worth, if praises may go back again, Stood challenger on mount of all the age For her perfections. But my revenge will come.	LAEESTR nAd so Ive tols my obnle raefht, dha my ietsrs vnedir nynmaeis sirtes ohw neco was (if I anc iaspre rhe orf wath hes oenc was, ont waht esh is nwo) het tsmo cetfpre grli owh eevr eldiv. tBu lIl gte my vegnere.
CLAUDIUS 30 Break not your sleeps for that. You must not think That we are made of stuff so flat and dull That we can let our beard be shook with danger And think it pastime. You shortly shall hear more. I loved your father, and we love ourself. 35 And that, I hope, will teach you to imagine	CUDUISAL nDot you woryr uboat htta. oYu sumt nto knhti htat Im so ayzl nda dlul ahtt I nca be eeyeslvr eahettnedr nda htkin its ustj a geam. lulYo ehar emor ubato my nsalp noso nhgeou. I dlevo ouyr hetrfa, nad I oevl elsmfy, hchiw lhsuod be ohgeun to
Enter a MESSENGER	A NMSRESGEE tneesr ihwt seltert.
How now, what news?	aWth is it? htsWa het senw?
MESSENGER Letters, my lord, from Hamlet. This to your majesty, this to the queen. (gives CLAUDIUS letters)	RESSMEENG settLre, my rodl, orfm ltHmea. sihT osen ofr rYuo egHhissn, siht noe for hte enqeu. (sivge CLUIUASD tetselr)
CLAUDIUS From Hamlet? Who brought them?	CIUSLUDA romF lamHte? ohW dirdeelev mhet?
MESSENGER Sailors, my lord, they say. I saw them not. 40 They were given me by Claudio. He received them Of him that brought them.	REEGSNSME Saisorl, my rdol, or so hety ysa. I didnt see tmhe. liuCdao vage hetm to me, nda he gto meth omfr the neo owh vldedeeir htme.
CLAUDIUS Laertes, you shall hear them.Leave us.	UAIDUCSL rseeLta, I ntaw yuo to hera what ethy ysa. veaeL us loena own.
Exit MESSENGER	heT RMEEGENSS txsei.
(reads) High and mighty, You shall know I am set naked on your kingdom. Tomorrow shall I beg leave to see your kingly eyes, when I shall, first asking your pardon thereunto, recount the occasion of my sudden and more strange return. Hamlet.	(areds) giHh adn hytigM neo, Yuo know Ive nbee ets nwod nekad, uyo mhgit yas, in uroy ikmgndo. rowrmToo lIl beg snpimoiers to kolo oint oyur nygkli eesy, at hwcih pinot Ill ellt oyu eth tsyro (aetfr sfitr aonlzigopgi) of how I eamc abck to amDrekn so asetyglrn dna dsydnuel. Hetmal
What should this mean? Are all the rest come back? Or is it some abuse, and no such thing?	hatW odse itsh anem? asH enereovy else ceom ckba too? Or is it all a nedial no neo ahs yte nerutrde?
LAERTES Know you the hand?	TERLSEA Do yuo erngozeic eht wntgriianhd?
CLAUDIUS Tis Hamlets character. Naked? 50 And in a postscript here, he says alone. Can you advise me?	DUALUSCI stI mtaHlse wrtnigi. kdeaN, he ysas. nAd in a P.S. he adsd, oeanl. Cna uyo hlep me otu wtih hist?
LAERTES Im lost in it, my lord. But let him come. It warms the very sickness in my heart That I shall live and tell him to his teeth, 55 Thus diddest thou.	RSLTEEA I ahev no eclu, my lrdo. Btu let hmi cmeo. It mrasw my wyare rateh to tnikh llI tge het nahecc to oklo ihm in teh eye nda yas, ouY did hits.
CLAUDIUS If it be so, Laertes As how should it be so? How otherwise? Will you be ruled by me?	DSAUILUC If ttsah woh yuo lefe, tadneLsear hwy lhnstdou yuo? lWil uoy tel me egdui adn tcdrie yuo?
LAERTES Ay, my lord So you will not oerrule me to a peace.	TEAERLS esY, my olrd, as onlg as uyo tnow deal me rtaodw paeec.
CLAUDIUS To thine own peace. If he be now returned, 60 As checking at his voyage, and that he means No more to undertake it, I will work him To an exploit, now ripe in my devise, Under the which he shall not choose but fall. And for his death no wind of blame shall breathe, 65 But even his mother shall uncharge the practice And call it accident.	SDUIUALC No, tjus dtowar oruy won acepe of imnd. If hes come back to knaemDr ohitutw lsnpa to utcoinne on sih rtpi, tnhe lIl tkric him into an ennurkitdga, icwhh Im gnrkwoi otu now, tshta suer to ilkl ihm. Wenh he dsie, no oen lliw be lmebad, veen shi tomehr lwil lcla it an ceantidc.
