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considered: that's villainous, and shows a most pitiful
ambition in the fool that uses41 it. Go, make you ready.--
Exeunt Players
Enter Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
How now, my lord, will the king hear this piece of work?
POLONIUS And the queen too, and that presently43.
HAMLET Bid the players make haste.--
Exit Polonius
Will you two help to hasten them?
BOTH We will, my lord.
Exeunt [Rosencrantz and Guildenstern]
Enter Horatio
HAMLET What ho, Horatio!
HORATIO Here, sweet lord, at your service.
HAMLET Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man
As e'er my conversation coped withal50.
HORATIO O, my dear lord--
HAMLET Nay, do not think I flatter,
For what advancement may I hope from thee
That no revenue hast but thy good spirits
To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flattered?
No, let the candied56 tongue lick absurd pomp,
And crook the pregnant57 hinges of the knee
Where thrift58 may follow fawning. Dost thou hear?
Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice
And could of men distinguish, her election60
Hath sealed61 thee for herself, for thou hast been
As one, in suffering62 all, that suffers nothing,
A man that fortune's buffets63 and rewards
Hath ta'en with equal thanks: and blest are those
