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A room in POLONIUS' house.
[Enter POLONIUS and REYNALDO]
POLONIUS
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Give him this | money,| and these^|notes
Rey|naldo.
REYNALDO
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I will | my lord. \\
POLONIUS
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You shall do | marvellous | wisely:| good Rey|naldo,
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Before | you visit | him you | make in|quiry
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Of his be|havior.
REYNALDO
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My lord,| I did | intend it.
POLONIUS
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Marry,| well said;
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Ve|ry well said.| Look you
sir,
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Inquire | me first | what Dan|skers are in | Paris;
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And how,| and who,| what means;| and where | they
keep:
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What comp|any | at what ex|pense: and | finding
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By this en|compass|ment and | drift of
| question,
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That they | do know | my son:| come you | more*
nearer
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Than your | partic|ular | demands | will touch
it,
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Take you as | 'twere some | distant | knowledge |
of him,
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As thus | I know | his fath|er and | his friends,
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And in part | him. Do | you mark | this
Rey|naldo?
REYNALDO
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Aye, ve|ry well | my lord. \\
POLONIUS
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And in / part him,| but you | may say | not well;
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But if | it be he | I mean,| he's ve|ry wild;
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Addict|ed so | and so;| and there | put on || him
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What for|geries | you please:| marry,| none so ||
rank,
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As | may dis|honor him;| take heed | of that:
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But sir,| such want|on, wild,| and us|ual slips,
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As are | compan|ions not|ed and / most known
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To youth | and lib|erty.
REYNALDO
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As gam|ing my lord.
POLONIUS
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Aye, or | drinking,| fencing,| swearing,
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Quarreling, drabbing.| you may go | so far.
REYNALDO
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My lord | that would | dishon|or him.
(tetra with prev two)
POLONIUS
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Faith^no,| as you | may seas|on it in | the charge;
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You must | not put a|nother | scandal | on him,
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That he | is op|en to | incont|inency;
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That's^not | my mean|ing: but breathe | his
faults | so quaint||ly,
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That they | may seem | the taints | of lib|erty;
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The flash | and out|break of | a fie|ry mind,
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A savageness in unreclaimed blood of general assault.
????
REYNALDO
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But my | good* lord.
POLONIUS
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Wherefore | should you | do this?
REYNALDO
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Aye my | lord, I would | know that.
POLONIUS
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Marry | sir, here's | my drift, (tri
with prev)
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And I | believe | it is | a fetch | of warrant:
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You lay/ing these | slight sul/lies on*| my son,
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As it were | a thing | a little | soiled in
the | working:
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Mark you your | party in | converse;| him you |
would sound,
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Having | ever | seen. In | the prenom|inate crimes,
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The youth | you breathe | of guil|ty, be |
assured
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He clos|es with | you in | this cons|equence:
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Good sir,| or so,| or friend,| or gent|leman,
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accord|ing to | the phrase | and the ad|dition,
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Of man | and count|ry.
REYNALDO
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Ve|ry good | my lord.
POLONIUS
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And then | sir does | he this? \\
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He does:| what was | I a|bout to | say?
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I was || about | to say | something:| where
did | I leave?
REYNALDO
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At clos|es in | the cons|equence:|
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At friend,| or so,| and gent|leman.|
POLONIUS
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At clos|es in | the cons|equence,| aye mar|ry,
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He clos|es with | you thus.| I know | the gent|leman,
(hex with prev)
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I saw | him yest|erday,| or the oth|er day;
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Or then | or then,| with such | and such;| and as
you say,
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There was | he gam|ing, there | oretook | in his
rouse,
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There falling out | at ten|nis; or | perchance,
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I saw | him ent|er such | a house | of sale;
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Videlicet, a brothel, or so forth. See you
now; ????
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Your bait | of falsehood, takes | this carp | of
truth;
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And thus | do we | of wis|dom and | of reach,
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With wind|lasses,| and with / assays | of bias,
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By in|direc|tions find | direc|tions out:
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So by | my form|er lec|ture and | advice
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Shall you | my son;| You have | me, have | you
not?
REYNALDO
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My lord | I have.
POLONIUS
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Goodbye | you; fare | you well.
REYNALDO
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Good my | lord. \\
POLONIUS
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Observe | his in|clina|tion in | yourself.
REYNALDO
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I shall | my lord.|
POLONIUS
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And let | him ply | his mus||ic.
REYNALDO
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Well,| my lord.|
[Exit REYNALDO. Enter OPHELIA]
POLONIUS
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Farewell: \\
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How now | Ophel|ia,| what's the | matter?
OPHELIA
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Alas | my lord,| I have been | so af|frighted.
POLONIUS
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With what, in | the name | of Heaven?|
OPHELIA
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My lord,| as I was | sewing | in my | chamber,
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Lord^Ham|let with | his doub|let all | unbraced,
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No hat | upon | his head,| his stock|ings fouled,
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Ungart|ered, and / down-gyv|ed to | his ankle,
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Pale as his | shirt, his | knees knock/ing each
| other,
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And with | a look | so pit|eous in / purport,
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As if | he had / been loos|ed out | of hell,
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To speak | of hor|rors: he | comes be|fore me.
POLONIUS
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Mad for | thy love?
OPHELIA
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My lord,| I do | not know;
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But tru|ly I | do fear | it.
POLONIUS
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What | said he?
OPHELIA
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He took | me by | the wrist,| and held | me hard;
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Then goes | he to | the length | of all | his arm;
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And with | his oth|er hand | thus^ore | his brow,
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He falls | to such | perus|al of | my face,
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As he | would draw | it. Long | stayed | he so,
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At last,| a lit|tle shak|ing of | mine^arm:
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And thrice | his head | thus wav|ing up | and
down;
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He raised | a sigh,| so pit|eous and | profound,
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As it | did seem | to shat|ter all | his bulk,
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And end | his being.| That^done,| he lets | me
go,
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And with | his head | over | his shoul|der
turned,
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He seemed | to find | his way | without | his
eyes,
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For out | of doors | he went | without | their
help;
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And to | the last,| bended | their light | on me.
POLONIUS
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Go with me,| I will / go seek | the king,
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This is | the ve|ry ecs|tasy | of love,
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Whose vi|olent prop|erty | fordoes | itself,
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And leads | the will | to des|perate
und|ertak||ings,
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As oft | as an|y pas|sion und|er heaven,
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That does^af|flict our | natures.| I am | sorry,
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What have you | given him | any / hard words | of
late?
OPHELIA
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No my | good lord:| but as | you did | command,
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I did | repel | his let|ters, and | denied
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His ac|cess to / me.
POLONIUS
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That | hath made | him mad.
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I am sor|ry that | with better | speed and |
judgment
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I had | not quot|ed him.| I fear | he did | but trifle,
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And meant | to wreck | thee: but | beshrew | my
jeal|ousy: (hex with prev)
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It seems | it is | as prop|er to | our age,
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To cast | beyond | ourselves | in our |
opin||ions,
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As | it is com|mon for | the young|er sort
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To lack | discre|tion. Come,| go we | to the
king,
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This must | be known,| which being | kept^close |
might^move
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More* grief | to hide,| than hate | to ut|ter
love.
[Exeunt]