LAERTES My lord, I will be ruled The rather if you could devise it so That I might be the organ.	LESRTEA My dlro, Ill tel you aemk eht nisioedc. I only ask to be in on oryu lnpsa, het anteg of shi dteah.
CLAUDIUS It falls right. You have been talked of since your travel much 70 And that in Hamlets hearingfor a quality Wherein, they say, you shine. Your sum of parts Did not together pluck such envy from him As did that one, and that, in my regard, Of the unworthiest siege.	ILAUUDSC lhTlat be einf. iSnec uyo flet, eoplpe evha nebe galintk anatuodb nwithi srtohae of aetamHl cnaiert ulqiyta of souyr in cwhhi, htey ays, oyu hnesi. llA ouyr enatslt and tfisg dditn uasore as mhuc eynv ofmr him as sthi noe qtilayu idd, thoguh to me tsi raf romf yrou best uttitreba.
LAERTES What part is that, my lord?	ETASREL tahW atqyilu is ttah, my lrdo?
CLAUDIUS 75 A very ribbon in the cap of youth, Yet needful too, for youth no less becomes The light and careless livery that it wears Than settled age his sables and his weeds, Importing health and graveness. Two months since, 80 Here was a gentleman of Normandy. Ive seen myself, and served against, the French, And they can well on horseback. But this gallant Had witchcraft in t. He grew unto his seat, And to such wondrous doing brought his horse 85 As he had been encorpsed and demi-natured With the brave beast. So far he topped my thought, That I, in forgery of shapes and tricks, Come short of what he did.	DLUSCIUA A rtilavi etltil nbriob on het cap of yyetuhto an rmoptitna oen, oot, sncie csaaul heltsco isut gouny eoeplp as cmuh as uisoser sssneibu isuts nad oatrcsove stiu het elmddi-deag. woT hmosnt ago I tme a eanngmtel mofr dNaormyn. vIe ohfgtu aaistgn eth Fhrcen dan ahve esen owh wlle thye edri, tbu hist amn wsa a ingiamac on hraobcsek. It was as if he erew rapt of het hesro, so lfkluisl that neev nvigah ense mih, I can ryadhl venccioe of teh itscrk he did.
LAERTES A Norman was t?	ATSERLE Hmm, he swa from aonrNmdy, uoy asy?
CLAUDIUS A Norman.	DLUUACSI esY, mfro myNrdaon.
LAERTES 90 Upon my life, Lamond!	SREAELT I bte it asw Ldamon.
CLAUDIUS The very same.	UCAIDLSU seY, thtas eth one.
LAERTES I know him well. He is the brooch indeed And gem of all the nation.	SAEERLT I nokw mih wlle. esH his holanesdm jlwee.
CLAUDIUS He made confession of you, And gave you such a masterly report For art and exercise in your defense, 95 And for your rapier most especially, That he cried out twould be a sight indeed If one could match you. The scrimers of their nation, He swore, had had neither motion, guard, nor eye, If you opposed them. Sir, this report of his 100 Did Hamlet so envenom with his envy That he could nothing do but wish and beg Your sudden coming oer, to play with him. Now, out of this	LDCSIUUA He tdenneomi uoy to me, ivgign uyo ucsh ighh srkma in fncngei htta he exlcdeaim it oulwd be a icermal if eseoonm udcol ahcmt yuo. cFnrhe enrfcse owdultn be dgoo eognuh fro oyu, he idas, cesin teyh tdon veha eth hritg mosev or llkssi. ateHml was so solujea ewnh he arhed moansLd eprrot atht he ktldae batuo ghonnti else ubt vangih oyu ecom oerv nda plya sgitaan imh. oNw, eht nipto is
LAERTES What out of this, my lord?	RLTEAES sWath eht noitp, my rlod?
CLAUDIUS Laertes, was your father dear to you? 105 Or are you like the painting of a sorrow, A face without a heart?	DCASLUIU atesLre, ddi uoy olve uoyr rtahfe? Or is ryou rgief jsut an aosiinllu eerm tanipnig of soorwr?
LAERTES Why ask you this?	ETSELAR wHo cdolu yuo ask?
