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THE TRAGEDY

OF

HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK


ACT I

SCENE I.[a 1]—Elsinore. A Platform before the Castle.

⁠Francisco at his post. Enter to him Bernardo.

Ber. Who's there?[a 2]

Fran. Nay, answer me;[b 1] stand, and unfold yourself.

Ber. Long live the king![b 2]

Fran. Bernardo?

Ber. He. ⁠5

Fran. You come most carefully upon your hour.

Ber. Tis now struck[a 3] twelve; get thee to bed, Francisco.

3

  1. ↑ Act I, Scene I.] Acts and scenes are not marked in Q; in F only as far as II. ii.
  2. ↑ 1–5] Many editors follow Capell in printing as verse, the first line ending with unfold.
  3. ↑ 7. now struck] Steevens conj. new-struck.
  1. ↑ 2, me] Me emphatic, Francisco being the sentinel on guard.
  2. ↑ 3. king] Perhaps the watchword, Horatio and Marcellus answer the challenge otherwise, but Francisco is not (line 15) at his post.
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