Things ftanding thus unknown, fhall I leave behind me! If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Abfent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, h [March afar off, and bout within. " To tell my story. What warlike noife is this? [Exit Ofrick, SCENE VI. Enter Ofrick. Ofr. Young Fortinbras, with conqueft come from Poland, To the ambassadors of England gives This warlike volley. Ham. O, I die, Horatio. The potent poifon quite 'o'er-grows my spirit; I cannot live to hear the news from England, f So the qu's; the reft, fhall live bebind me; tut, a wounded name living bebind a man, is fcarcely English. g P. and all after him, but J. and h The qu's omit, and fhout within. k H. reads ambassador. 2 [P Dies. Hor. Now 1 cracks a noble heart. Good night, fweet prince; And flights of angels r fing thee to thy reft! Why does the drum come hither? t • Enter Fortinbras, and English Ambassadors, with drum, colours, and attendants. Fort. Where is this fight? Hor. What is it you would fee? If aught of woe or wonder, cease your search. Fort. This quarry cries on havock. O proud death! What feaft is tow'rd in thine infernal cell, That thou fo many princes at a fhot So bloodily haft ftruck? Amb. The fight is difmal, And our affairs from England come too late: That Rofencraus and Guildenstern are dead. Hor. Not from his mouth, Had it th' ability of life to thank you: You from the Polack wars, and you from England, And let me speak to th' yet unknowing world, Of accidental judgments, casual flaughters; d and for no caufe; And, in this upfhot, purposes miftook Fall'n on th' inventors' heads. All this can I Truly deliver. Fort. Let us hafte to hear it, And call the nobleft to the audience. For me, with forrow I embrace my fortune; h Hor. Of that I fhall have also cause to speak, And from his mouth, whofe voice will draw on more: Even while men's minds are wild, left more mischance On plots and errors happen. Fort. Let four captains Bear Hamlet, like a foldier, k to the ftage; For he was likely, had he been put on, b First q. omits th’. < The ift q. and the fo's, read carnal for cruel. d So the qu's; all the reft, and forc'd saufe. e P.'s duodecimo, T. W. and J. read Nobless. It matters not; the nobleffe are the nobleft of the people. f Fo's, rites. g The fo's read are for now. * The 3d and 4th fo's, R. and P.'s q. read off for to. Το To have prov'd moft royally. And for his paffage, The foldiers' mufic, and the m rites of war Speak loudly for him. Take up the bodies. Such a fight as this [Exeunt, marching: after which, a peal of Ordnance is foot off. 1 The qu's read royal. The qu's and C, read right of war. n So the qu's and C; all the reft read body, fo according to thefe editors, only the body of Hamlet was to be taken up, and the reft lie and rot where they were. • This direction not in the qu's, FINI S. |