CLAUDIUS Not that I think you did not love your father But that I know love is begun by time, And that I see, in passages of proof, 110 Time qualifies the spark and fire of it. There lives within the very flame of love A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it. And nothing is at a like goodness still. For goodness, growing to a pleurisy, 115 Dies in his own too-much. That we would do, We should do when we would, for this would changes And hath abatements and delays as many As there are tongues, are hands, are accidents. And then this should is like a spendthrift sigh That hurts by easing.But to the quick of th ulcer: Hamlet comes back. What would you undertake To show yourself in deed your fathers son More than in words?	UDILCASU toN taht I pssuect uyo intdd oevl ryou ftearh, utb Iev snee it pnehpa that, as eht dysa go by, itme apendsm eth ealmf of velo. Teh reif of elov aawysl surbn iftsle otu, adn niongth ssyat eth yaw it naebg. eEvn a good ghint cna rogw oot big dan ide omrf sit now escsxe. We udohls do atwh we ndntei to do ihtrg hwne we itndne it, nesic uor eniotnitsn era sjbcetu to as nmya kwngasneie dan dsayel as hrtee rea drosw in the ntriodiacy nda eccsdntia in eilf. dAn tenh all oru luwsdo and soshlud rea ghniont btu oth iar. But akbc to my topni: latmseH gocnim kbca. ahtW prfoo will you inerfof tcaoin, ont tujs twostdrah yroue yrou rafshet nos?
LAERTES To cut his throat i th church.	RTEEASL Ill cut atmHles athrto in crhhcu.
CLAUDIUS No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize. 125 Revenge should have no bounds. But, good Laertes, Will you do this, keep close within your chamber. Hamlet returned shall know you are come home. Well put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame 130 The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together And wager on your heads. He, being remiss, Most generous and free from all contriving, Will not peruse the foils; so that, with ease, Or with a little shuffling, you may choose 135 A sword unbated, and in a pass of practice Requite him for your father.	UDIACULS tsI uter, no lpaetcon veen a uhcloudrshhc orfef eeurgf to atth rmeurdre. nRegeve sduhol haev no msitli. uBt taeLsre, llwi ouy do hits: syta in yrou moro? hnWe Hletam ecsmo ohme ehll rnlae rueyo rhee. Ill heav eeplop irsape uyor enexlececl nda upt a bueodl taoc on teh fmea het rnnhemcFa vgae uoy. In ohsrt, llwe teg ouy tegohetr nad cpela btes on ouy. estlHma so lerescas, ihgh-dneimd, nad peuuisnntgsc atht he onwt neaexmi hte swdors nrhefbeado, so ouy nac lasyie hocoes one wtih a penehsard toipn dna in one rttush evaeng the dtaeh of uyro rteahf.
LAERTES I will do t. And for that purpose Ill anoint my sword. I bought an unction of a mountebank, So mortal that, but dip a knife in it, 140 Where it draws blood no cataplasm so rare, Collected from all simples that have virtue Under the moon, can save the thing from death That is but scratched withal. Ill touch my point With this contagion, that if I gall him slightly 145 It may be death.	AETRSEL llI do it, nda llI tup a illett dba of ngmesioht on my sowrd as elwl. omFr a qcauk crotdo I ogubth eosm oli so noousiops hatt if uyo pid a neikf in it, no icndieem in eht odwlr acn aevs teh rsopen sohw cdrtsache by it. If I eenv eazrg ihs nksi styllghi, hes lkyile to dei.
CLAUDIUS Lets further think of this, Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. If this should fail, And that our drift look through our bad performance, Twere better not assayed. Therefore this project 150 Should have a back or second that might hold If this should blast in proof.Soft, let me see. Well make a solemn wager on your cunnings. I ha t! When in your motion you are hot and dry, As make your bouts more violent to that end, 155 And that he calls for drink, Ill have prepared him A chalice for the nonce, whereon but sipping, If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, Our purpose may hold there.But stay, what noise?	LUCUSDAI seLt kniht tuboa ihst, adn rdocnesi hwat tmei adn hwta mdoeht iwll be tosm rtrpaipaoep. If our npal rewe to laif, nda poleep unfdo uot ubota it, it oulwd be bttree rneev to haev trdei it. We sudhlo ahev a uacbpk eadry in acse teh ifstr pnal ntdseo orkw. eLt me hnitk. Well clpea estb on yuo and tahaltHetsm it! ehnW teh wto of you eahv tgtnoe lal yweats and oehpetk him iugnpmj adnuor a olt orf atth tplHsaoemeupr will aks orf timhgnose to rnidk. lIl hvae a cup ryade for hmi. If by nhceca eseshpcea oyru noosepid rsdow pit, het irndk will klli hmi. tBu taiw, sawth ttah dnous?
