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Prince of Denmark, II. ii

Your visitation shall receive such thanks

As fits a king's remembrance.

Ros. Both your majesties

Mighty by the sovereign power you have of us,

Put your dread pleasures more into command

Than to entreaty.

Guil. But we both obey,

And here give up ourselves, in the full bent,

To lay our service freely at your feet,

To be commanded.

King. Thanks, Rosencrantz and gentle Guildenstern.

Queen. Thanks, Guildenstern and gentle Rosencrantz;

And I beseech you instantly to visit

My too much changed son. Go, some of you,

And bring these gentlemen where Hamlet is.

Guil. Heavens make our presence, and our practices

Pleasant and helpful to him!

Queen. Ay, amen!

Exeunt Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, [and some Attendants.]

Pol. The ambassadors from Norway, my good lord,

Are joyfully return'd.

King. Thou still hast been the father of good news.

Pol. Have I, my lord? Assure you, my good liege,

I hold my duty, as I hold my soul,

Both to my God, one to my gracious king;

And I do think—or else this brain of mine

Hunts not the trail of policy so sure

 30 in the full bent: to the utmost degree of mental capacity

47 policy: conduct of public affairs

