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Kfrtg. Set me the stoops of wine upon that table.
If Hamlet give the first or second hit,
Or quit in answer of the third exchange,

Let all the batttanents thtir ordnance &;„;
The king shall drink to Hamlet's Ix-tter breatli;

And in the cup an union shall he ihrow,

Richer than that wliich four successive kings

In Denmark's cro\vn havs \vorn. Give me the cups;

And lee :li? kettle to :hc crumpet spsak,

The trumpet to the cannoneer without.

The cannons to the heavens, the heavens to earth,

*Now the king drinks co Hamlet!" Come, begin;

And you, the judges, bear a wary eye.

Ham. Come on, sir.

Laer. Come, my lord. [Tl*.y play.

Haw* One,

Lier. No.

Ham. Judgment,

O;v. A hi*, a very p^loible hit.

L?er. Well; ii^nn.

Kr,£. Sf?y; :,*ve rns dilnk. Hamht, tn:s

psarl is ihine;

Here's to thy health. 'Give him the cup.
[Trumpets sound; and cawon shot off within.

Haw. Ill play this bout first; set it by awhile.
Cooie—[T% play.] Another hit; what say you 2

Lacr. A touchj a touch, 1 do confess.

Kmg* Oar son shall win.

Queen. - He's fat, and scant of breath.

Here, Hamlet, take my napkin, rub thy brows;
The queen carouses to thy fortune, Hamlet.

Ham. Good madam !

King. Gertrude, cfo not drink.

Queen. I will, my lord; I pray you, pardon me.

King. [Aside.] It is the poison*d cap ! it is
too late.

From the Oxford Sbakespeare, dated 1928. This is the form most
familiar to most modern readers. Note the method of spacing
short lines.