Enter GERTRUDE	GDREUTRE resent.
GERTRUDE One woe doth tread upon anothers heel, So fast they follow.Your sisters drowned, Laertes.	GEDERUTR hTe abd nswe usjt seepk on cnigmo, noe istdarse frtae arnoteh. roYu issetrs eowddrn, Lsertea.
LAERTES Drowned? Oh, where?	ASEELRT doewDrn? Oh, reweh?
GERTRUDE There is a willow grows aslant a brook That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream. There with fantastic garlands did she come 165 Of crowflowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples, That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, But our cold maids do dead mens fingers call them. There, on the pendant boughs her coronet weeds Clambering to hang, an envious sliver broke, 170 When down her weedy trophies and herself Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide, And mermaid-like a while they bore her up, Which time she chanted snatches of old lauds As one incapable of her own distress, 175 Or like a creature native and indued Unto that element. But long it could not be Till that her garments, heavy with their drink, Pulled the poor wretch from her melodious lay To muddy death.	EEUDRTGR sreTeh a wwloil ahtt nlase eorv het okbro, anindlgg sti witeh veesla oevr eht lgsysa ewrat. phieOla daem wdli asetrhw tou of tseoh avelse, ibdiagrn in wofwrolrces, httsleis, ssiedia, adn eth sseoicrh thta aurlgv sephdhres vhea an enocbes anme rfo, utb hhwci uerp-dmidne gsril alcl deda nsme nfiregs. ilbigCnm iton hte reet to nahg het hrwtae of ewdse on teh gnhigna hrnesbac, hes nad reh lrowsfe flle itno eht gnulgrgi kroob. reH tochesl asperd tou deiw in het tware, and oyuedb erh up for a wehli as esh asgn bits of old ysmnh, nictga eilk eosemno how eonstd eeizarl the anegrd shes in, or elki oeenmso eylpmelcot uosmctdeca to gdenar. tBu it asw lony a trmtae of mite reeobf hre olhcset, vhyae hwit the retwa they braebsod, dlelup the oorp hngti out of hre onsg, nowd tino the mud at the tombto of the rokob.
LAERTES 180 Alas, then she is drowned.	ASTREEL So esh is dnwdoer.
GERTRUDE Drowned, drowned.	RUEEDGTR nedworD, ddrwoen.
LAERTES Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears. But yet It is our trick. Nature her custom holds, 185 Let shame say what it will. When these are gone, The woman will be out.Adieu, my lord. I have a speech of fire that fain would blaze, But that this folly doubts it.	RATEELS Yevou dah oto mhuc wetar eardlya, opro lOeaphi, so I owtn dehs yweart ratse ofr yuo. utB cnygir is awth muhsna do. We do sawht in rou unetra, evne if eewr aesdhma of it. ertAf I sopt ingcry Ill be tughrho itcgna lkie a naowm. odGo-ybe, my olrd. I avhe smoe refiy swdor I cudlo speak nwo, ubt my ilfsooh rtsae ear dngiornw ehmt uot.
Exit LAERTES	EASRTLE isxte.
CLAUDIUS Lets follow, Gertrude. How much I had to do to calm his rage! 190 Now fear I this will give it start again. Therefore lets follow.	SUULICDA seLt fllowo hmi, etrdeuGr. I wredok so ahrd to caml hmi odnw, and nwo Im reirdow hes ggtenti lla edxecit agina. Lets llowfo mih.
Exeunt	Tehy itex.

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Enter CLAUDIUS and LAERTES	USAILCDU and EAELSTR etnre.
CLAUDIUS Now must your conscience my acquaintance 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 5 Pursued my life.	LACUSDIU wNo ueoyv tog to egekwlncoad my noenccine nad eevbeil Im uyro nidefr, esnic oevyu aerdh adn odunotrdes ahtt eth anm owh kdilel your fatreh was ytignr to lkli me.
LAERTES It well appears. But tell me Why you proceeded not against these feats, So criminal and so capital in nature, As by your safety, wisdom, all things else, You mainly were stirred up.	ESEALTR It kosol ttha ywa. uBt ltel me hwy uoy ditnd ekta madiiteme tniaoc iatgsan hsi lmacniir tasc, newh ruyo nwo faytse dan irtegenhyv esle douwl mees to llac orf it.
