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Elsinore. A platform before the castle.
[FRANCISCO at his post. Enter to him BERNARDO]
BERNARDO
,
Who's there?
FRANCISCO
,
2 , 2 ,
,
Nay ans|wer me: stand | and unfold | yourself.
BERNARDO
T T . T
Long live the king.
FRANCISCO
oo
,
| Bernar|do?
BERNARDO
,
He.
FRANCISCO
, , ,
, ,
You come | most care/fully | upon | your hour.
BERNARDO
, T T T 2 ,
, 2->
'Tis now | struck twelve, get | thee to bed |
Francis||co.
FRANCISCO
, ,
, ,
,
For this | relief | much^thanks:| 'tis bit|ter
cold,
, ,
,
And I | am sick | at heart.
BERNARDO
, ,
, ->
Have you / had qui||et guard?
FRANCISCO
, ,
Not a / mouse stir|ring. \\
BERNARDO
, , , , ,
3 3
Well, good^|night. If | you do | meet Ho|ratio and
x
, 3 3 ,
, ,
Marcellus,| the riv|als of my watch,| bid them / make
haste.
FRANCISCO
, , ,
oo ,
I think | I hear | them. Stand:|
| Who's there?
[Enter HORATIO and MARCELLUS]
HORATIO
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,
Friends to | this ground.
MARCELLUS
,
, ,
And liege|men to | the Dane.
FRANCISCO
,
,
Give you | good night. \\
MARCELLUS
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2 ,
2->
O* fare|well^hon|est sol|dier, who | hath relieved || you?
??
FRANCISCO
, , , ,
,
Bernar|do has | my place:| give you | good night.
[Exit]
MARCELLUS
Holla Bernardo.
BERNARDO
Say, what is Horatio there?
HORATIO
A piece of him.
BERNARDO
, 2 , 2
, ,
,
Welcome Ho|ratio,| welcome | good Mar|cellus.
MARCELLUS
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,
, , ,
What, has | this thing | appeared | again |
tonight.
BERNARDO
, ,
I have / seen noth|ing. \\
MARCELLUS
, 2 ,
, ,
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Hora|tio says,| 'tis but | our fant|asy,
, , , , ,
And will / not let | belief | take^hold | of him
,
, ,
T T Tx
Touching | this dread|ed sight,| twice seen of
us,
, ,
, ,
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Therefore | I have | entreat|ed him | along
, ,
, ,
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With us | to watch | the min|utes of / this
night,
, ,
, , ,
That if | again | this ap|pari|tion come,
,
, , ,
,
He may | approve | our eyes,| and speak | to it.
HORATIO
T T
T 2 ,
Tush, tush, 'twill | not appear.
BERNARDO
,
,
Sit down | awhile,
, ,
, , ,
And let | us once | again | assail | your ears,
2 , ,
, ,
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That are so | forti|fied a|gainst our | story,
, 2 T
T T
What we have | two nights seen.
HORATIO
, ,
Well*, sit | we* down,
, ,
, ,
,
And let | us hear | Bernar|do speak | of this.
BERNARDO
T T . T
Last night of all, \\
, , , , ,
When yond same star that's westward from the
pole ????
,
, 2 ,
, x
Had made | his course | to illume | that part |
of heaven
,
, , ,
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Where now | it burns,| Marcel|lus and | myself,
. T
T T ,
The bell then beat|ing one, \\
[Enter Ghost]
MARCELLUS
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___
Peace,| break thee^|off: \\
,
, ,
Look where^|it comes |
again. \\
BERNARDO
, ,
, , ,
In the / same fig|ure, like | the king | that's
dead.
MARCELLUS
, 2 ,
, ,
, 2
Thou art a | scholar;| speak to / it Ho|ratio.
BERNARDO
T . T T
, x
, 2
Looks it not like | the king?| Mark it Ho|ratio.
HORATIO
T T . T
, , ,
->
Most like: it har|rows me | with fear | and wond||er.
BERNARDO
, 2 ,
It | would be spoke | to.
MARCELLUS
,
, , 3 3->
Ques|tion it |
Hora||tio.
HORATIO
, ,
, ,
,
What art | thou that | usurpst | this time | of
night,
,
, , .
T T T
Togeth|er with | that fair | and warlike form
, , ,
, , 2->
In which | the maj|esty | of bur|ied Den||mark*
, ,
x ,
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Did some|times march:| By heaven | I charge |
thee speak.
MARCELLUS
, ,
It is | offend|ed.
BERNARDO
, , ,
See,| it stalks | away.
HORATIO
__ ___ ___
,
,
Stay:| speak,| speak:| I charge | thee, speak.
[Exit Ghost]
MARCELLUS
, ,
, o
'Tis gone,| and will | not^ans|wer.
