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And the more pity that great folk should have count'nance in this world to
drown or hang themselves more than their even´Christian。 Come�察 �my
spade� �There is no ancient gentlemen but gard'ners�察 �ditchers�察 �and grave´
makers。 They hold up Adam's profession。 Other。 Was he a gentleman�拭�
Clown。 'A was the first that ever bore arms。 Other。 Why�察 �he had none。
Clown。 What�察�art a heathen�拭�How dost thou understand the Scripture�拭�The
Scripture says Adam digg'd。 Could he dig without arms�拭�I'll put another
question to thee。 If thou answerest me not to the purpose�察�confess thyself´
Other。 Go to� �Clown。 What is he that builds stronger than either the mason�察�
the shipwright�察�or the carpenter�拭�Other。 The gallows´maker�察�for that frame
outlives a thousand tenants。 Clown。 I like thy wit well�察�in good faith。 The
gallows does well。 But how does it well�拭�It does well to those that do ill。
Now�察 �thou dost ill to say the gallows is built stronger than the church。
Argal�察 �the gallows may do well to thee。 To't again�察 �come� �Other。 Who
builds stronger than a mason�察�a shipwright�察�or a carpenter�拭�Clown。 Ay�察�tell
me that�察 �and unyoke。 Other。 Marry�察 �now I can tell� �Clown。 To't。 Other。
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Mass�察�I cannot tell。
Enter Hamlet and Horatio afar off。
Clown。 Cudgel thy brains no more about it�察�for your dull ass will not
mend his pace with beating�察�and when you are ask'd this question next�察�say
'a grave´maker。' The houses he makes lasts till doomsday。 Go�察�get thee to
Yaughan�察�fetch me a stoup of liquor。 ��Exit Second Clown。�А�
��Clown digs and�А�sings。
In youth when I did love�察�did love��Methought it was very sweet��To
contract´ O´ the time for´ a´ my behove��O�察 �methought there´ a´ was
nothing´ a´ meet。
Ham。 Has this fellow no feeling of his business�察�that he sings at grave´
making�拭�Hor。 Custom hath made it in him a property of easiness。 Ham。
'Tis e'en so。 The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense。 Clown。
��sings��But age with his stealing stepsHath clawed me in his clutch��And
hath shipped me intil the land��As if I had never been such。 ��Throws up a
skull。��Ham。 That skull had a tongue in it�察�and could sing once。 How the
knave jowls it to the ground��as if 'twere Cain's jawbone�察�that did the first
murther� �This might be the pate of a Politician�察 �which this ass now
o'erreaches�察�one that would circumvent God�察�might it not�拭�Hor。 It might�察�
my lord。 Ham。 Or of a courtier�察�which could say 'Good morrow�察�sweet lord� �
How dost thou�察 �good lord��' This might be my Lord Such´a´one�察 �that
prais'd my Lord Such´a´one's horse when he meant to beg it´ might it not�拭�
Hor。 Ay�察�my lord。 Ham。 Why�察�e'en so� �and now my Lady Worm's�察�chapless�察�
and knock'd about the mazzard with a sexton's spade。 Here's fine
revolution�察�and we had the trick to see't。 Did these bones cost no more the
breeding but to play at loggets with 'em�拭�Mine ache to think on't。 Clown。
��Sings��A pickaxe and a spade�察�a spade��For and a shrouding sheet��O�察�a Pit
of clay for to be madeFor such a guest is meet。 Throws up ��another skull�А�
Ham。 There's another。 Why may not that be the skull of a lawyer�拭�
Where be his quiddits now�察 �his quillets�察 �his cases�察 �his tenures�察 �and his
tricks�拭�Why does he suffer this rude knave now to knock him about the
sconce with a dirty shovel�察�and will not tell him of his action of battery�拭�
Hum� �This fellow might be in's time a great buyer of land�察 �with his
statutes�察�his recognizances�察�his fines�察�his double vouchers�察�his recoveries。