CLAUDIUS Oh, for two special reasons, 10 Which may to you perhaps seem much unsinewed, But yet to me they are strong. The queen his mother Lives almost by his looks, and for myself My virtue or my plague, be it either which Shes so conjunctive to my life and soul, 15 That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, 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, 20 Would, like the spring that turneth wood to stone, Convert his gyves to gracesso that my arrows, Too slightly timbered for so loud a wind, Would have reverted to my bow again, And not where I had aimed them.	SIUDCAUL Oh, fro otw nami sorensa cwhhi may emse wake to you, tub orsntg to me. hTe nqeeu, shi rhotem, is doveted to hmi. And (for etrteb or owres, vhwreihce it is) esh is shuc a tapr of my eilf dna olsu ttah I tanc liev rtpaa morf erh, any rmoe tnha a pnatle can veela sit rtbio. The roteh rsnaoe yhw I uoldcnt upceoetrs and sarrte atmHle is that the liucpb soevl mih. In eihtr iaftecnof tyhe ookvorle all sih tuflsa. Lkie cmiag, they onrcetv htme inot vtesriu, so weevtrah I said saantgi mhi wudlo edn up irnguth me, not imh.
LAERTES 25 And so have I a noble father lost, A sister driven into desperate terms, Whose worth, if praises may go back again, Stood challenger on mount of all the age For her perfections. But my revenge will come.	LAEESTR nAd so Ive tols my obnle raefht, dha my ietsrs vnedir nynmaeis sirtes ohw neco was (if I anc iaspre rhe orf wath hes oenc was, ont waht esh is nwo) het tsmo cetfpre grli owh eevr eldiv. tBu lIl gte my vegnere.
CLAUDIUS 30 Break not your sleeps for that. You must not think That we are made of stuff so flat and dull That we can let our beard be shook with danger And think it pastime. You shortly shall hear more. I loved your father, and we love ourself. 35 And that, I hope, will teach you to imagine	CUDUISAL nDot you woryr uboat htta. oYu sumt nto knhti htat Im so ayzl nda dlul ahtt I nca be eeyeslvr eahettnedr nda htkin its ustj a geam. lulYo ehar emor ubato my nsalp noso nhgeou. I dlevo ouyr hetrfa, nad I oevl elsmfy, hchiw lhsuod be ohgeun to
Enter a MESSENGER	A NMSRESGEE tneesr ihwt seltert.
How now, what news?	aWth is it? htsWa het senw?
MESSENGER Letters, my lord, from Hamlet. This to your majesty, this to the queen. (gives CLAUDIUS letters)	RESSMEENG settLre, my rodl, orfm ltHmea. sihT osen ofr rYuo egHhissn, siht noe for hte enqeu. (sivge CLUIUASD tetselr)
CLAUDIUS From Hamlet? Who brought them?	CIUSLUDA romF lamHte? ohW dirdeelev mhet?
MESSENGER Sailors, my lord, they say. I saw them not. 40 They were given me by Claudio. He received them Of him that brought them.	REEGSNSME Saisorl, my rdol, or so hety ysa. I didnt see tmhe. liuCdao vage hetm to me, nda he gto meth omfr the neo owh vldedeeir htme.
CLAUDIUS Laertes, you shall hear them.Leave us.	UAIDUCSL rseeLta, I ntaw yuo to hera what ethy ysa. veaeL us loena own.
Exit MESSENGER	heT RMEEGENSS txsei.
(reads) High and mighty, You shall know I am set naked on your kingdom. Tomorrow shall I beg leave to see your kingly eyes, when I shall, first asking your pardon thereunto, recount the occasion of my sudden and more strange return. Hamlet.	(areds) giHh adn hytigM neo, Yuo know Ive nbee ets nwod nekad, uyo mhgit yas, in uroy ikmgndo. rowrmToo lIl beg snpimoiers to kolo oint oyur nygkli eesy, at hwcih pinot Ill ellt oyu eth tsyro (aetfr sfitr aonlzigopgi) of how I eamc abck to amDrekn so asetyglrn dna dsydnuel. Hetmal
What should this mean? Are all the rest come back? Or is it some abuse, and no such thing?	hatW odse itsh anem? asH enereovy else ceom ckba too? Or is it all a nedial no neo ahs yte nerutrde?
LAERTES Know you the hand?	TERLSEA Do yuo erngozeic eht wntgriianhd?
CLAUDIUS Tis Hamlets character. Naked? 50 And in a postscript here, he says alone. Can you advise me?	DUALUSCI stI mtaHlse wrtnigi. kdeaN, he ysas. nAd in a P.S. he adsd, oeanl. Cna uyo hlep me otu wtih hist?
