The tragicall Hiftorie of Hamlet ,1905r.

The tragicall Hiftorie of Hamlet ,1905r. - William Shakespeare

Enter two Centinels.

1. Stand: who is that?

2. Tis I.

1. O you come most carefully vpon your watch,

2. And if you meete Marcellus and Horatio,

The partners of my watch, bid them make haste.

1. I will: See who goes there.

Enter Horatio and Marcellus.

Hor. Friends to this ground.

Mar. And leegemen to the Dane,

O farewell honest souldier, who hath releeued you?

1. Barnardo hath my place, giue you good night.

Mar. Holla, Barnardo.

2. Say, is Horatio there?

Hor. A peece of him.

2. Welcome Horatio, welcome good Marcellus.

Mar. What hath this thing appear’d againe to night.

2. I haue seene nothing.

Mar. Horatio sayes tis but our fantasie,

And wil not let beliefe take hold of him,

Touching this dreaded sight twice seene by vs,|<B1v>

Therefore I haue intreated him a long with vs

To watch the minutes of this night,

That if againe this apparition come,

He may approoue our eyes, and speake to it.

Hor. Tut, t’will not appeare.

2. Sit downe I pray, and let vs once againe

Assaile your eares that are so fortified,

What we haue two nights seene.

Hor. Wel, sit we downe, and let vs heare Bernardo speake of this.

2. Last night of al, when yonder starre that’s west ward from the pole, had made his course to

Illumine that part of heauen. Where now it burnes,

The bell then towling one.