The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke - The First ('Bad') Quarto by William Shakespeare
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Would the night were come,
Till then, sit still my soule, foule deeds will rise Though all the world orewhelme them to mens eies. _Exit_. _Enter Leartes_ and _Ofelia_. _Leart._ My necessaries are inbarkt, I must aboord, But ere I part, marke what I say to thee: I see Prince _Hamlet_ makes a shew of loue Beware _Ofelia_, do not trust his vowes, Perhaps he loues you now, and now his tongue, Speakes from his heart, but yet take heed my sister, [C2] The Chariest maide is prodigall enough, If she vnmaske hir beautie to the Moone. Vertue it selfe scapes not calumnious thoughts, Belieu't _Ofelia_, therefore keepe a loofe Lest that he trip thy honor and thy fame. _Ofel._ Brother, to this I haue lent attentiue care, And doubt not but to keepe my honour firme, But my deere brother, do not you Like to a cunning Sophister, Teach me the path and ready way to heauen, While you forgetting what is said to me, Your selfe, like to a carelesse libertine Doth giue his heart, his appetite at ful, And little recks how that his honour dies. _Lear._ No, feare it not my deere _Ofelia_, Here comes my father, occasion smiles vpon a second leaue. _Enter Corambis._ _Cor._ Yet here _Leartes_? aboord, aboord, for shame, The winde sits in the shoulder of your saile, And you are staid for, there my blessing with thee |
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