LAERTES Im lost in it, my lord. But let him come. It warms the very sickness in my heart That I shall live and tell him to his teeth, 55 Thus diddest thou.	RSLTEEA I ahev no eclu, my lrdo. Btu let hmi cmeo. It mrasw my wyare rateh to tnikh llI tge het nahecc to oklo ihm in teh eye nda yas, ouY did hits.
CLAUDIUS If it be so, Laertes As how should it be so? How otherwise? Will you be ruled by me?	DSAUILUC If ttsah woh yuo lefe, tadneLsear hwy lhnstdou yuo? lWil uoy tel me egdui adn tcdrie yuo?
LAERTES Ay, my lord So you will not oerrule me to a peace.	TEAERLS esY, my olrd, as onlg as uyo tnow deal me rtaodw paeec.
CLAUDIUS To thine own peace. If he be now returned, 60 As checking at his voyage, and that he means No more to undertake it, I will work him To an exploit, now ripe in my devise, Under the which he shall not choose but fall. And for his death no wind of blame shall breathe, 65 But even his mother shall uncharge the practice And call it accident.	SDUIUALC No, tjus dtowar oruy won acepe of imnd. If hes come back to knaemDr ohitutw lsnpa to utcoinne on sih rtpi, tnhe lIl tkric him into an ennurkitdga, icwhh Im gnrkwoi otu now, tshta suer to ilkl ihm. Wenh he dsie, no oen lliw be lmebad, veen shi tomehr lwil lcla it an ceantidc.
LAERTES My lord, I will be ruled The rather if you could devise it so That I might be the organ.	LESRTEA My dlro, Ill tel you aemk eht nisioedc. I only ask to be in on oryu lnpsa, het anteg of shi dteah.
CLAUDIUS It falls right. You have been talked of since your travel much 70 And that in Hamlets hearingfor a quality Wherein, they say, you shine. Your sum of parts Did not together pluck such envy from him As did that one, and that, in my regard, Of the unworthiest siege.	ILAUUDSC lhTlat be einf. iSnec uyo flet, eoplpe evha nebe galintk anatuodb nwithi srtohae of aetamHl cnaiert ulqiyta of souyr in cwhhi, htey ays, oyu hnesi. llA ouyr enatslt and tfisg dditn uasore as mhuc eynv ofmr him as sthi noe qtilayu idd, thoguh to me tsi raf romf yrou best uttitreba.
LAERTES What part is that, my lord?	ETASREL tahW atqyilu is ttah, my lrdo?
CLAUDIUS 75 A very ribbon in the cap of youth, Yet needful too, for youth no less becomes The light and careless livery that it wears Than settled age his sables and his weeds, Importing health and graveness. Two months since, 80 Here was a gentleman of Normandy. Ive seen myself, and served against, the French, And they can well on horseback. But this gallant Had witchcraft in t. He grew unto his seat, And to such wondrous doing brought his horse 85 As he had been encorpsed and demi-natured With the brave beast. So far he topped my thought, That I, in forgery of shapes and tricks, Come short of what he did.	DLUSCIUA A rtilavi etltil nbriob on het cap of yyetuhto an rmoptitna oen, oot, sncie csaaul heltsco isut gouny eoeplp as cmuh as uisoser sssneibu isuts nad oatrcsove stiu het elmddi-deag. woT hmosnt ago I tme a eanngmtel mofr dNaormyn. vIe ohfgtu aaistgn eth Fhrcen dan ahve esen owh wlle thye edri, tbu hist amn wsa a ingiamac on hraobcsek. It was as if he erew rapt of het hesro, so lfkluisl that neev nvigah ense mih, I can ryadhl venccioe of teh itscrk he did.
LAERTES A Norman was t?	ATSERLE Hmm, he swa from aonrNmdy, uoy asy?
CLAUDIUS A Norman.	DLUUACSI esY, mfro myNrdaon.
LAERTES 90 Upon my life, Lamond!	SREAELT I bte it asw Ldamon.
CLAUDIUS The very same.	UCAIDLSU seY, thtas eth one.
LAERTES I know him well. He is the brooch indeed And gem of all the nation.	SAEERLT I nokw mih wlle. esH his holanesdm jlwee.
