Hamlet

Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat

In this distracted globe102. Remember thee?

Yea, from the table103 of my memory

I'll wipe away all trivial fond records104,

All saws of books, all forms, all pressures105 past

That youth and observation copied there;

And thy commandment all alone shall live

Within the book and volume of my brain,

Unmixed with baser matter: yes, yes, by heaven!

O most pernicious110 woman!

O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain!

My tables,

My tables: meet113 it is I set it down

That one may smile and smile and be a villain;

At least I'm sure it may be so in Denmark.

Writes

So, uncle, there you are. Now to my word116:

It is 'Adieu, adieu, remember me.'

I have sworn't.

Within

HORATIO AND MARCELLUS My lord, my lord!

Enter Horatio and Marcellus

MARCELLUS Lord Hamlet!

HORATIO Heaven secure him.

HAMLET So be it.

HORATIO Hillo, ho, ho, my lord!

HAMLET Hillo, ho, ho, boy! Come, bird, come124.

MARCELLUS How is't125, my noble lord?

HORATIO What news, my lord?

HAMLET O, wonderful127!