A piece of him. Hor. Ber. Welcome, Horatio; welcome, good Mar cellus. Hor. What, has this thing appear'd again to night? Ber. I have seen nothing. Mar. Horatio says, 'tis but our fantasy; And will not let belief take hold of him, Touching this dreaded sight, twice seen of us; Therefore I have entreated him, along With us to watch the minutes of this night; That, if again this apparition come, He may approve! our eyes, and speak to it. Hor. Tush! tush! 'twill not appear. Sit down a while; Ber. Hor. When yon same star, that's westward from the pole, Had made his course to illume that part of heaven Mar. Peace, break thee off'; look, where it comes again! (1) Make good, or establish. Enter Ghost. Ber. In the same figure like the king that's dead. Mar. Thou art a scholar, speak to it, Horatio. Ber. Looks it not like the king? mark it, Horatio. Hor. Most like :-it harrows me with fear, and wonder. Ber. It would be spoke to. Mar. Speak to it, Horatio. Hor. What art thou, that usurp'st this time of night, Together with that fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark speak. Mar. It is offended. Ber. See! it stalks away. [Exit Ghost. Hor. Stay; speak: speak I charge thee, speak. Mar. 'Tis gone, and will not answer. Ber. How now, Horatio? you tremble, and look pale: Is not this something more than fantasy? Hor. Before my God, I might not this believe, Without the sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes. Mar. Is it not like the king? Hor. As thou art to thyself: Such was the very armour he had on, Mar. Thus, twice before, and jump5 at this dead With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch. (1) Conquers. (2) Dispute. (3) Sledged. (4) Polander, an inhabitant of Poland. 2 Hor. In what particular thought to work, I know not; But, in the gross and scope of mine opinion, Why this same strict and most observant watch Hor. At least, the whisper goes so. Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands Had he been vanquisher; as, by the same co-mart, His fell to Hamlet: Now, sir, young Fortinbras, Hath in the skirts of Norway, here and there, (1) Joint bargain. (2) The covenant to confirm that bargain. For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't: which is no other The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead * * * * * * * * * * * * As, stars with trains of fire and dews of blood, But, soft; behold! lo, where it comes again! Speak to me: If there be any good thing to be done, (1) Resolution. (4) Victorious. (2) Search. (3) Suit. (6) Event. If thou art privy to thy country's fate, Or, if thou hast uphoarded in thy life For which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death, [Cock crows. Speak of it:-stay, and speak.-Stop it, Marcellus. Mar. Shall I strike at it with my partizan? Hor. Do, if it will not stand. Ber. Hor. Mar. 'Tis gone! 'Tis here! 'Tis here! [Exit Ghost. We do it wrong, being so majestical, For it is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery. Ber. It was about to speak, when the cock crew. Hor. And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons. I have heard, The cock, that is the trumpet of the morn, Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day; and, at his warning, Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine: and of the truth herein This present object made probation.2 Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long And then they say no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So I have heard, and do in part believe it. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill: (2) Proof. (1) Wandering. |