Stand dumb, and speak not to him. This to me And I with them the third night kept the watch: Ham. Hor. My lord, I did : Itself to motion, like as it would speak: Ham. "T is very strange. Hor. As I do live, my honour'd lord, 't is true; And we did think it writ down in our duty, To let you know of it. Ham. Indeed, indeed, sirs, but this troubles me. Hold you the watch to-night? Hor. O, yes, my lord; he wore his beaver up. Hor. In sorrow than in anger. A countenance more a "Arm'd, say you?" without doubt, is asked with reference to the Ghost, who has been described by Horatio as "Arm'd at all points exactly, cap-à-pé." Ham. Hor. Nay, very pale. Hor. Most constantly. Ham. Pale, or red? And fix'd his eyes upon you? I would I had been there. Hor. It would have much amaz'd you, Ham. Very like Stay'd it long? : Very like, Hor. While one with modern haste might tell a hundred. Mar., Ber. Longer, longer. Hor. Not when I saw it. Ham. His beard was grizly? no. Hor. It was, as I have seen it in his life, A sable silver'd. Ham. I will watch to-night; Perchance, 't will walk again. Hor. I warrant it will. All. Our duty to your honour. Ham. Your love, as mine to you: Farewell. [Exeunt HOR., MAR., and BER. My father's spirit in arms! all is not well; I doubt some foul play: 'would the night were come! Till then sit still, my soul. Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes. SCENE III.-A Room in Polonius' House. Enter LAERTES and OPHELIA. Laer. My necessaries are embark'd; farewell: And, sister, as the winds give benefit, And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, But let me hear from you. Oph. Do you doubt that? A violet in the youth of primy nature, Oph. Laer. No more but so? Think it no more: For nature, crescent, does not grow alone Grows wide withal. Perhaps, he loves you now; And therefore must his choice be circumscrib'd Whereof he is the head: Then if he says, he loves you, As he in his peculiar sect and force May give his saying deed; which is no further, withal. Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain, a Soil, is a spot; cautel, a crafty way to deceive; besmirch, to sully. If with too credent ear you list his songs; Or lose your heart; or your chaste treasure open Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister; Oph. I shall the effect of this good lesson keep, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; Laer. O fear me not. I stay too long;-But here my father comes. Enter POLONIUS. A double blessing is a double grace; Occasion smiles upon a second leave. Pol. Yet here, Laertes! aboard, aboard, for shame; The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail, And you are staid for. There, my blessing with you! [Laying his hand on LAERTES' head. And these few precepts in thy memory See thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.. a Chariest-most cautious. b Read-counsel, doctrine. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Bear 't that the opposed may beware of thee. But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy: And they in France of the best rank and station For loan oft loses both itself and friend; Laer. Most humbly do I take my leave, my lord. Pol. The time invites you; go, your servants tend. Laer. Farewell, Ophelia; and remember well What I have said to you. Oph. 'T is in my memory lock'd, And you yourself shall keep the key of it. Laer. Farewell. [Exit LAERTES. Pol. What is 't, Ophelia, he hath said to you? Pol. Marry, well bethought : "T is told me, he hath very oft of late Given private time to you: and you yourself a Chief. Chef, literally the head, here signifies eminence, superiority. Those of the best rank and station are of a most select and generous superiority in the indication of their diguity by their apparel. |