Pollax. O. C. In which the majesty of buried Denmark speak. MAR. It is offended. BAR. See! it stalks away. HOR. Stay; speak: speak I charge thee, speak. [Exit Ghost. MAR. 'Tis gone, and will not answer. BAR. How now, Horatio? you tremble, and look pale: Is not this something more than fantasy? What think you of it? HOR. Before my God, I might not this believe, Without the sensible and true avoucha Of mine own eyes. MAR. Is it not like the king? HOR. As thou art to thyself: Such was the very armour he had on, MAR. Thus, twice before, and just at this dead With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch. But in the gross and scope of mine opinion, a I might not this believe, &c.] I could not: it had not been permitted me, &c. without the full and perfect evidence, &c. In what particular thought to work] In what particular course to set my thoughts at work: in what particular train to direct the mind and exercise it in conjecture. * gross and scope] Uoon the whole, and in a general view. MAR. Good now," sit down, and tell me, he that Why this same strict and most observant watch HOR. That can I; At least, the whisper goes so. (11) Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands, Was gaged by our king; which had return'd Had he been vanquisher; as, by the same cov'nant * deseigne, 4tos. de His fell to Hamlet: Now, sir, young Fortinbras, signe. 1623. Of unimproved mettle (13) hot and full, Hath in the skirts of Norway, here and there, That hath a stomach in't: (14) which is no other But to recover of us by strong hand Good now] In good time: à la bonne heure. An interjection, a gentle exclamation of intreaty.-Johns. Dict. As an adverb he interprets it, well. bmart] Marketing, exchange. And terms compulsative, those 'foresaid lands, The source of this our watch; and the chief head HOR. A moth (17) it is to trouble the mind's eye. The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Re-enter Ghost. (20) But, soft; behold! lo, where it comes again! I'll cross it, though it blast me.-Stay, illusion! If thou hast any sound, or use of voice, Speak to me: If there be any good thing to be done, That may to thee do ease, and grace to me, a b sort] Fall in with the idea of: suit, accord. palmy state] Outspread, flourishing. Of victory palm branches were the emblem. c stands-sick to dooms-day] To death, to extinction, as at the day of doom, Stands is depends. sound, or use of voice] Articulation. Speak to me: If thou art privy to thy country's fate, Or, if thou hast uphoarded in thy life For which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death, [Cock crows. Speak of it stay, and speak.-Stop it, Marcellus. MAR. Shall I strike at it with my partizan?» HOR. Do, if it will not stand. BAR. HOR. MAR. 'Tis gone! 'Tis here! 'Tis here! [Exit Ghost. We do it wrong, being so majestical, For it is, as the air, invulnerable, (24) And our vain. blows malicious mockery. (25) BAR. It was about to speak, when the cock crew. * Sayes. 1623, 32. MAR. It faded on the crowing of the cock.(28) Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dare stir* abroad; can walk, The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy (29) takes,* nor witch hath power to charm, ⚫ So 4tos. So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.(30) So 4tos. 1623, 32. talkes. 1623, 32. 0 HOR. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But, look, the morn,(3) in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill: Break we our watch up; and, by my advice, Let us impart what we have seen to-night Unto young Hamlet for, upon my life, This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him: Do you consent we shall acquaint him with it, As needful in our loves, fitting our duty? MAR. Let's do't, I pray; and I this morning know Where we shall find him most conveniently. SCENE II. [Exeunt. The same. A Room of State in the same. Enter the King, Queen, HAMLET, POLONIUS, LAERTES, VOLTIMAND, CORNELIUS, Lords, and Attendants. KING. Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death The memory be green; and that it us befitted To bear our hearts in grief, and our whole kingdom To be contracted in one brow of woe; b Yet so far hath discretion fought with nature, a green] Fresh. See Rom. & Jul. IV. 3. Jul. b wisest sorrow] Sober grief, passion discreetly reined. barr'd] Excluded: acted without the concurrence of. |