In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart,
As I do thee. Something too much of this.
There is a play to-night before the king; 80
One scene of it comes near the circumstance
Which I have told thee of my father's death:
I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul 84
Observe mine uncle; if his occulted guilt
Do not itself unkennel in one speech,
It is a damned ghost that we have seen,
And my imaginations are as foul 88
As Vulcan's stithy. Give him heedful note;
For I mine eyes will rivet to his face,
And after we will both our judgments join
In censure of his seeming.
Hor. Well, my lord: 92
If he steal aught the whilst this play is playing,
And 'scape detecting, I will pay the theft.
Ham. They are coming to the play; I must be idle:
Get you a place. 96
Enter King, Queen, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and other Lords attendant, with his Guard carrying torches. Danish March. Sound a Flourish.
King. How fares our cousin Hamlet?
Ham. Excellent, i' faith; of the chameleon's
dish: I eat the air, promise-crammed; you can-
not feed capons so. 100
King. I have nothing with this answer, Ham-
let; these words are not mine.
84 very comment: most intense observation
85 occulted: hidden
86 unkennel: reveal
89 Vulcan; cf. n.
stithy: smithy, or, anvil
92 censure: giving an opinion
seeming: appearance
95 be idle: act mad; cf. n.
98 chameleon's dish; cf. n.
101 have nothing with: can make nothing of
