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| Enter FORTINBRAS with his army and a
CAPTAIN |
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| FORTINBRAS enters with his army and a
CAPTAIN. |
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| | FORTINBRAS |
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Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king |
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Tell him that, by his license, Fortinbras |
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Craves the conveyance of a promised march |
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Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous. |
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If that his majesty would aught with us, |
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We shall express our duty in his eye, |
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And let him know so. |
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| FORTINBRAS |
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Go, Captain, and give the Danish king my greetings. Tell him that
Fortinbras asks permission to move his troops across Denmark. You
know the meeting place we've arranged. If His Majesty
wants us to do any favor for him, tell him his wish is my
command. |
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| | CAPTAIN |
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I will do 't, my lord. |
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| CAPTAIN |
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I'll tell him, my lord. |
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| FORTINBRAS |
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Go ahead, then. |
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| Exeunt all except the CAPTAIN |
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| Everyone except the CAPTAIN
exits. |
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| Enter HAMLET,
ROSENCRANTZ, GUILDENSTERN, and others |
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| HAMLET, ROSENCRANTZ,
GUILDENSTERN, and others
enter. |
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| | HAMLET |
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Good sir, whose powers are these? |
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| HAMLET |
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Sir, whose troops are these? |
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| | CAPTAIN |
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They are of Norway, sir. |
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| CAPTAIN |
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The king of Norway's, sir. |
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| | HAMLET |
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How purposed, sir, I pray you? |
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| HAMLET |
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What are they doing here, sir? |
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| | CAPTAIN |
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Against some part of Poland. |
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| CAPTAIN |
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They're on their way to invade some part of
Poland. |
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| | HAMLET |
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Who commands them,
sir? |
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| HAMLET |
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Who's commanding them, sir? |
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| | CAPTAIN |
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The nephew to old Norway, Fortinbras. |
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| CAPTAIN |
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The nephew of the old king of Norway, Fortinbras. |
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| | HAMLET |
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Goes it against the main of Poland, sir, |
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Or for some frontier? |
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| HAMLET |
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Is he attacking the heartland of Poland or some frontier? |
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