Ham. Indeed, upon my sword, indeed.
Ghost. [beneath.] Swear.

Ham. Ha, ha, boy! say'st thou so? art thou there, true-penny?

Come on ;-you hear this fellow in the cellarage.
Consent to swear.

Ho.

Propose the oath, my lord.

Ham. Never to speak of this that you have seen, Swear by my sword.

Ghost. [beneath.] Swear.

Ham. Hic et ubique ?1 then we'll shift our ground.

Come hither, gentlemen,

And lay your hands again upon my sword:

Swear by my sword,

Never to speak of this that you have heard.

Ghost. [beneath.] Swear by his sword.

Ham. Well said, old mole! canst work i' the earth so fast?

A worthy pioneer!-Once more remove, good

friends.

Ho. 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.

But come ;

1 Here and every where?

Here, as before, never, so help you mercy!
How strange or odd soe'er I bear myself;
As I, perchance, hereafter shall think meet
To put an antic disposition on ;-

That you, at such times seeing me, never shall,
With arms encumber'd thus, or this head-shake,
Or by pronouncing of some doubtful phrase,

As,

Well, well, we know ; '-or, ' We could, an if we would; ''—or 'If we list to speak; '—or, 'There be, an if they might; '

Or such ambiguous giving out, to note

That you know aught of me :-this not to do, swear,

So

grace and mercy at your most need help you! Ghost. [beneath.] Swear.

Ham. Rest, rest, perturbed spirit!-So, gentle

men,

With all my love I do commend me to you:

And what so poor a man as Hamlet is

May do, to 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.

The time is out of joint;-0, cursed spite!

That ever I was born to set it right!
Nay, come; let's go together.

[Exeunt.

ACT II.

SCENE I.

A room in Polonius's house.

Enter POLONIUS and REYNALDO.

Po. Give him this money, and these notes, Reynaldo.

Rey. I will, my lord.

Po. You shall do marvellous wisely, good Rey

naldo,

Before you visit him, to make inquiry

Of his behavior.

Rey.

My lord, I did intend it.

Po. Marry, well said: very well said. Look you,

sir,

1

Inquire me first what Danskers 1 are in Paris;

And how, and who, what means, and where they

keep,

What company, at what expense; and finding,
By this encompassment and drift of question,
That they do know my son, come you more nearer
Than your particular demands will touch it:
Take you, as 'twere, some distant knowlege of him ;
As thus ;-
I know his father and his friends,
And, in part, him :'-Do you mark this, Reynaldo ?

I Danes.

Po. And, in part, him;-but,' you may say,

' not well:

But, if 't be he I mean, he 's very wild;
Addicted so and so:'-and there put on him
What forgeries you please; marry, none so rank
As may dishonor him; take heed of that:
But, sir, such wanton, wild, and usual slips,
As are companions noted and most known
To youth and liberty.

Rey.

As gaming, my lord.

Po. Ay, or drinking, fencing, swearing, quarrel

ing,

Drabbing :-you may go so far.

Rey. My lord, that would dishonor him.

Po. Faith, no; as you may season it in the charge.

You must not put another scandal on him,

That he is open to incontinency;

That's not my meaning: but breathe his faults so

quaintly,

That they may seem the taints of liberty;

The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind;

A savageness 1 in unreclaimed blood,

Of general assault.

Rey.

But, my good lord,

Po. Wherefore should you do this?

For wildness.

2 Such as youth in general is liable to.

Ay, my lord

Rey

I would know that.

Po.

Marry, sir, here's my drift;
And, I believe, it is a fetch of warrant :
You laying these slight sullies on my son,
As 'twere a thing a little soil'd i' the working,
Mark you;

Your party in converse, him you would sound,
Having ever seen, in the prenominate1 crimes,
The youth you breathe of, guilty, be assured,
He closes with you in this consequence ;-

Good sir,' or so; or friend,' or gentleman,'According to the phrase or the addition

Of man and country.

Rey.

Very good, my lord.

Po. And then, sir, does he this ;-he doesWhat was I about to say?-By the mass, I was about to say something :—where did I leave?

Rey. At, closes in the consequence.

Po. At, closes in the consequence :-Ay, marry ; He closes with you thus

:

I know the gentleman;

I saw him yesterday, or t' other day,

Or then, or then, with such, or such; and, as you

say,

There was he gaming; there o'ertook in his rouse ; There falling out at tennis; or, perchance,

I saw him enter such a house of sale, (Videlicet, a brothel) or so forth.'—