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A room in POLONIUS' house.
[Enter LAERTES and OPHELIA]
LAERTES
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My nec|essar|ies are | embarked:| farewell:
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And sis|ter, as | the winds | give ben|efit,
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And con|voy^is | assist|ant; do | not sleep,
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But let | me hear | from you.
OPHELIA
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Do you | doubt that?
LAERTES
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For Ham|let, and | the trif|ling^of | his fav||ors,
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Hold | it a fash|ion and | a toy | in blood;
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A vi|olet in | the youth | of pri|my na||ture;
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Fro|ward, not | permanent;| sweet not | lasting
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The suppli|ance of | a min|ute? No || more.
OPHELIA
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No more | but so.
LAERTES
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Think it | no more:
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For na|ture cres|cent does | not grow | alone,
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In thews | and bulk:| but as this | temple |
waxes,
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The in|ward serv|ice of | the mind | and soul
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Grows^wide | withal.| Perhaps | he loves | you
now,
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And now | no soil | nor caut|el doth | besmirch
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The vir|tue of | his fear:| but you | must fear
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His great|ness weighed,| his will | is not | his
own;
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For he | himself | is sub|ject^to | his birth:
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He may | not, as | unval|ued pers|ons do,
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Carve for | himself;| for, on | his choice |
depends
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The sanc|tity | and health | of the / whole
state.
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And there|fore must | his choice | be
cir|cumscribed
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Unto the | voice and | yielding | of that | body,
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Whereof | he is the | head. Then if he | says
he | loves you,
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It fits | your wis|dom so | far to | believe it;
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As he | in his | partic|ular sect | and force
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May give | his say|ing deed:| which^is no |
further,
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Than the / main voice | of Den|mark goes | withal.
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Then weigh | what loss | your hon|or may |
sustain,
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If with | too cred|ent ear | you list | his
songs;
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Or lose | your heart;| or your chaste | treasure
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To his / unmast|ered im|portun|ity.
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Fear it | Ophel|ia, fear | it my dear | sister,
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And keep | you in the | rear of | your
af|fection;
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Out of | the shot | and dang|er of | desire.
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The char|iest maid | is prod|igal | enough,
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If she | unmask | her beaut|y to | the moon:
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Virtue | itself | scapes not | calum|nious
strokes,
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The cank|er galls,| the in|fants of | the spring
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Too oft | before | their but|tons be | disclosed,
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And in | the morn | and li|quid dew | of youth,
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Conta|gious blast|ments are / most im|minent.
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Be wa|ry then,| best safety lies | in fear;
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Youth to | itself | rebels,| though none |
else^near.
OPHELIA
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I shall | the effect | of this / good les|son
keep,
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As watch|men to my | heart: But | good my |
brother
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Do not | as some | ungra|cious past|ors do,
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Show me | the steep | and thor|ny way | to heaven;
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Whilst like a puffed | and reck|less lib|ertine
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Himself,| the primrose path | of dal|liance
treads,
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And recks | not his / own rede.
LAERTES
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Oh, fear | me not.
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I stay | too long;| but here | my fath|er
comes:
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A doub|le bles|sing is | a doub|le grace;
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Occas|ion smiles | upon | a sec|ond leave.
POLONIUS
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Yet^here | Laertes?| aboard,| aboard | for shame,
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The wind | sits in | the shoul|der of | your
sail,
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And you are | stayed for | there: my |
blessing | with you;
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And these few pre|cepts in | thy mem|ory,
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See thou | charac|ter. Give | thy thoughts | no*
tongue,
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Nor an|y un|propor|tioned thought | his act:
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Be thou | famil|iar; but by / no means | vulgar:
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The friends | thou hast,| and their | adop|tion
tried,
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Grapple | them to | thy soul,| with hoops | of
steel:
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But do not | dull thy | palm, with |
enter|tainment
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Of each new-hatched,| unfledged | comrade.|
Beware
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Of ent|rance to | a quar|rel: but | being in
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Bear it that / the op|posed may beware | of thee.
