e Go to their graves like beds; fight for a plot, SCENE V. &A Palace. Enter Queen and Horatie, with a Gentleman. Queen. I will not speak with her. * Gent. She is importunate, Indeed diftract. Her mood will needs be pitied. Queen. What would she have? [Exit. iGent. She speaks much of her father; fays, fhe hears, There's tricks i'th' world; and hems, and beats her heart; The hearers to collection; they yawn at it, And botch the words up fit to their own thoughts; Which as her winks, and nods, and geftures yield them, e P. and H. read spot. Perhaps does not admit Horatio, and gives his Shakespeare wrote plat. f After 0, P. adds then; followed by the after-editors. g Scene first defcribed by R. h The fo's, R., and J. make the queen and Horatio only enter, and give the fpeeches of the gentleman to Horatio or the queen, as will be feen below. H Speeches to the gentleman... i Thefe fpeeches in the fo's, R. and J. are given to Horatio. k So the qu's; all the rest read aim. 1 The 3d and 4th fo's and R.'s octavo read both. m The 3d and 4th fo's read at. The 2d and 3d qu's omit ber. Indeed would make one think, there might be thought, Hor. 'Twere good fhe were spoken with, for fhe may ftrew Dangerous conjectures in ill-breeding minds. Let her come in. Queen. To my fick foul, as fin's true nature is, It fpills itself, in fearing to be fpilt. Enter Ophelia distracted. Ob. Where is the beauteous majesty of Denmark? Queen. How now, Ophelia ? Oph. How Should I your true love know from another one? By his cockle hat and flaff, and his fandal fhoon". [ finging. Queen. Alas, fweet lady; what imports this fong? Oph. Say you? Nay, pray you, mark. He is dead and gone, lady, he is dead and gone; The 1st and 2d fo's read, there would be thought; the 3d and 4th and R. there would be thoughts. P Tho' nothing fure, yet much unhappily.] i. e. though her meaning cannot be certainly collected, yet there is enough to put a mischievous interpretation to it. W. This speech, by the fo's and R. is given to the queen; and by II. to the gentleman, except the words Let her come in, which he gives to the queen. 7. joins this fpeech to the foregoing, and makes the whole Horatio's, except the words Let ber come in, which he gives to the queen. The qu's omit distracted. K After and the q. inferts by. Not noted by S. The qu's, fendall. u By bis cockle bat, &c.] This is the defcription of a pilgrim. While this kind of devotion was in fashion, loveintrigues were carried on under that malk. Hence the old ballads and novels made pilgrimages the fubjects of their plots. The cockle-fhell hat was one of the effential badges of this vocation: for the chief places of devotion being beyond fea, or on the coafts, the pilgrims were accustomed to put cocklefhells upon their hats, to denote the intention or performance of their devotion. W. At At his head a grafs-greenTM turf, at his heels a stone. * O ho! Enter King. Queen. Nay, but Ophelia Oph. Pray you, mark. White his fhroud as the mountain fnow. Oph. Larded all with fweet flowers : с Oph. Well, God 'eld you! They fay the owl was a baker's daughter. Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be. God be at your table! King. Conceit upon her father. g Oph. Pray let's have no words of this; but when they afk you what it means, fay you this: To-morrow is St. Valentine's day, w First and 2d qu's, turph. So S. but neglects the reading of 3d q. turfe. * O bo! is omitted by all but the qu's, J. and C. y W. reads the shroud. 2 The fo's, R. P. and H. omit all. a The qu's read beweept. So the qu's and C. All the reft read grave. The 3d and 4th fo's read flowers. The qu's read good dild you; the fo's, R. P. and T.'s octavo read, God dil'd you; H. Godild you; T.'s duode-cimo and W. God yield you. H. interprets this, God fhield you. f After but, J. inferts we. g The fo's and R. read Pray you. h So the qu's and ift f. All the reft © P. omits net; followed by the edi- read morn, tors after him. Then Then up he rofe, and d'on'd his 1 cleaths, k And d'upt the chamber door; 1 Let in the maid, that out a maid Never departed more. King. Pretty Ophelia ! Oph. Indeed, without an oath, I'll make an end on't. By Gis and by St. Charity; Alack, and fie for fhame! Young men will do't, if they come to❜t, By cock, they are to blame. Quoth fhe, before you tumbled me, You promis'd me to wed: He anfwers.) So P would I ha' done, by yonder fun; r King. How long hath fhe been thus? Oph. I hope all will be well. We must be patient; but I cannot chufe but weep, to think they fhould lay him i' th' cold ground; my brother shall know of it, and so I thank you for your good counfel. Come, my coach. Good night, ladies; good night, fweet ladies; night. i First and 2d qu's, close. So S. but takes no notice of clothes, the reading of ვძ. K H. reads op'd; W. do'pt, i. e. do open; 7. fays to dup is to do up, to lift the latch. 1 The 3d and 4th fo's, R. and P. read a maid. H. reads, Let in a maid, but out a maid, &c. P. and H read, Indeed? with an interrogation, making it (I uppofe) te t t good night, gcol [Exit. King. Follow her close, give her good watch, I pray you. [Exit Horatio. O this is the poifon of deep grief, it fprings all from her father's death; * and now behold, O Gertrude, Gertrude, When forrows come, they come not fingle fpies, y But in battalions. First, her father flain; Next your fon gone, and he moft violent author Thick and unwholefome in their thoughts and whispers, Her brother is in fecret come from France; u This direction firft put in by T. w P. and the editors after him, except C. omit Q. * All but the qu's omit, and now bebold: this feems to be put out in the fo's, to make verfe of what is printed prosewife in the qu's. y Firft f. comes. We've done but greenly: followed by the reft, except C. c P. reads, In private to interr bim, &c. followed by T. H. and W. C. reads, and we have done but greenly to interr bim, &c. d The qu's, R. P. T. and W.read, Feeds on this wonder. The fo's read, Keeps ex z The ift and 2d fo's read battalizes; his wonder, &c. H. reads, Feeds on bis the 2d and 3d, battels. a The qu's omit their. b P. leaves out And, and reads thus, anger, &c. J. and C. Feeds on bis wor- e H. reads, Whence animofity, &c. |