heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe. How long
hast thou been a grave-maker? 155
[First] Clo. Of all the days i' the year, I came
to 't that day that our last King Hamlet over-
came Fortinbras. 158
Ham. How long is that since?
[First] Clo. Cannot you tell that? every fool
can tell that; it was the very day that young
Hamlet was born; he that is mad, and sent into
England. 163
Ham. Ay, marry; why was he sent into
England?
[First] Clo. Why, because he was mad: he
shall recover his wits there; or, if he do not, 'tis
no great matter there. 168
Ham. Why?
[First] Clo. 'Twill not be seen in him there;
there the men are as mad as he. 171
Ham. How came he mad?
[First] Clo. Very strangely, they say.
Ham. How strangely? 174
[First] Clo. Faith, e'en with losing his wits.
Ham. Upon what ground?
[First] Clo. Why, here in Denmark; I have
been sexton here, man and boy, thirty years. 178
Ham. How long will a man lie i' the earth
ere he rot?
[First] Clo. Faith, if he be not rotten before
he die,—as we have many pocky corses now-a-
days, that will scarce hold the laying in,—he
will last you some eight year or nine year; a
tanner will last you nine year.
Ham. Why he more than another? 186
154 kibe: chilblain
182 pocky: diseased
