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| Enter HORATIO and a
SERVANT |
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| HORATIO and a
SERVANT enter. |
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| | HORATIO |
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What are they that would speak with me? |
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| HORATIO |
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Who are the people who want to speak with me? |
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| | SERVANT |
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Seafaring men, sir. They say they have letters for you. |
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| SERVANT |
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Sailors, sir. They say they have letters for you. |
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| | HORATIO |
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Let them come in. |
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I do not know from what part of the world |
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I should be greeted, if not from Lord Hamlet. |
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I don't know who else would send me a letter from
abroad except Hamlet. |
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| | SAILOR |
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God bless you, sir. |
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| SAILOR |
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Hello, sir. God bless you. |
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| | HORATIO |
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Let him bless thee too. |
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| HORATIO |
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May He bless you, too. |
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| | SAILOR |
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He shall, sir, an 't please Him. There's a
letter for you, sir— |
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it comes from the ambassador that was bound for |
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England—if your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it
is. (gives HORATIO
a letter) |
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| SAILOR |
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He will, sir, if He wants to. There's a letter for you,
sir. It's from the ambassador, Lord Hamlet, who was going
to England—if your name's Horatio, as they
told me it is. (he hands HORATIO
a letter) |
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| | HORATIO |
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(reads)
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“Horatio, |
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When thou shalt have overlooked this, give these fel- |
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lows some means to the king. They have letters for |
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him. Ere we were two days old at sea, a pirate of very |
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warlike appointment gave us chase. Finding ourselves |
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too slow of sail, we put on a compelled valor, and in the |
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grapple I boarded them. On the instant, they got clear |
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of our ship, so I alone became their prisoner. They |
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have dealt with me like thieves of mercy, but they |
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knew what they did; I am to do a good turn for them. |
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Let the king have the letters I have sent, and repair |
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| HORATIO |
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(reading the letter)
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“Horatio, |
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When you've read this letter, find a way to
let these guys see the king. They have letters for him. Before we
were at sea for even two days, a pirate ship equipped for battle
pursued us. We were too slow to escape, so we were forced to stand
and fight. In the battle that followed I ended up on the pirate
ship. Just then they left our ship behind, so I became the only
prisoner on board. They've treated me quite mercifully
for thieves, but they knew what they were doing. They want me to do
a favor for them. |
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