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Enter HORATIO and a SERVANT
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Enter HORATIO and a SERVANT
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HORATIO What are they that would speak with me?
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HORATIO What are they that would speak with me?
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SERVANT Seafaring men, sir. They say they have letters for you.
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SERVANT Seafaring men, sir. They say they have letters for you.
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HORATIO Let them come in.
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HORATIO Let them come in.
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Exit SERVANT
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Exit SERVANT
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I do not know from what part of the world
5 I should be greeted, if not from Lord Hamlet.
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I do not know from what part of the world
I should be greeted, if not from Lord Hamlet.
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Enter SAILORS
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Enter SAILORS
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SAILOR God bless you, sir.
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SAILOR God bless you, sir.
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HORATIO Let him bless thee too.
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HORATIO Let him bless thee too.
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SAILOR He shall, sir, an ’t please Him. There’s a letter for you, sir— it comes from the ambassador that was bound for England—if your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is. (gives HORATIO a letter)
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SAILOR He shall, sir, an ’t please Him. There’s a letter for you, sir— it comes from the ambassador that was bound for England—if your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is. (gives HORATIO a letter)
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HORATIO (reads)
“Horatio,
When thou shalt have overlooked this, give these fellows some means to the king. They have letters for him. Ere we were two days old at sea, a pirate of very warlike appointment gave us chase. Finding ourselves too slow of sail, we put on a compelled valor, and in the grapple I boarded them. On the instant, they got clear of our ship, so I alone became their prisoner. They have dealt with me like thieves of mercy, but they knew what they did; I am to do a good turn for them.
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HORATIO (reads)
“Horatio,
When thou shalt have overlooked this, give these fellows some means to the king. They have letters for him. Ere we were two days old at sea, a pirate of very warlike appointment gave us chase. Finding ourselves too slow of sail, we put on a compelled valor, and in the grapple I boarded them. On the instant, they got clear of our ship, so I alone became their prisoner. They have dealt with me like thieves of mercy, but they knew what they did; I am to do a good turn for them.
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Let the king have the letters I have sent, and repair thou to me with as much speed as thou wouldst fly death. I have words to speak in thine ear will make thee dumb, yet are they much too light for the bore of the matter. These good fellows will bring thee where I am. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern hold their course for England. Of them I have much to tell thee. Fare-well.
He that thou knowest thine,
Hamlet.”
Come, I will give you way for these your letters, And do ’t the speedier, that you may direct me To him from whom you brought them.
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Let the king have the letters I have sent, and repair thou to me with as much speed as thou wouldst fly death. I have words to speak in thine ear will make thee dumb, yet are they much too light for the bore of the matter. These good fellows will bring thee where I am. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern hold their course for England. Of them I have much to tell thee. Fare-well.
He that thou knowest thine,
Hamlet.”
Come, I will give you way for these your letters, And do ’t the speedier, that you may direct me To him from whom you brought them.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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Original Text |
Modern Text |
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Enter HORATIO and a SERVANT
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Enter HORATIO and a SERVANT
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HORATIO What are they that would speak with me?
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HORATIO What are they that would speak with me?
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SERVANT Seafaring men, sir. They say they have letters for you.
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SERVANT Seafaring men, sir. They say they have letters for you.
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HORATIO Let them come in.
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HORATIO Let them come in.
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Exit SERVANT
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Exit SERVANT
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I do not know from what part of the world
5 I should be greeted, if not from Lord Hamlet.
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I do not know from what part of the world
I should be greeted, if not from Lord Hamlet.
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Enter SAILORS
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Enter SAILORS
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SAILOR God bless you, sir.
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SAILOR God bless you, sir.
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HORATIO Let him bless thee too.
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HORATIO Let him bless thee too.
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SAILOR He shall, sir, an ’t please Him. There’s a letter for you, sir— it comes from the ambassador that was bound for England—if your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is. (gives HORATIO a letter)
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SAILOR He shall, sir, an ’t please Him. There’s a letter for you, sir— it comes from the ambassador that was bound for England—if your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is. (gives HORATIO a letter)
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HORATIO (reads)
“Horatio,
When thou shalt have overlooked this, give these fellows some means to the king. They have letters for him. Ere we were two days old at sea, a pirate of very warlike appointment gave us chase. Finding ourselves too slow of sail, we put on a compelled valor, and in the grapple I boarded them. On the instant, they got clear of our ship, so I alone became their prisoner. They have dealt with me like thieves of mercy, but they knew what they did; I am to do a good turn for them.
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HORATIO (reads)
“Horatio,
When thou shalt have overlooked this, give these fellows some means to the king. They have letters for him. Ere we were two days old at sea, a pirate of very warlike appointment gave us chase. Finding ourselves too slow of sail, we put on a compelled valor, and in the grapple I boarded them. On the instant, they got clear of our ship, so I alone became their prisoner. They have dealt with me like thieves of mercy, but they knew what they did; I am to do a good turn for them.
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Let the king have the letters I have sent, and repair thou to me with as much speed as thou wouldst fly death. I have words to speak in thine ear will make thee dumb, yet are they much too light for the bore of the matter. These good fellows will bring thee where I am. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern hold their course for England. Of them I have much to tell thee. Fare-well.
He that thou knowest thine,
Hamlet.”
Come, I will give you way for these your letters, And do ’t the speedier, that you may direct me To him from whom you brought them.
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Let the king have the letters I have sent, and repair thou to me with as much speed as thou wouldst fly death. I have words to speak in thine ear will make thee dumb, yet are they much too light for the bore of the matter. These good fellows will bring thee where I am. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern hold their course for England. Of them I have much to tell thee. Fare-well.
He that thou knowest thine,
Hamlet.”
Come, I will give you way for these your letters, And do ’t the speedier, that you may direct me To him from whom you brought them.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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