Ham. Thrift, thrift, Horatio! the funeral bak'd meats Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables. 'Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Ere ever I had seen that day, Horatio! My father, methinks, I see my father. Hor. O! where, my lord? Ham. In my mind's eye, Horatio. Hor. I saw him once: he was a goodly king. I shall not look upon his like again. Hor. My lord, I think I saw him yesternight. Hor. My lord, the king your father. 26 Ham The king my father; Hor. Season your admiration for a while With an attent ear, till I may deliver, Upon the witness of these gentlemen, This marvel to you. Ham. For God's love, let me hear. Hor. Two nights together, had these gentlemen, Marcellus and Bernardo, on their watch, In the dead vast and middle of the night, Been thus encounter'd. A figure like your father, This to me? And I with them the third night kept the watch; Form of the thing, each word made true and good, But where was this? : My lord, I did, Ham. Ham. 'Tis very strange. Hor. As I do live, my honour'd lord, 't is true; Ham. Indeed, indeed, Sirs, but this troubles me. 28 All. We do, my lord. Arm'd, my lord. Ham. From top to toe? 29 All. My lord, from head to foot. Ham. Then, saw you not his face? Hor. O yes, my lord; he wore his beaver up. Hor. Hor. Most constantly. Pale, or red? A countenance more And fix'd his eyes upon you? I would I had been there. I Hor. It would have much amaz'd you. Very like. Stay'd it long? Very like, f Hor. While one with moderate haste might tell a hundred. Mar. Ber. Longer, longer. Hor. Not when I saw it. His beard was grizzled? no? Ham. I will watch to-night: Perchance, 't will walk again. 1 I warrant it will........... All. Our duty to your honour. 30 31 Ham. Your loves, as mine to you. Farewell. [Exeunt HORATIO, MARCELLUS, and BERNARDO. My father's spirit in arms! all is not well; I doubt some foul play: would the night were come! Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes. [Exit. | SCENE III. A Room in POLONIUS' House. Enter LAERTES and OPHELIA. Laer. My necessaries are embark'd; farewell: And, sister, as the winds give benefit, And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you. Oph. Do you doubt that? Laer. For Hamlet, and the trifling of his favour, Hold it a fashion, and a toy in blood; A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting, No more. Oph. No more but so? Think it no more: For nature, crescent, does not grow alone In thews, and bulk; but, as this temple waxes, The inward service of the mind and soul Grows wide withal. Perhaps, he loves you now; 32 And now no soil, nor cautel, doth besmirch The virtue of his will: but you must fear, His greatness weigh'd, his will is not his own, For he himself is subject to his birth: He may not, as unvalued persons do, Carve for himself; for on his choice depends The safety and the health of this whole state And therefore must his choice be circumscrib'd Unto the voice and yielding of that body, Whereof he is the head. Then, if he says he loves you, It fits your wisdom so far to believe it, As he in his particular act and place e; May give his saying deed; which is no farther, To his unmaster'd importunity. Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister; Oph. I shall th' effect of this good lesson keep, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, A double blessing is a double grace; Occasion smiles upon a second leave. Pol. Yet here, Laertes? aboard, aboard, for shame! The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail, And you are stay'd for. There, my blessing with you; [Laying his Hand on LAERTES' Head. And these few precepts in thy memory Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; 34 35 And they in France, of the best rank and station, Oph- Laer. Farewell. [Exit LAERTES." Pol. What is 't, Ophelia, he hath said to you? Oph. So please you, something touching the lord Hamlet. | 37 Pol. Marry, well bethought: 'T is told me, he hath very oft of late Given private time to you; and you yourself Have of your audience been most free and bounteous. And that in way of caution) I must tell you, Oph. He hath, my lord, of late made many tenders Pol. Affection? pooh! you speak like a green girl, Do you believe his tenders, as you call them? Oph. I do not know, my lord, what I should think. | Oph. My lord, he hath importun'd me with love, Pol. Ay, fashion you may call it; go to, go to. Oph. And hath given countenance to his speech, my lord, With almost all the holy vows of heaven. Pol. Ay, springes to catch woodcocks. I do know, |