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Give^eve|ry man | thy ear;| but few | thy voice:
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Take^each | man's^cens|ure; but re|serve thy |
judgment:
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Cost|ly thy hab|it as | thy purse | can buy;
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But not | expressed | in fan|cy; rich,| not
gau||dy:
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For | the appar|el oft | proclaims | the man.
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And they | in France | of the best | rank and |
station,
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Are of a most | select | and gene|rous chief | in
that.
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Neither | a bor|rower, nor | a len|der be;
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For loan | oft los|es both | itself | and friend:
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And bor|rowing dulls | the edge | of hus|bandry.
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This above all;| to thine^/own self | be* true:
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And it | must fol|low, as | the night | the day,
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Thou canst | not then | be false | to an|y man.
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Farewell:| my bles|sing seas|on this | in thee.
LAERTES
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Most hum|bly do | I take | my leave,| my lord.
POLONIUS
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The time | invites | you, go,| your serv|ants
tend.
LAERTES
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Farewell | Ophel|ia, and | remem|ber well
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What I have said | to you.
OPHELIA
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'Tis in | my mem|ory locked,
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And you | yourself | shall keep | the key | of it.
LAERTES
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Farewell. \\
[Exit]
POLONIUS
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What is it | Ophel|ia he | hath said | to you?
OPHELIA
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So please | you, some|thing touch|ing the / Lord
Ham||let.
POLONIUS
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Mar|ry, well | bethought: \\
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'Tis told | me he | hath ve|ry oft | of late
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Given | private | time to you;| and you | yourself
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Have of your | audience | been most^|free and |
bounteous.
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If it be | so, as | so 'tis | put on | me;
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And || that in | way of | caution:| I must |
tell you,
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You do | not und|erstand | yourself | so
clear||ly,
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As | it behooves | my daught|er, and | your hon||or.
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What | is between | you, give | me up | the
truth?
OPHELIA
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He hath | my lord | of late,| made ma|ny
tend||ers
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Of | his af|fection | to me.|
POLONIUS
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Affec|tion, pooh.| You speak | like a green
girl,
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Unsift|ed in / such per|ilous cir|cumstance.
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Do you be|lieve his | tenders,| as you | call
them?
OPHELIA
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I do | not know,| my lord,| what^I | should
think.
POLONIUS
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Marry I'll | teach you;| think your|self a |
baby,
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That you | have tane | his tend|ers for / true
pay,
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Which are / not ster|ling. tend|er yourself | more*
dear||ly;
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Or | not to crack | the wind | of the / poor
phrase,
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Running | it thus,| you'll tend|er me | a fool.
OPHELIA
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My lord,| he hath | impor|tuned me | with love,
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In hon|ora|ble fash|ion. \\
POLONIUS
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Aye,|| fashion | you may | call it,| go to,| go to.
OPHELIA
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And hath | given | counte|nance to | his speech,
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My lord,| with all | the vows | of heav|en.
POLONIUS
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Aye,|| springes | to catch woodcocks.| I do
know
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When the / blood burns,| how prod|igal | the soul
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Gives the | tongue vows: these | blazes,| daughter,
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Giving | more light | than heat;| extinct | in
both,
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Even in | their prom|ise, as | it is a-|making;
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You must | not take | for fire.| From this time |
Daughter,
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Be some|what scant|er of | your maiden | presence;
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Set your | entreat|ments at | a high|er rate,
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Than a com|mand to | parley.| For Lord | Hamlet,
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Believe | so much | in him,| that he | is young,
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And with | a lar|ger teth|er may | he walk,
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Than may | be given | you. In | few, O|phelia,
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Do not be|lieve his | vows; for | they are | brokers,
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Not of | the eye,| which their | invest|ments
show:
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But mere | implor|ators | of unho|ly suits,
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Breathing | like sanct|ified | and pi|ous bawds,
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The bet|ter to | beguile.| This is | for all:
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I would not,| in plain | terms, from | this time forth,
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Have you so | slander | any | moment | leisure,
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As to / give words | or talk | with the Lord |
Hamlet:
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Look to it, I | charge you: come | your ways.
OPHELIA
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I shall | obey | my lord. \\
[Exeunt]