Ham. And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.[536] 165
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.[537][538]
But come;[538][539]
Here, as before, never, so help you mercy,[539][540]
How strange or odd soe'er I bear myself,[541][542][543] 170
As I perchance hereafter shall think meet[541][542][544][545]
To put an antic disposition on,[541][542][544]
That you, at such times seeing me, never shall,[542][546]
With arms encumber'd thus, or this head-shake,[542][547]
Or by pronouncing of some doubtful phrase,[542][548] 175
As 'Well, well, we know,' or 'We could, an if we would,'[542][549][550]
Or 'If we list to speak,' or 'There be, an if they might,'[542][550][551]
Or such ambiguous giving out, to note[542][552]
That you know aught of me: this not to do,[553]
So grace and mercy at your most need help you,[553] 180
Swear.[553]
Ghost. [Beneath] Swear.[529]
Ham. Rest, rest, perturbed spirit! [They swear.] So, gentlemen,[554]
With all my love I do commend me to you:[555]
And what so poor a man as Hamlet is 185
May do, to express his love and friending to you,[556]
God willing, shall not lack. Let us go in together;[557]
And still your fingers on your lips, I pray.[558]
The time is out of joint: O cursed spite,
That ever I was born to set it right![559] 190
Nay, come, let's go together. [Exeunt.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Act i. Scene i.] Actus Primus. Scæna prima. Ff. Omitted in Qq. See note [[I]]
Elsinore.] Capell.
A platform ...] Malone. An open Place before the Palace. Rowe. A Platform before the Palace. Theobald. Platform of the Castle. Capell.
Francisco at ...] Francisco upon ... Capell. Enter Barnardo, and Francisco, two Centinels. Qq Ff.
[2] Who's] Ff Q6. Whose The rest.
[3] Who's ... He] As in Qq Ff. Two lines of verse in Capell, the first ending unfold.