For tho' at best you're no great things-'twere right [Exit Queen. I must be staunch with her-I dare not falter: END OF THE SECOND ACT. [Exit Hamlet. HAMLET TRAVESTIE. ACT THE THIRD. SCENE I. An Apartment in the Palace. Enter KING and QUEEN. King. Explain these sighs; 'tis fit we share the fun : Queen. Mad as butter in the sun: (a) King. Had we been there, he'd have spik'd us for certain. Soon as 'tis day-light he shall buy a brush; And this unlucky job we'll try to hush. Ho! Guildenstern! (Enter GUILD. and ROSEN.) Just now hath Hamlet slain, By way of joke, our poor lord-chamberlain. The body to the bone-house take ;—seek out And bring lord Hamlet here.—Come, jump about. [Exeunt Guild, and Rosen. We'll now prepare to pack him off to London :— [Exit Queen. If Hamlet thus go loose he'll make a racket, Enter ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN with HAMLET. King. Now, Hamlet, where's Polonius ? Hamlet. He's in heaven; But if you think that I'm to lying giv'n, Send there to see; if there your man don't nick him, If in a month you find not where he's closeted, King. Go seek him there; I fear he's only humming. Hamlet. [Exit Guild. Pray don't fatigue yourself; he'll wait your coming. King. From pure regard for thee, this cursed blunder Hamlet. I shou'dn't wonder! King. Therefore for England instantly prepare ; Now, England, if thou car'st for us a button, Thou'll sweetly tickle this young jockey's mutton. (6) [Exit King. |