CLAUDIUS He made confession of you, And gave you such a masterly report For art and exercise in your defense, 95 And for your rapier most especially, That he cried out twould be a sight indeed If one could match you. The scrimers of their nation, He swore, had had neither motion, guard, nor eye, If you opposed them. Sir, this report of his 100 Did Hamlet so envenom with his envy That he could nothing do but wish and beg Your sudden coming oer, to play with him. Now, out of this	LDCSIUUA He tdenneomi uoy to me, ivgign uyo ucsh ighh srkma in fncngei htta he exlcdeaim it oulwd be a icermal if eseoonm udcol ahcmt yuo. cFnrhe enrfcse owdultn be dgoo eognuh fro oyu, he idas, cesin teyh tdon veha eth hritg mosev or llkssi. ateHml was so solujea ewnh he arhed moansLd eprrot atht he ktldae batuo ghonnti else ubt vangih oyu ecom oerv nda plya sgitaan imh. oNw, eht nipto is
LAERTES What out of this, my lord?	RLTEAES sWath eht noitp, my rlod?
CLAUDIUS Laertes, was your father dear to you? 105 Or are you like the painting of a sorrow, A face without a heart?	DCASLUIU atesLre, ddi uoy olve uoyr rtahfe? Or is ryou rgief jsut an aosiinllu eerm tanipnig of soorwr?
LAERTES Why ask you this?	ETSELAR wHo cdolu yuo ask?
CLAUDIUS Not that I think you did not love your father But that I know love is begun by time, And that I see, in passages of proof, 110 Time qualifies the spark and fire of it. There lives within the very flame of love A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it. And nothing is at a like goodness still. For goodness, growing to a pleurisy, 115 Dies in his own too-much. That we would do, We should do when we would, for this would changes And hath abatements and delays as many As there are tongues, are hands, are accidents. And then this should is like a spendthrift sigh That hurts by easing.But to the quick of th ulcer: Hamlet comes back. What would you undertake To show yourself in deed your fathers son More than in words?	UDILCASU toN taht I pssuect uyo intdd oevl ryou ftearh, utb Iev snee it pnehpa that, as eht dysa go by, itme apendsm eth ealmf of velo. Teh reif of elov aawysl surbn iftsle otu, adn niongth ssyat eth yaw it naebg. eEvn a good ghint cna rogw oot big dan ide omrf sit now escsxe. We udohls do atwh we ndntei to do ihtrg hwne we itndne it, nesic uor eniotnitsn era sjbcetu to as nmya kwngasneie dan dsayel as hrtee rea drosw in the ntriodiacy nda eccsdntia in eilf. dAn tenh all oru luwsdo and soshlud rea ghniont btu oth iar. But akbc to my topni: latmseH gocnim kbca. ahtW prfoo will you inerfof tcaoin, ont tujs twostdrah yroue yrou rafshet nos?
LAERTES To cut his throat i th church.	RTEEASL Ill cut atmHles athrto in crhhcu.
CLAUDIUS No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize. 125 Revenge should have no bounds. But, good Laertes, Will you do this, keep close within your chamber. Hamlet returned shall know you are come home. Well put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame 130 The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together And wager on your heads. He, being remiss, Most generous and free from all contriving, Will not peruse the foils; so that, with ease, Or with a little shuffling, you may choose 135 A sword unbated, and in a pass of practice Requite him for your father.	UDIACULS tsI uter, no lpaetcon veen a uhcloudrshhc orfef eeurgf to atth rmeurdre. nRegeve sduhol haev no msitli. uBt taeLsre, llwi ouy do hits: syta in yrou moro? hnWe Hletam ecsmo ohme ehll rnlae rueyo rhee. Ill heav eeplop irsape uyor enexlececl nda upt a bueodl taoc on teh fmea het rnnhemcFa vgae uoy. In ohsrt, llwe teg ouy tegohetr nad cpela btes on ouy. estlHma so lerescas, ihgh-dneimd, nad peuuisnntgsc atht he onwt neaexmi hte swdors nrhefbeado, so ouy nac lasyie hocoes one wtih a penehsard toipn dna in one rttush evaeng the dtaeh of uyro rteahf.
LAERTES I will do t. And for that purpose Ill anoint my sword. I bought an unction of a mountebank, So mortal that, but dip a knife in it, 140 Where it draws blood no cataplasm so rare, Collected from all simples that have virtue Under the moon, can save the thing from death That is but scratched withal. Ill touch my point With this contagion, that if I gall him slightly 145 It may be death.	AETRSEL llI do it, nda llI tup a illett dba of ngmesioht on my sowrd as elwl. omFr a qcauk crotdo I ogubth eosm oli so noousiops hatt if uyo pid a neikf in it, no icndieem in eht odwlr acn aevs teh rsopen sohw cdrtsache by it. If I eenv eazrg ihs nksi styllghi, hes lkyile to dei.
