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By William Shakespeare
H
AMLET
V
OLUME
IV B
OOK
III
Dramatis Personae
C
LAUDIUS
king of Denmark. (KING CLAUDIUS)
H
AMLET
son to the late, and nephew to the present king.
P
OLONIUS
lord chamberlain. (LORD POLONIUS)
H
ORATIO
friend to Hamlet.
L
AETES
son to Polonius.
L
UCIANUS
nephew to the king. A
Gentleman. (GENTLEMAN) A Priest. (FIRST PRIEST)
V
OLTIMAND
courtiers.
C
ORNELIUS
R
OSENCRANTZ
G
UILDENSTERN
O
SRIC
M
ARCELLUS
officers.
B
ERNARDO
F
RANCISCO
a soldier.
R
EYNALDO
servant to Polonius.Players.(FIRST PLAYER), (PLAYER KING),(PLAYER QUEEN)Two Clowns, grave-diggers.(FIRST CLOWN), (SECOND CLOWN)
F
ORTINBRAS
prince of Norway.(PRINCE FORTINBRAS) A Captain. English Ambassadors. (FIRST AMBASSADOR)
G
ERTRUDE
queen of Denmark, and mother to Hamlet.(QUEEN GERTRUDE)
O
PHELIA
daughter to Polonius. Lords, Ladies, Officers, Soldiers, Sailors, Messengers, and other Attendants.(LORD), (FIRST SAILOR), (MESSENGER)Ghost of Hamlet’s Father. (GHOST
)
S
CENE
Denmark.
Volume III Book III
5
Hamlet
ACT I
SCENE I
Elsinore. A platform before the castle.[FRANCISCO at his post. Enter tohim BERNARDO]
BERNARDO
Who’s there?
FRANCISCO
Nay, answer me: stand, andunfold yourself.
BERNARDO
Long live the king!
FRANCISCO
Bernardo?
BERNARDO
He.
FRANCISCO
You come most carefully upon your hour.
BERNARDO
’Tis now struck twelve; get thee tobed, Francisco.
FRANCISCO
For this relief much thanks: ’tis bitter cold,And I am sick at heart.
BERNARDO
Have you had quiet guard?
FRANCISCO
Not a mouse stirring.
BERNARDO
Well, good night.If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus,The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste.
FRANCISCO
I think I hear them. Stand, ho!Who’s there?
[Enter HORATIO and MARCELLUS]
HORATIO
Friends to this ground.
MARCELLUS
And liegemen to the Dane.
FRANCISCO
Give you good night.
MARCELLUS
O, farewell, honest soldier:Who hath relieved you?
FRANCISCO
Bernardo has my place.Give you good night.
[Exit]
MARCELLUS
Holla! Bernardo!
BERNARDO
Say,What, is Horatio there?
HORATIO
A piece of him.
BERNARDO
Welcome, Horatio: welcome,good Marcellus.
MARCELLUS
What, has this thing appear’dagain to-night?
BERNARDO
I have seen nothing.
MARCELLUS
Horatio says ’tis but our fantasy,And will not let belief take hold of himTouching this dreaded sight, twice seen of us:Therefore I have entreated him alongWith us to watch the minutes of this night;That if again this apparition come,He may approve our eyes and speak to it.
HORATIO
Tush, tush, ’twill not appear.
BERNARDO
Sit down awhile;And let us once again assail your ears,
Sections
« prev | next »- BERNARDO Who’s there?
- BERNARDO Long live the king!
- FRANCISCO Bernardo?
- FRANCISCO You come most carefully upon your hour
- BERNARDO Have you had quiet guard?
- FRANCISCO Not a mouse stirring
- MARCELLUS And liegemen to the Dane
- FRANCISCO Give you good night
- MARCELLUS Holla! Bernardo!
- BERNARDO I have seen nothing
- BERNARDO It would be spoke to
- MARCELLUS It is offended
- MARCELLUS Is it not like the king?
- MARCELLUS Shall I strike at it with my partisan?
- BERNARDO ’Tis here!
- HORATIO ’Tis here!
- CORNELIUS and VOLTIMAND In that and all things will we show our duty
- MARCELLUS My good lord—
- HORATIO Not when I saw’t
- MARCELLUS Let’s follow; ’tis not fit thus to obey him
- HORATIO Have after. To what issue will this come?
