Where now it burns, Marcellus and myself, The bell then beating one Enter the Ghoft. Mar. Peace, break thee off; look where it comes again. • Ber. Looks it not like the king? mark it, Horatio. Hor. Moft like it harrows me with fear and wonder. Ber. It would be spoke to. u Mar. Speak to it, Horatio. Hor. What art thou that usurp'ft this time of night, Together with that fair and warlike form, In which the majefty of buried Denmark Did fometimes march? by heav'n I charge thee speak. Ber. Pee! it ftalks away. * Hor. Stay; fpeak; fpeak; I charge thee, speak. Mar. 'Tis gone, and will not anfwer. [Exit Ghoft. Ber. How now, Horatio? you tremble and look pale. Is not this fomething more than phantafy? What think you ' on 't? Hor. Before my God, I might not this believe, The qu's read, borrowes; all the and is followed by the editors after him, reft, barrows. u The fo's and R. read, Question it, Horatio. except C. y So the first g. the fo's, R. and C. the reft of it for en 't. Without a Such was the very armour he had on, When he th' ambitious Norway combated: e Mar. Thus twice before, and juft at this dead hour, With martial stalk, hath he gone by our watch. Hor. In what particular thought to work, I know not; But in the grofs and scope of my opinion, This bodes fome ftrange eruption to our state. Mar. Good now fit down; and tell me, he that knows, Why this fame ftrict and moft obfervant watch So nightly toils the i k And why fuch daily coft of brazen cannon, Why fuch imprefs of fhip-wrights, whofe fore tak What might be toward, that this sweaty haste Doth make the night joint TM labourer with the day, Hor. That can I; n At least the whifper goes fo: Our last king, Dar'd to the combat. In which, our valiant Hamlet Did forfeit (with his life) all thofe his lands Which he flood feiz'd of, to the conqueror; Again the which, a moiety competent Was gaged by our king; which had return'd W Had he been " vanquisher, " as by the fame comart His fell to Hamlet, Now, fir, young Fortinbras, Hath in the fkirts of Norway, here and there, The third q. reads labour, n W. and J, read but even now. • All the editions before P. read combat; he alters it to fight; followed by the rest, except C. P So all the editors read before P. who alters it to, who by feal'd compact; and is followed by the reft, except C. a H. and W. read of for end, The qu's, thefe for those. The fo's and R. ex for of. turn. So the fo's, R. and F. the rest, re u The 3d q. vanquifit. w So the qu's, W. and C. the fo's and R. As by the jame cov`nant; the rest, As by that cov`nant. * The first q. the fo's, R. and C. read article. y The firft q. reads deffeigne; the ad define; the 3d q. and firit f, defigne. z P. and all after, except C. omit fir Shark'd a Shark'd up a lift of lawlefs refolutes, For food and diet, to fome enterprize That hath a stomach in 't; which is no other (As it doth well appear unto our ftate) But to recover of us by strong hand d And terms compulfatory, thofe forefaid lands Is the main motive of our preparations, The fource of this our watch, and the chief head f Ber. I think it be no other, but even fo: Well may it fort that this portentous figure Comes armed through our watch fo like the king, That was and is the question of thefe wars. Hor. A moth it is to trouble the mind's eye. graves food tenantless, and the fheeted dead Did fqueak and gibber in the Roman streets; As flars with trains of fire, and dews of blood, a So the qu's and C. all the reft landless. b The 2d and 3d qu's, omit is. The fo's, R. and P. And for As. d So the qu's, W. and C. the reft, compulfative. The lines in itajic are omitted in the fo's, but reftored by R. f First q. enfo for even fo. motb. i P, T, H, and W. omit and. * Something feems to be wanting here; a line perhaps might be omitted through mistake, fomewhat like the following, Tremendous prodigies in bear'n appear`d— 1 So the qu's. R. alters this to, Stays fhone with trairs of fire, dews of load fill, &c. to make The 3d q, R. and all after, mete for fenfe of the paffage, without fuppofing h Palmy, i. e. victorious. P. R. alters palmy to flourishing、 any thing wanting; followed by the Difafters in the fun, and the moist ftar, Have heav'n and earth together demonstrated Enter Ghoft again. But foft, behold! lo, where it comes again! If thou haft any found, or ufe of voice, [Spreading his arms, If there be any good thing to be done, If thou art privy to thy country's fate, Or, if thou haft uphoarded in thy life [ The cock crows. For which, they fay, you fpirits oft walk in death, |