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Enter HAMLET
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Enter HAMLET
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HAMLET Safely stowed.
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HAMLET Safely stowed.
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GENTLEMEN (from within) Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!
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GENTLEMEN (from within) Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!
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HAMLET But soft, what noise? Who calls on Hamlet?
Oh, here they come.
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HAMLET But soft, what noise? Who calls on Hamlet?
Oh, here they come.
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Enter ROSENCRANTZ , GUILDENSTERN , and others
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Enter ROSENCRANTZ , GUILDENSTERN , and others
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ROSENCRANTZ 5 What have you done, my lord, with the dead body?
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ROSENCRANTZ What have you done, my lord, with the dead body?
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HAMLET Compounded it with dust, whereto ’tis kin.
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HAMLET Compounded it with dust, whereto ’tis kin.
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ROSENCRANTZ Tell us where ’tis, that we may take it thence
And bear it to the chapel.
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ROSENCRANTZ Tell us where ’tis, that we may take it thence
And bear it to the chapel.
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HAMLET Do not believe it.
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HAMLET Do not believe it.
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ROSENCRANTZ 10 Believe what?
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ROSENCRANTZ Believe what?
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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?
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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?
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ROSENCRANTZ Take you me for a sponge, my lord?
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ROSENCRANTZ Take you me for a sponge, my lord?
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HAMLET Ay, sir, that soaks up the king’s 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.
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HAMLET Ay, sir, that soaks up the king’s 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.
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ROSENCRANTZ I understand you not, my lord.
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ROSENCRANTZ I understand you not, my lord.
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HAMLET I am glad of it. A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear.
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HAMLET I am glad of it. A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear.
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ROSENCRANTZ My lord, you must tell us where the body is and go with us to the king.
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ROSENCRANTZ My lord, you must tell us where the body is and go with us to the king.
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HAMLET 25 The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body.
The king is a thing—
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HAMLET The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body.
The king is a thing—
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GUILDENSTERN A thing, my lord?
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GUILDENSTERN A thing, my lord?
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HAMLET Of nothing. Bring me to him. Hide, fox, and all after.
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HAMLET Of nothing. Bring me to him. Hide, fox, and all after.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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Modern Text |
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Enter HAMLET
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Enter HAMLET
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HAMLET Safely stowed.
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HAMLET Safely stowed.
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GENTLEMEN (from within) Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!
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GENTLEMEN (from within) Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!
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HAMLET But soft, what noise? Who calls on Hamlet?
Oh, here they come.
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HAMLET But soft, what noise? Who calls on Hamlet?
Oh, here they come.
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Enter ROSENCRANTZ , GUILDENSTERN , and others
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Enter ROSENCRANTZ , GUILDENSTERN , and others
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ROSENCRANTZ 5 What have you done, my lord, with the dead body?
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ROSENCRANTZ What have you done, my lord, with the dead body?
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HAMLET Compounded it with dust, whereto ’tis kin.
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HAMLET Compounded it with dust, whereto ’tis kin.
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ROSENCRANTZ Tell us where ’tis, that we may take it thence
And bear it to the chapel.
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ROSENCRANTZ Tell us where ’tis, that we may take it thence
And bear it to the chapel.
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HAMLET Do not believe it.
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HAMLET Do not believe it.
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ROSENCRANTZ 10 Believe what?
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ROSENCRANTZ Believe what?
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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?
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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?
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ROSENCRANTZ Take you me for a sponge, my lord?
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ROSENCRANTZ Take you me for a sponge, my lord?
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HAMLET Ay, sir, that soaks up the king’s 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.
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HAMLET Ay, sir, that soaks up the king’s 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.
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ROSENCRANTZ I understand you not, my lord.
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ROSENCRANTZ I understand you not, my lord.
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HAMLET I am glad of it. A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear.
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HAMLET I am glad of it. A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear.
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ROSENCRANTZ My lord, you must tell us where the body is and go with us to the king.
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ROSENCRANTZ My lord, you must tell us where the body is and go with us to the king.
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HAMLET 25 The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body.
The king is a thing—
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HAMLET The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body.
The king is a thing—
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GUILDENSTERN A thing, my lord?
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GUILDENSTERN A thing, my lord?
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HAMLET Of nothing. Bring me to him. Hide, fox, and all after.
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HAMLET Of nothing. Bring me to him. Hide, fox, and all after.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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