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Is this the fine of his fines�察�and the recovery of his recoveries�察�to have his
fine pate full of fine dirt�拭 �Will his vouchers vouch him no more of his
purchases�察�and double ones too�察�than the length and breadth of a pair of
indentures�拭�The very conveyances of his lands will scarcely lie in this box�察�
and must th' inheritor himself have no more�察�ha�拭�Hor。 Not a jot more�察�my
lord。 Ham。 Is not parchment made of sheepskins�拭�Hor。 Ay�察�my lord�察�And of
calveskins too。 Ham。 They are sheep and calves which seek out assurance
in that。 I will speak to this fellow。 Whose grave's this�察�sirrah�拭�Clown。 Mine�察�
sir。
��Sings�А�O�察�a pit of clay for to be made For such a guest is meet。
Ham。 I think it be thine indeed�察�for thou liest in't。 Clown。 You lie out
on't�察�sir�察�and therefore 'tis not yours。 For my part�察�I do not lie in't�察�yet it is
mine。 Ham。 Thou dost lie in't�察�to be in't and say it is thine。 'Tis for the dead�察�
not for the quick�察 �therefore thou liest。 Clown。 'Tis a quick lie�察�sir�察 �'twill
away again from me to you。 Ham。 What man dost thou dig it for�拭�Clown。
For no man�察�sir。 Ham。 What woman then�拭�Clown。 For none neither。 Ham。
Who is to be buried in't�拭�Clown。 One that was a woman�察�sir�察�but�察�rest her
soul�察�she's dead。 Ham。 How absolute the knave is� �We must speak by the
card�察�or equivocation will undo us。 By the Lord�察�Horatio�察�this three years I
have taken note of it�察�the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant
comes so near the heel of the courtier he galls his kibe。´ How long hast
thou been a grave´maker�拭�Clown。 Of all the days i' th' year�察�I came to't that
day that our last king Hamlet overcame Fortinbras。 Ham。 How long is that
since�拭 �Clown。 Cannot you tell that�拭 �Every fool can tell that。 It was the
very day that young Hamlet was born´ he that is mad�察 �and sent into
England。 Ham。 Ay�察 �marry�察 �why was be sent into England�拭�Clown。 Why�察�
because 'a was mad。 'A shall recover his wits there�察�or�察�if 'a do not�察�'tis no
great matter there。 Ham。 Why�拭 �Clown。 'Twill not he seen in him there。
There the men are as mad as he。 Ham。 How came he mad�拭�Clown。 Very
strangely�察�they say。 Ham。 How strangely�拭�Clown。 Faith�察�e'en with losing
his wits。 Ham。 Upon what ground�拭�Clown。 Why�察�here in Denmark。 I have
been sexton here�察�man and boy thirty years。 Ham。 How long will a man lie
i' th' earth ere he rot�拭�Clown。 Faith�察�if 'a be not rotten before 'a die ��as we
have many pocky corses now´a´days that will scarce hold the laying in�察�I
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will last you some eight year or nine year。 A tanner will last you nine year。
Ham。 Why he more than another�拭�Clown。 Why�察�sir�察�his hide is so tann'd
with his trade that 'a will keep out water a great while�察�and your water is a
sore decayer of your whoreson dead body。 Here's a skull now。 This skull
hath lien you i' th' earth three´and´twenty years。 Ham。 Whose was it�拭�
Clown。 A whoreson�察�mad fellow's it was。 Whose do you think it was�拭�Ham。
Nay�察�I know not。 Clown。 A pestilence on him for a mad rogue� �'A pour'd a
flagon of Rhenish on my head once。 This same skull�察 �sir�察 �was Yorick's
skull�察 �the King's jester。 Ham。 This�拭 �Clown。 E'en that。 Ham。 Let me see。
��Takes the skull。�А �Alas�察 �poor Yorick� �I knew him�察 �Horatio。 A fellow of
infinite jest�察 �of most excellent fancy。 He hath borne me on his back a
thousand times。 And now how abhorred in my imagination it is� �My gorge
rises at it。 Here hung those lips that I have kiss'd I know not how oft。
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