- HORATIO [Within] Heaven secure him!
- LORD POLONIUS Wherefore should you do this?
- REYNALDO Good my lord!
- LORD POLONIUS Observe his inclination in yourself
- LORD POLONIUS And let him ply his music
- LORD POLONIUS Mad for thy love?
- LORD POLONIUS What said he?
- QUEEN GERTRUDE Came this from Hamlet to her?
- LORD POLONIUS What do you think of me?
- KING CLAUDIUS As of a man faithful and honourable
- KING CLAUDIUS Do you think ’tis this?
- KING CLAUDIUS Not that I know
- KING CLAUDIUS How may we try it further?
- QUEEN GERTRUDE So he does indeed
- KING CLAUDIUS We will try it
- GUILDENSTERN My honoured lord!
- ROSENCRANTZ My most dear lord!
- ROSENCRANTZ As the indifferent children of the earth
- ROSENCRANTZ Then is the world one
- GUILDENSTERN There are the players
- LORD POLONIUS [Aside] Still on my daughter
- LORD POLONIUS This is too long
- HAMLET “The mobled queen”?
- LORD POLONIUS That’s good; “mobled queen” is good
- ROSENCRANTZ Good my lord!
- QUEEN GERTRUDE Did he receive you well?
- ROSENCRANTZ Most like a gentleman
- FIRST PLAYER I warrant your honour
- Will you two help to hasten them?
- KING CLAUDIUS How fares our cousin Hamlet?
- KING CLAUDIUS What do you call the play?
- QUEEN GERTRUDE How fares my lord?
- LORD POLONIUS Give o’er the play
- KING CLAUDIUS Give me some light: away!
- LORD POLONIUS It is backed like a weasel
- LORD POLONIUS Very like a whale
- QUEEN GERTRUDE Have you forgot me?
- QUEEN GERTRUDE As kill a king!
- QUEEN GERTRUDE To whom do you speak this?
- QUEEN GERTRUDE Nothing at all; yet all that is I see
- QUEEN GERTRUDE What shall I do?
- ROSENCRANTZ Believe what?
- How now! What hath befall’n?
- KING CLAUDIUS Bring him before us
- KING CLAUDIUS At supper! Where?
- KING CLAUDIUS What dost you mean by this?
- KING CLAUDIUS Where is Polonius?
- KING CLAUDIUS Go seek him there
- CAPTAIN Against some part of Poland
- QUEEN GERTRUDE I will not speak with her
- QUEEN GERTRUDE What would she have?
- OPHELIA Where is the beauteous majesty of Denmark?
- KING CLAUDIUS Conceit upon her father
- KING CLAUDIUS Pretty Ophelia!
- KING CLAUDIUS How long hath she been thus?
- What is the matter?
- KING CLAUDIUS The doors are broke
- QUEEN GERTRUDE But not by him
- KING CLAUDIUS Let him demand his fill
- KING CLAUDIUS Who shall stay you?
- KING CLAUDIUS Will you know them then?
- DANES [Within] Let her come in
- LAERTES How now! What noise is that?
- LAERTES This nothing’s more than matter
- How now! What news?
- KING CLAUDIUS From Hamlet! Who brought them?
- LAERTES A Norman was’t?
- KING CLAUDIUS The very same
- LAERTES To cut his throat i’ the church
- SECOND CLOWN But is this law?
- SECOND CLOWN Was he a gentleman?
- FIRST CLOWN He was the first that ever bore arms
- HORATIO E’en so
- QUEEN GERTRUDE Sweets to the sweet: farewell!
- KING CLAUDIUS Pluck them asunder
- HORATIO Is’t possible?
- HORATIO How was this seal’d?
- HORATIO So Guildenstern and Rosencrantz go to’t
- HORATIO Peace! Who comes here?
- HAMLET How if I answer “no”?
- Give him the cup
- HAMLET I’ll play this bout first; set it by awhile. Come
- Another hit; what say you?
- KING CLAUDIUS Our son shall win
- KING CLAUDIUS [Aside] It is the poison’d cup: it is too late
- KING CLAUDIUS I do not think’t
- LAERTES Say you so? Come on
- KING CLAUDIUS Part them; they are incensed
- KING CLAUDIUS She swounds to see them bleed
- What warlike noise is this?
- PRINCE FORTINBRAS Where is this sight?
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