KUg.  AtteniL    Where  are  my  Switzen  ?    Let
tlKm  guard  the  door  :—
What  is  the  matter  ?

Gen,  Save  youHelfi  my  lord  ;
The  ocean,  over-peering  of  his  lilt  *,
Eats  not  the  fUis  with  more  impetuous  haAe,
Than  young  Laertes,  in  a  riotous  head,
iXcr-biear*  your  oihcers  !  The  rabble  cdl  him,  lord ;
And,  as  the  world  were  now  but  tobegioi  >

Anriquity  forgot,  cu(\um  noc  known,
The  ratificn  and  ptt)ps  of  every  waid  *,  I


^  Caps,  hands,  and  tongues,  Applaud  it  to  the  clouds,
LaerttiJhaU  he  king,  Latrttt  king  !

^etn.  How  cheerfally  on  the  ^fe  trail  they  ay  f
Oy  this  is  counter,  you  falfe  Daniih  dogs  7.
King,  The  doors  are  broke.  [Npife  withliu

Enter  Laertei,  with  others,

Laer,  Where  is  this  king  ?^Sin,  fland  you  aU
without.
AIL  No,  let*s  come  in.
Latr,  I  pray  you,  give  me  leaver

All,  We  will,  we  will.  [E.eeimS,

Laer,  I  thank  you : — Keep  the  door. — O  thoa
vile  king,
Give  me  my  father.
i^un.  Calmly,  good  Laertes.
Laet,  That  dix)p  of  blood,  that's  caUn,  pro«
chtims  me  baftard  2
Cries,  cuckold,  to  my  father ;  brands  the  harlot
Even  here,  between  thechaileunfmirched"  browr
Of  my  true  mother.
King.  What  is  the  caufe,  Laertes,
That  thy  rebellion  looks  fo  giant-like  ?.     ■■■
Let  him  go,  Gertnide  ;  do  not  fear  our  perfon  {
There's  fuch  divinity  doth  hedge  a  king,
That  treafon  can  but  peep  to  what  it  would,
Acis  little  of  liis  wiU. — Tell  me,  Laertes,
Why  thou  ait  thus  incens'd ;— Let  him  go,  Ger-
trude;—
Speak,  man.
L*ier,  Where  i;  my  father  ?

King,  Dead.
i^fen.  But  not  by  him.
