Ham. Of nothing: bring me to him. Hide fox, and all after*. [Exeunt. SCENE III. Another room in the same. Enter King, attended. King. I have sent to seek him, and to find the body. How dangerous is it, that this man goes loose! Who like not in their judgment, but their eyes; even, This sudden sending him away must seem Enter Rosencrantz. Or not at all.-How now? what hath befallen? King. But where is he? Ros. Without, my lord, guarded, to know your pleasure. King. Bring him before us. Ros. Ho, Guildenstern! bring in my lord. Enter Hamlet and Guildenstern. King. Now, Hamlet, where's Polonius ? Ham. At supper. King. At supper? Where? * A sport among children. Ham. Not where he eats, but where he is eaten : a certain convocation of politick worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else, to fat us; and we fat ourselves for maggots: Your fat king, and your lean beggar, is but variable service; two dishes, but to one table; that's the end. King. Alas, alas! Ham. A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king; and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm. King. What dost thou mean by this? Ham. Nothing, but to show you how a king may go a progress through the guts of a beggar. King. Where is Polonius? Ham. In heaven; send thither to see: if your messenger find him not there, seek him i'the other place yourself. But, indeed, if you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby. King. Go seek him there. [To some Attendants. come. [Exeunt Attendants. King. Hamlet, this deed, for thine especial safety, Which we do tender, as we dearly grieve For that which thou hast done,-must send thee hence With fiery quickness: Therefore, prepare thyself; The associates tend†, and every thing is bent Ham. For England? King. So is it, if thou knew'st our purposes. for England!-Farewell, dear mother. King. Thy loving father, Hamlet. Ham. My mother: Father and mother is man and wife; man and wife is one flesh; and so, my mother. Come, for England. [Exit. King. Follow him at foot; tempt him with speed Delay it not, I'll have him hence to-night : That else leans on the affair: Pray you, make haste. [Exeunt Ros. and Guil. And, England, if my love thou hold'st at aught, The present death of Hamlet. Do it, England; SCENE IV. A plain in Denmark. Enter Fortinbras, and Forces, marching. For. Go, captain, from me greet the Danish king; Tell him, that, by his licence, Fortinbras Craves the conveyance of a promis'd march Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous. If that his majesty would aught with us, We shall express our duty in his eye‡, And let him know so. Cap. I will do't, my lord. [Exeunt Fortinbras and Forces. + Presence. * Value, estimate. + Successes. Enter Hamlet, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, &c. Good sir, whose powers* are these? Ham. Cap. They are of Norway, sir. How purpos'd, sir, Who Against some part of Poland. Commands them, sir? Cap. The nephew to old Norway, Fortinbras. Ham. Goes it against the main of Poland, sir, Or for some frontier? Cap. Truly to speak, sir, and with no addition, We go to gain a little patch of ground, That hath in it no profit but the name. A ranker rate, should it be sold in fee. Ham. Why, then the Polack+ never will defend it. Cap. Yes, 'tis already garrison'd. Ham. Two thousand souls, and twenty thousand ducats, Will not debate the question of this straw: This is the imposthume of much wealth and peace; Ros. [Exit Captain. Will't please you go, my lord? Ham. I will be with you straight. Go a little be fore. [Exeunt Ros. and Guil. 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. Sure, he, that made us with such large discourse§, * Forces. + Polander. § Power of comprehension. Looking before, and after, gave us not To fust* in us unus'd. Now, whether it be A thought, which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom, And, ever, three parts coward,-I do not know Sith I have cause, and will, and strength, and means, To do't. Examples, gross as earth, exhort me: * Grow mouldy. + Cowardly. [Exit. Since. VOL. X. S |