Hamlet
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Another Room in the Same. |
Enter HAMLET. |
| Ham. Safely stowed. |
| Ros. & Guil. [Within.] Hamlet! Lord Hamlet! |
| Ham. What noise? who calls on Hamlet? |
| O! here they come. |
Enter ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN. |
| Ros. What have you done, my lord, with the dead body? |
| Ham. Compounded it with dust, whereto 'tis kin. |
| Ros. Tell us where 'tis, that we may take it thence |
| And bear it to the chapel. |
| Ham. Do not believe it. |
| Ros. Believe what? |
| Ham. That I can keep your counsel and not mine own. Besides, to be demanded of a sponge! what replication should be made by the son of a king? |
| Ros. Take you me for a sponge, my lord? |
| Ham. Ay, sir, that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end: he keeps them, like an ape, in the corner of his jaw; first mouthed, to be last swallowed: when he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again. |
| Ros. I understand you not, my lord. |
| Ham. I am glad of it: a knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. |
| Ros. My lord, you must tell us where the body is, and go with us to the king. |
| Ham. The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. The king is a thing— |
| Guil. A thing, my lord! |
| Ham. Of nothing: bring me to him. Hide fox, and all after. [Exeunt. |
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