1623 The Tragedie of Hamlet 87

Polon. Fare you well my Lord. l£55

Ham. Thefe tedious old fooles. 1256

Polon. You goe to feeke my Lord Hamlet ; there 1257

hee is. 1258

Enter Rofincran and Guildenjlerne. 1259



Rofin. God faue you Sir. 1260

Gtdld. Mine honour'd Lord .' 1261

Rojin. My moft deare Lord ? 1262

Ham. My excellent good friends .? How do'ft thou 1263

Guildenjiernel Oh, Rojincrane ; good Lads : How doe ye 1264

both ? 1265



Rofin. As the indifferent Children of the earth. 1266

Guild. Happy, in that we are not ouer-happy : on For- 1267

tunes Cap, we are not the very Button. 1268

Ham. Nor the Soales of her Shoo } 1269

Rofin. Neither my Lord. 1270

Ham. Then you liue about her wafte, or in the mid- 1271

die of her fauour .' 1272

Guil. Faith, her priuates, we. 1273

Ham. In the fecret parts of Fortune .' Oh, mofb true : 1274

ftie is a Strumpet. What's the newes .■" 1275

Rofin. None my Lord; but that the World's growne 1276

honeft. 1277

Ham. Then is Doomefday neere : But your newes is 1278

not true. Let me queftion more in particular: what haue 1279

you my good friends, deferued at the hands of Fortune, 1280

that {he fends you to Prifon hither .' 1281

Guil. Prifon, my Lord .■• 1282

Ham. Denmark's a Prifon. 1283



88 The Tragicall Historic of Hamlet 1603



968 Ham. I thanke you, but is this vifitation free of
1319 969 Your felues, or were you not fent for?



1623 The Tmgedie of Hamlet 89

Rofin. Then is the World one. 1284

Ham. A goodly one, in which there are many Con- 1285

fines, Wards, and Dungeons; Denmarke being one o'th' 1286

worft. 1287

Rofin. We thinke not fo my Lord, 1288

Ham. Why then 'tis none to you;for there is nothing 1289

either good or bad, but thinking makes it fo : to me it is 1290

a prifon. 1291

Rofin. Why then your Ambition makes it one: 'tis 1292

too narrow for your minde. 1293

Ham. O God, I could be bounded in a nutfhell, and 1294

count my felfe a King of infinite fpace; were it not that 1295

I haue bad dreames. 1296

Guil. 