Hamlet · William Shakespeare
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_King._ What dost thou meane by this?[2] _Ham._ Nothing but to shew you how a King may go a Progresse[3] through the guts of a Begger.[4] _King._ Where is _Polonius_. _Ham._ In heauen, send thither to see. If your Messenger finde him not there, seeke him i'th other place your selfe: but indeed, if you finde him not [Sidenote: but if indeed you find him not within this] this moneth, you shall nose him as you go vp the staires into the Lobby. _King._ Go seeke him there. _Ham._ He will stay till ye come. [Sidenote: A will stay till you] _K._ _Hamlet_, this deed of thine, for thine especial safety [Sidenote: this deede for thine especiall] Which we do tender, as we deerely greeue For that which thou hast done,[5] must send thee hence With fierie Quicknesse.[6] Therefore prepare thy selfe, The Barke is readie, and the winde at helpe,[7] Th'Associates tend,[8] and euery thing at bent [Sidenote: is bent] For England. [Footnote A: _Here in the Quarto:_-- _King_ Alas, alas.[9] _Ham._ A man may fish with the worme that hath eate of a King, and eate of the fish that hath fedde of that worme.] [Page 190] _Ham._ For England? _King._ I _Hamlet_. _Ham._ Good. _King._ So is it, if thou knew'st our purposes. _Ham._ I see a Cherube that see's him: but [Sidenote: sees them,] come, for England. Farewell deere Mother.
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