CLAUDIUS Lets further think of this, Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. If this should fail, And that our drift look through our bad performance, Twere better not assayed. Therefore this project 150 Should have a back or second that might hold If this should blast in proof.Soft, let me see. Well make a solemn wager on your cunnings. I ha t! When in your motion you are hot and dry, As make your bouts more violent to that end, 155 And that he calls for drink, Ill have prepared him A chalice for the nonce, whereon but sipping, If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, Our purpose may hold there.But stay, what noise?	LUCUSDAI seLt kniht tuboa ihst, adn rdocnesi hwat tmei adn hwta mdoeht iwll be tosm rtrpaipaoep. If our npal rewe to laif, nda poleep unfdo uot ubota it, it oulwd be bttree rneev to haev trdei it. We sudhlo ahev a uacbpk eadry in acse teh ifstr pnal ntdseo orkw. eLt me hnitk. Well clpea estb on yuo and tahaltHetsm it! ehnW teh wto of you eahv tgtnoe lal yweats and oehpetk him iugnpmj adnuor a olt orf atth tplHsaoemeupr will aks orf timhgnose to rnidk. lIl hvae a cup ryade for hmi. If by nhceca eseshpcea oyru noosepid rsdow pit, het irndk will klli hmi. tBu taiw, sawth ttah dnous?
Enter GERTRUDE	GDREUTRE resent.
GERTRUDE One woe doth tread upon anothers heel, So fast they follow.Your sisters drowned, Laertes.	GEDERUTR hTe abd nswe usjt seepk on cnigmo, noe istdarse frtae arnoteh. roYu issetrs eowddrn, Lsertea.
LAERTES Drowned? Oh, where?	ASEELRT doewDrn? Oh, reweh?
GERTRUDE There is a willow grows aslant a brook That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream. There with fantastic garlands did she come 165 Of crowflowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples, That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, But our cold maids do dead mens fingers call them. There, on the pendant boughs her coronet weeds Clambering to hang, an envious sliver broke, 170 When down her weedy trophies and herself Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide, And mermaid-like a while they bore her up, Which time she chanted snatches of old lauds As one incapable of her own distress, 175 Or like a creature native and indued Unto that element. But long it could not be Till that her garments, heavy with their drink, Pulled the poor wretch from her melodious lay To muddy death.	EEUDRTGR sreTeh a wwloil ahtt nlase eorv het okbro, anindlgg sti witeh veesla oevr eht lgsysa ewrat. phieOla daem wdli asetrhw tou of tseoh avelse, ibdiagrn in wofwrolrces, httsleis, ssiedia, adn eth sseoicrh thta aurlgv sephdhres vhea an enocbes anme rfo, utb hhwci uerp-dmidne gsril alcl deda nsme nfiregs. ilbigCnm iton hte reet to nahg het hrwtae of ewdse on teh gnhigna hrnesbac, hes nad reh lrowsfe flle itno eht gnulgrgi kroob. reH tochesl asperd tou deiw in het tware, and oyuedb erh up for a wehli as esh asgn bits of old ysmnh, nictga eilk eosemno how eonstd eeizarl the anegrd shes in, or elki oeenmso eylpmelcot uosmctdeca to gdenar. tBu it asw lony a trmtae of mite reeobf hre olhcset, vhyae hwit the retwa they braebsod, dlelup the oorp hngti out of hre onsg, nowd tino the mud at the tombto of the rokob.
LAERTES 180 Alas, then she is drowned.	ASTREEL So esh is dnwdoer.
GERTRUDE Drowned, drowned.	RUEEDGTR nedworD, ddrwoen.
LAERTES Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears. But yet It is our trick. Nature her custom holds, 185 Let shame say what it will. When these are gone, The woman will be out.Adieu, my lord. I have a speech of fire that fain would blaze, But that this folly doubts it.	RATEELS Yevou dah oto mhuc wetar eardlya, opro lOeaphi, so I owtn dehs yweart ratse ofr yuo. utB cnygir is awth muhsna do. We do sawht in rou unetra, evne if eewr aesdhma of it. ertAf I sopt ingcry Ill be tughrho itcgna lkie a naowm. odGo-ybe, my olrd. I avhe smoe refiy swdor I cudlo speak nwo, ubt my ilfsooh rtsae ear dngiornw ehmt uot.
Exit LAERTES	EASRTLE isxte.
CLAUDIUS Lets follow, Gertrude. How much I had to do to calm his rage! 190 Now fear I this will give it start again. Therefore lets follow.	SUULICDA seLt fllowo hmi, etrdeuGr. I wredok so ahrd to caml hmi odnw, and nwo Im reirdow hes ggtenti lla edxecit agina. Lets llowfo mih.
Exeunt	Tehy itex.