BERNARDO
<- , ,
, , ,
,
How* now || Hora|tio?| You trem|ble and / look
pale:
, , ,
, ,
Is not | this some|thing more | than fant|asy?
,
x
What think | you on it? \\
HORATIO
,
, , ,
,
Before | my God,| I might | not this | believe
, , , , ,
Without | the sens|ible | and true | avouch
, ,
Of mine^/own eyes.
MARCELLUS
, , ,
Is it / not like | the king?
HORATIO
,
, ,
As thou | art to | thyself, \\
,
, , ,
,
Such was | the ve|ry arm|or he | had on,
, ,
, , ,
When the | ambi|tious Nor|way* com|bated:
, ,
, ,
,
So frowned | he once,| when in | an ang|ry parle
, ,
, ,
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He smote | the sled|ded Pol|acks^on | the ice.
___ ___
'Tis | strange. \\
MARCELLUS
T T . T
, . T T T
Thus twice before,| and just | at this dead hour,
, , ,
, ,
With mar|tial stalk,| hath^he | gone by | our
watch.
HORATIO
, ,
2 , , 2
,
In what | partic|ular thought | to work,| I know
not:
, 2 ,
, , ,
But in the | gross and | scope of | my o|pinion,
, ,
, ,
,
This bodes | some strange | erup|tion to | our
state.
MARCELLUS
, ,
, ,
,
Good^now | sit down,| and tell | me he | that
knows
, T T . T , ,
Why this | same strict and most | observ|ant
watch,
, ,
, ,
,
So night|ly toils | the sub|ject^of | the land,
. T T T
, ,
x
And why such dai|ly cast | of braz|en cannon
, ,
, , ,
And for|eign mart | for imp|lements | of war:
, 2
T . T T T T
T
Why such^im|press of shipwrights,| whose sore
task ??
, ,
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,
Does not | divide | the Sun|day* from | the week,
, , ,
, ,
What might | be tow|ard, that | this swea|ty haste
, ,
, ,
2 ,
Doth make | the night | joint-lab/orer | with
the day:
x ,
,
Who is it | that can | inform | me?
HORATIO
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,
That | can I,
, ,
, , ,
At least | the whis|per goes | so. Our / last
king,
,
x
, ,
,
Whose im|age even | but now | appeared | to us,
, 2 ,
, ,
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Was (as you | know) by | Fortin|bras of | Norway,
,
, ,
, 2 ,
(Thereto | pricked^on | by a / most em|ulate
pride)
,
, , ,
, 2 ,
Dared to | the com|bat. In | which, our | valiant
| Hamlet,
, ,
2 , ,
,
(For so | this side | of our known | world
e|steemed him)
, ,
,
, , ,
Did slay | this Fort|inbras:| who* by a // sealed
compact, (hex with two prev)
T T . T ,
, ,
Well ratified | by law,| and her|aldry,
, ,
, , ,
Did for|feit (with | his life)| all those | his
lands
,
, ,
, ,
Which he / stood seized | on, to | the
con|queror:
, ,
, 2 , ,
Against | the which,| a moi|ety comp|etent
,
, , ,
,
Was gag|ed by | our king:| which had | returned
, ,
3 3 , ,
To the | inher|itance of Fort|inbras,
<- ,
, , ,
, , 2
Had he || been van|quisher,| as by | the same |
covenant
, ,
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And car|riage of | the art|icle | design,
, 2
, ,
, ,
His fell* to | Hamlet.| Now sir,| young
Fort|inbras, ??
, , ,
, ,
Of un|improv|ed met|tle, hot | and full,
,
, ,
, ,
Hath in | the skirts | of Nor|way, here | and there,
,
, ,
, ,
Sharked up | a list | of law|less res|olutes,
, ,
, , ,
For food | and di|et, to / some ent|erprise
, ,
x 2 , ,
That hath | a stom|ach in it:| which is no |
other
, ,
, ,
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(As it | doth well | appear | unto | our state)
, ,
, , ,
But to | recov|er of | us by / strong hand
, , x
, ,
And terms | compuls|ative,| those^fore|said^lands
, ,
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So by | his fath|er lost:| and this |(I take it)
2 , ,
, , ,
Is the main | motive | of our | prepa|rations,
, ,
, , ,
The source | of this | our watch,| and the /
chief head
, ,
, ,
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Of this / post-haste,| and rom|age in | the land.
[[[[BERNARDO
, , , , ,
I think | it be | no oth|er but / eene so:
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Well may it | sort that | this por|tentous |
figure
T T T
, , ,
Comes armed through | our watch;| so like | the
king
, ,
,
, ,
That was | and is | the ques|tion of / these
wars.
HORATIO
, , ,
, ,
A mote | it is | to troub|le the / mind's eye.
