King.
I have ^notesent to seek him, and to find the body.
How dangerous is it that this man goes loose!
Yet must not we put the strong law on ^note him:
He's loved of the distracted multitude,
Who like not in their judgement, but their eyes;
And where 'tis so, the offender's scourge is weigh'd ^note,
But never ^note the offence. To bear all smooth and even, ^note

This sudden sending him away must seem
Deliberate pause: diseases desperate grown
By desperate appliance are relieved,
Or not at all. Enter Rosencrantz. ^note
How now! what hath befall'n?

Ros.
Where the dead body is bestow'd, my lord,
We cannot get from him.

King.
But where is he?

Ros.
Without, my lord; guarded, to know your pleasure.

King.
Bring him before us.

Ros.
Ho, Guildenstern ^note! ^note bring in my lord ^note. Enter ^note Hamlet and Guildenstern.

King.

Now, Hamlet, where's Polonius?

Ham.

At supper.

King.

At supper! where?

Ham.

Not where he eats, but where he is ^note eaten: a certain convocation ^note of politic ^note worms are e'en ^note at him. Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves ^note for maggots: your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service, two ^note dishes, but ^note to one table: that's the end.

King.

Alas, alas!

Ham.

A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and ^note eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm. ^note

King.

What dost thou mean by this?

Ham.

Nothing but to show you how a king may go a progress through the guts ^note of a beggar.

King.

Where is Polonius?

Ham.

In heaven; send thither to see: if your messenger find him not there, seek him i' the other place yourself. But indeed, if ^note you find him not within ^note this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby.

King.

Go seek him there.

Ham.

He ^note will stay till you ^note come.

King.
Hamlet, this deed, for thine ^note especial safety,
Which we do tender, as we dearly grieve
For that which thou hast done, must send thee hence
With fiery quickness: ^note therefore ^note prepare thyself;
The bark is ready and the wind at help ^note,
The associates tend, and every thing is bent ^note
For England.

Ham.
For England? ^note

King.
Ay, Hamlet.

Ham.
Good. ^note

King.
So is it, if thou knew'st our purposes.

Ham.

I see ^note a cherub that sees them ^note. But, come; for England! Farewell, dear mother.

King.

Thy loving father, Hamlet.

Ham.

My mother: father and mother is man and wife; man and wife is one flesh, and so ^note, my mother. Come, for England!

King.
Follow him at foot ^note; tempt him with speed aboard; ^note

Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night:
Away! for every thing is seal'd and done
That else leans on the affair: pray you, make haste. [Exeunt ^note Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
And, England, if my love thou hold'st at aught—
As my great power thereof may give thee sense,
Since yet thy cicatrice looks raw and red
After the Danish sword, and thy free awe
Pays homage to us—thou mayst not coldly set ^note
Our sovereign process; which imports at full,
By letters congruing ^note to that effect,
The present death of Hamlet. Do it, England;
For like the hectic in my blood he rages,
And thou must cure me: till I know 'tis done,
Howe'er my haps, my joys were ne'er begun ^note. [Exit. ^note

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