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QUEEN

This is mere madness,
And thus awhile the fit will work on him. [280]
Anon, as patient as the female dove

When that her golden couplets are disclos’d,
His silence will sit drooping.

HAMLET
Hear you, sir,
What is the reason that you use me thus?
I lov’d you ever. But it is no matter. [285]

Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.
Exit.

KING
I pray thee, good Horatio, wait upon him.

Exit Horatio.
[To Laertes] Strengthen your patience in our last night’s speech:
We’ll put the matter to the present push. − [290]
Good Gertrude, set some watch over your son.
This grave shall have a living monument.

An hour of quiet shortly shall we see;
Till then in patience our proceeding be.
Exeunt.

Scene II IT

Enter Hamlet and Horatio.

HAMLET
So much for this, sir. Now shall you see the other.
You do remember all the circumstance?

HORATIO
Remember it, my lord!