Enter HORATIO and MARCELLUS [calling].
Hor. My lord, my lord.
Mar. Lord Hamlet.
Hor. Heavens secure
him.
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Ham. [aside]
So be it.
Mar. Hillo, ho, ho,
my lord.
Ham. Hillo, ho, ho,
boy. Come, bird, come.
Mar. How is't, my
noble lord?
Hor. What news, my
lord?
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Ham. O, wonderful!
Hor. Good my lord,
tell it.
Ham. No, you will
reveal it.
Hor. Not I, my lord,
by heaven.
Mar. Nor I, my lord.
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Ham. How say you
then, would heart of man once think it-
But you'll
be secret?
Hor. }
Ay, by heaven.
Mar.
Ham. There's never
a villain dwelling in all Denmark
But he's
an arrant knave.
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Hor. There needs
no ghost, my lord, come from the grave
To tell
us this.
Ham.
Why, right, you are in the right.
And so
without more circumstance at all
I hold
it fit that we shake hands and part,
You as
your business and desire shall point you-
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For every
man hath business and desire,
Such
as it is-and for my own poor part,
I will
go pray.
Hor. These are but
wild and whirling words, my lord.
Ham. I am sorry they
offend you, heartily-
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Yes faith,
heartily.
Hor.
There's no offence, my lord.
Ham. Yes by Saint
Patrick but there is, Horatio,
And much
offence too. Touching this vision here,
It is
an honest ghost, that let me tell you.
For your
desire to know what is between us,
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O'ermaster't
as you may. And now, good friends,
As you
are friends, scholars, and soldiers,
Give
me one poor request.
Hor.
What is't, my lord? We will.
Ham. Never make known
what you have seen tonight.
Hor. } My lord, we
will not.
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Mar.
Ham. Nay, but swear't.
Hor. In faith, my
lord, not I.
Mar. Nor I, my lord,
in faith.
Ham. Upon my sword.
Mar. We have sworn,
my lord, already.
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Ham. Indeed, upon
my sword, indeed.
Ghost. (Cries
under the stage)Swear.
Ham. Ah ha, boy,
say'st thou so? Art thou there, truepenny ?
Come
on, you hear this fellow in the cellarage.
Consent
to swear.
Hor.
Propose the oath, my lord.
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Ham. Never to speak
of this that you have seen.
Swear
by my sword.
Ghost. Swear.
[They swear.]
Ham. Hic et ubique? Then
we'll shift our ground.
Come
hither, gentlemen,
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And lay
your hands again upon my sword.
Swear
by my sword
Never
to speak of this that you have heard.
Ghost. Swear by his
sword.
[They swear.]
Ham. Well said, old
mole. Canst work i'th' earth so fast?
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A worthy
pioneer! Once more remove, good friends.
Hor. O day and night,
but this is wondrous strange.
Ham. And therefore
as a stranger give it welcome.
There
are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than
are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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But come,
Here,
as before, never, so help you mercy,
How strange
or odd some'er I bear myself-
As I
perchance hereafter shall think meet
To put
an antic disposition on-
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That
you, at such time seeing me, never shall,
With
arms encumbered thus, or this head-shake,
Or by
pronouncing of some doubtful phrase,
As 'Well,
we know', or 'We could and if we would',
Or
'If we list to speak', or 'There be and if they
might',
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Or
such ambiguous giving out, to note
That
you know aught of me-this do swear,
So grace
and mercy at your most need help you.
Ghost. Swear.
[They swear.]
Ham. Rest, rest,
perturbed spirit. So, gentlemen,
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With
all my love I do commend me to you;
And what
so poor a man as Hamlet is
May do
t'express his love and friending to you,
God willing,
shall not lack. Let us go in together.
And still
your fingers on your lips, I pray.
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The time
is out of joint. O cursed spite,
That
ever I was born to set it right.
Nay,
come, let's go together.
Exeunt.