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Prince of Denmark, III. ii

Ham. Ah, ha! Come, some music! come,

the recorders!

For if the king like not the comedy,

Why then, belike he likes it not, perdy."

Come, some music!

Guil. Good my lord, vouchsafe me a word

with you.

Ham. Sir, a whole history.

Guil. The king, sir,—

Ham. Ay, sir, what of him?

Guil. Is in his retirement marvellous dis-

tempered.

Ham. With drink, sir?

Guil. No, my lord, rather with choler.

Ham. Your wisdom should show itself more

richer to signify this to his doctor; for, for me

to put him to his purgation would perhaps

plunge him into far more choler.

Guil. Good my lord, put your discourse into

some frame, and start not so wildly from my

affair.

Ham. I am tame, sir; pronounce.

Guil. The queen, your mother, in most great

affliction of spirit, hath sent me to you.

Ham. You are welcome.

Guil. Nay, good my lord, this courtesy is

not of the right breed. If it shall please you

to make me a wholesome answer, I will do

your mother's commandment; if not, your

 308 recorders: wind instruments of the flute type

310 perdy: a corruption of par Dieu

317 distempered: disordered; cf. n.

320 choler: anger; cf. n.

323 purgation: purging; cf. n.

326 frame: definite form

328 pronounce: speak

334 wholesome: sensible

