You that look pale and tremble at this chance, Hor. Never believe it; " I am more an antique Roman than a Dane, Ham. As thou'rt a man, Give me, the cup; let go, by heaven, I'll have it. O God! Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me? If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, [March afar off, and shot within. What warlike noise is this.? Osr. Young Fortinbras, with conquest come To the ambassadors of England gives Tam. O," I die, Horatio; The potent poison quite o'er-crows my spirit; On Fortinbras; he has my dying voice; So tell him, with the occurrents, more and lefs, Which have solicited,The rest is silence. [dies. Hor. Now cracks a noble heart: - Good night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest! Why does the drum come hither? [March within. Enter FORTIN BRAS, the English Ambassadors, and Others. Fort. Where is this sight? Hor. What is it, you would see? If aught of woe, or wonder, cease your search. Fort. This quarry cries on havock! - O proud death! What feast is toward in thine eternal cell, 1. Amb. The sight is dismal; V And our affairs from England come too late: ing, To tell him, his commandment is fulfill'd, That Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead: Hor. Not from his mouth, 4 Had it the ability of life to thank you; hear Are here arriv'd; give order, that these bodies Fort. Let us haste to hear it, And call the noblest to the audience. For me, with sorrow I embrace my fortune; I have some rights of memory in this kingdom, Which now to claim my vantage doth invite me. Hor. Of that I shall have also cause to speak, And from his mouth whose voice will draw on more: But let this same be presently perform'd, Even while men's minds are wild; lest more mischance, On plots, and errors, happen. Fort. Let four captains Bear Hamlet, like a soldier, to the stage; To have prov'd most royally: and, for his pas sage, The soldiers' musick, and the rites of war, Speak loudly for him. Take up the bodies. Such a sight as this [A dead march. Becomes the field, but here shews much amifs. Go, bid the soldiers shoot. [Exeunt, bearing off the dead bodies; after which, a peal of ordnance is shot off. Persons Represented. Duke of Venice. Brabantio, a Senator. Two other Senators. Gratiano, brother to Brabantio. Lodovico, kinsman to Brabantio. Othello, the Moor: Cassio, his Lieutenant; Jago, his Ancient. Roderigo, a Venetian Gentleman. Montano, Othello's predecessor in the government of Cyprus. 1 Clown, servant to Othello. Herald. Desdemona, daughter to Brabantio, and wife to Othello. Emilia, wife to Iago. Bianca, a courtezan, mistrefs to Cassio. Officers, Gentlemen, Messengers, Musicians, Sailors, Attendants, etc. SCENE, for the first Act in Venice; during the rest of the play, at a sea-port in Cyprus. |