, ,
, ,
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In the / most high | and pal|my state | of Rome,
, , ,
2 , 2 ,
A lit|tle ere | the might|iest Ju|lius fell,
, ,
, 2 ,
,
The graves | stood^ten|antless | and the sheet|ed
dead
, ,
, ,
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Did squeak | and gib|ber in | the Rom|an streets:
, ,
, ,
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As stars | with trains | of fire | and dews | of blood,
,
, , ,
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Disast|ers in | the sun;| and the / moist star
, ,
2 , , ,
Upon | whose in|fluence Nep|tune's^em|pire stands
, ,
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Was sick | almost | to dooms|day with | eclipse:
x , ,
, ,
And even | the like | precurse | of fierce |
events,
, , ,
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As har|bingers | preced|ing still | the fates
, ,
, , ,
And pro|logue to | the o|men com|ing on,
x ,
, , ,
->
Have heaven | and earth | togeth|er
dem|onstrat||ed
, 2 ,
, , ,
Un|to our clim|atures | and count|rymen.]]]]
[Enter Ghost]
, ,
, ,
,
But soft,| behold:| lo, where | it comes | again:
x , ,
, ,
I'll cross it,| though it | blast me.| Stay il|lusion:
, ,
, , ,
If thou | hast an|y sound,| or use | of voice,
, 2
, , 2 , 2
,
Speak to me.| If there | be an|y good* thing | to
be done,
, ,
, , , ,
2 ->
That may | to thee | do ease,| and grace | to
me;|| speak to me.
[Cock crows]
, , 3 3
, ,
If thou | art pri|vy to thy count|ry's fate
, ,
x 2 ,
,
(Which hap|pily | foreknowing | may avoid)| Oh speak.
, ,
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,
Or, if | thou hast | uphoard|ed in | thy life
,
, ,
, ,
Extort|ed treas|ure in | the womb | of earth,
, ,
x ,
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(For which,| they say,| you spirits | oft^walk |
in death)
,
, ,
, 2 ,
Speak of | it. Stay,| and speak.| Stop it
Mar|cellus.
MARCELLUS
, , ,
, ,
Shall I | strike at / it with | my part|isan?
HORATIO
, , ,
Do, if | it will | not stand.
BERNARDO
,
'Tis here.
HORATIO
,
'Tis here.
[Exit Ghost]
MARCELLUS
,
'Tis gone. \\
, ,
2 , , ,
We do | it wrong,| being so | majest|ical
, ,
, , ,
To of|fer it | the show | of vi|olence,
, ,
, , 2 ,
For it | is as | the air,| invul|nerable,
, ,
, , ,
And our / vain blows,| mali|cious mock|ery.
BERNARDO
, ,
, , ,
It was | about | to speak,| when the / cock crew.
HORATIO
, ,
, , ,
And then | it start|ed, like | a guil|ty thing
,
, ,
, ,
Upon | a fear|ful sum|mons. I | have heard,
, , ,
, ,
The cock | that is | the trump|et to | the day,
,
, , ,
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Doth with | his lof|ty and / shrill-sound|ing throat
, ,
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Awake | the god | of day:| and at | his
warn||ing,
, 2 ,
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Wheth|er in sea,| or fire,| in earth,| or air,
2 , ,
, , ,
The extrav|agant,| and er|ring spir|it, hies
, ,
, ,
,
To his / confine.| And of | the truth | herein,
, ,
, , ,
This pres|ent ob|ject* made | proba|tion.
MARCELLUS
, ,
, , ,
It fad|ed on | the crow|ing of | the cock.
,
,
, ,
,
Some say,| that ev|er gainst | that seas|on
comes
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Wherein our | Savior's | birth is | cele|brated,
, ,
, , ,
The bird | of dawn|ing sing|eth all | night^long:
, ,
x T T . T
And then |(they say)| no spirit | dares stir
abroad,
, ,
, , ,
The nights | are whole|some, then | no plan|ets
strike,
,
, , ,
,
No fai|ry talks,| nor witch | hath power | to
charm:
, ,
, ,
,
So hal|lowed, and | so gra|cious is | the time.
HORATIO
, ,
, ,
x
So have | I heard,| and do | in part | believe
it.
, ,
, ,
,
But look,| the morn | in rus|set mant|le clad,
,
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T T ,
Walks ore | the dew | of yon high east|ward
hill,
,
, ,
, ,
Break we | our watch | up, and | by my | advice
,
, , ,
,
Let us | impart | what we | have seen | tonight
, ,
, ,
,
Unto | young Ham/let. For | upon | my life,
, ,
, , ,
This spir|it dumb | to us,| will speak | to
him:
, , ,
,
x
Do you | consent | we shall | acquaint | him with
it,
,
, ,
, 2 ,
As need|ful in | our loves,| fitting our | duty?
MARCELLUS
x
, , ,
,
Let's^do it | I pray,| and I | this morn|ing know
, ,
, , ,
Where we | shall find | him most | conven|iently.
[Exeunt]