| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Marke me. | Mark me. | Ham I.v.2.1 |
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| My hower is almost come, | My hour is almost come, | Ham I.v.2.3 |
| When I to sulphurous and tormenting Flames | When I to sulphurous and tormenting flames | Ham I.v.3 |
| Must render vp my selfe. | Must render up myself. | Ham I.v.4.1 |
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| Pitty me not, but lend thy serious hearing | Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing | Ham I.v.5 |
| To what I shall vnfold. | To what I shall unfold. | Ham I.v.6.1 |
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| So art thou to reuenge, when thou shalt heare. | So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear. | Ham I.v.7 |
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| I am thy Fathers Spirit, | I am thy father's spirit, | Ham I.v.9 |
| Doom'd for a certaine terme to walke the night; | Doomed for a certain term to walk the night, | Ham I.v.10 |
| And for the day confin'd to fast in Fiers, | And for the day confined to fast in fires, | Ham I.v.11 |
| Till the foule crimes done in my dayes of Nature | Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature | Ham I.v.12 |
| Are burnt and purg'd away? But that I am forbid | Are burnt and purged away. But that I am forbid | Ham I.v.13 |
| To tell the secrets of my Prison-House; | To tell the secrets of my prison house, | Ham I.v.14 |
| I could a Tale vnfold, whose lightest word | I could a tale unfold whose lightest word | Ham I.v.15 |
| Would harrow vp thy soule, freeze thy young blood, | Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, | Ham I.v.16 |
| Make thy two eyes like Starres, start from their Spheres, | Make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheres, | Ham I.v.17 |
| Thy knotty and combined locks to part, | Thy knotted and combined locks to part, | Ham I.v.18 |
| And each particular haire to stand an end, | And each particular hair to stand an end | Ham I.v.19 |
| Like Quilles vpon the fretfull Porpentine: | Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. | Ham I.v.20 |
| But this eternall blason must not be | But this eternal blazon must not be | Ham I.v.21 |
| To eares of flesh and bloud; list Hamlet, oh list, | To ears of flesh and blood. List, list, O, list! | Ham I.v.22 |
| If thou didst euer thy deare Father loue. | If thou didst ever thy dear father love – | Ham I.v.23 |
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| Reuenge his foule and most vnnaturall Murther. | Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder. | Ham I.v.25 |
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| Murther most foule, as in the best it is; | Murder most foul, as in the best it is, | Ham I.v.27 |
| But this most foule, strange, and vnnaturall. | But this most foul, strange, and unnatural. | Ham I.v.28 |
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| I finde thee apt, | I find thee apt, | Ham I.v.31.2 |
| And duller should'st thou be then the fat weede | And duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed | Ham I.v.32 |
| That rots it selfe in ease, on Lethe Wharfe, | That roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf, | Ham I.v.33 |
| Would'st thou not stirre in this. Now Hamlet heare: | Wouldst thou not stir in this. Now, Hamlet, hear. | Ham I.v.34 |
| It's giuen out, that sleeping in mine Orchard, | 'Tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard, | Ham I.v.35 |
| A Serpent stung me: so the whole eare of Denmarke, | A serpent stung me. So the whole ear of Denmark | Ham I.v.36 |
| Is by a forged processe of my death | Is by a forged process of my death | Ham I.v.37 |
| Rankly abus'd: But know thou Noble youth, | Rankly abused. But know, thou noble youth, | Ham I.v.38 |
| The Serpent that did sting thy Fathers life, | The serpent that did sting thy father's life | Ham I.v.39 |
| Now weares his Crowne. | Now wears his crown. | Ham I.v.40.1 |
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| I that incestuous, that adulterate Beast | Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, | Ham I.v.42 |
| With witchcraft of his wits, hath Traitorous guifts. | With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts – | Ham I.v.43 |
| Oh wicked Wit, and Gifts, that haue the power | O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power | Ham I.v.44 |
| So to seduce? Won to to this shamefull Lust | So to seduce! – won to his shameful lust | Ham I.v.45 |
| The will of my most seeming vertuous Queene: | The will of my most seeming-virtuous Queen. | Ham I.v.46 |
| Oh Hamlet, what a falling off was there, | O Hamlet, what a falling off was there, | Ham I.v.47 |
| From me, whose loue was of that dignity, | From me, whose love was of that dignity | Ham I.v.48 |
| That it went hand in hand, euen with the Vow | That it went hand in hand even with the vow | Ham I.v.49 |
| I made to her in Marriage; and to decline | I made to her in marriage; and to decline | Ham I.v.50 |
| Vpon a wretch, whose Naturall gifts were poore | Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor | Ham I.v.51 |
| To those of mine. | To those of mine! | Ham I.v.52 |
| But Vertue, as it neuer wil be moued, | But virtue as it never will be moved, | Ham I.v.53 |
| Though Lewdnesse court it in a shape of Heauen: | Though lewdness court it in a shape of heaven, | Ham I.v.54 |
| So Lust, though to a radiant Angell link'd, | So lust, though to a radiant angel linked, | Ham I.v.55 |
| Will sate it selfe in a Celestiall bed, | Will sate itself in a celestial bed | Ham I.v.56 |
| & prey on Garbage. | And prey on garbage. | Ham I.v.57 |
| But soft, me thinkes I sent the Mornings Ayre; | But soft, methinks I scent the morning air. | Ham I.v.58 |
| Briefe let me be: Sleeping within mine Orchard, | Brief let me be. Sleeping within my orchard, | Ham I.v.59 |
| My custome alwayes in the afternoone; | My custom always of the afternoon, | Ham I.v.60 |
| Vpon my secure hower thy Vncle stole | Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole | Ham I.v.61 |
| With iuyce of cursed Hebenon in a Violl, | With juice of cursed hebona in a vial, | Ham I.v.62 |
| And in the Porches of mine eares did poure | And in the porches of my ears did pour | Ham I.v.63 |
| The leaperous Distilment; whose effect | The leperous distilment; whose effect | Ham I.v.64 |
| Holds such an enmity with bloud of Man, | Holds such an enmity with blood of man | Ham I.v.65 |
| That swift as Quick-siluer, it courses through | That swift as quicksilver it courses through | Ham I.v.66 |
| The naturall Gates and Allies of the Body; | The natural gates and alleys of the body, | Ham I.v.67 |
| And with a sodaine vigour it doth posset | And with a sudden vigour it doth posset | Ham I.v.68 |
| And curd, like Aygre droppings into Milke, | And curd, like eager droppings into milk, | Ham I.v.69 |
| The thin and wholsome blood: so did it mine; | The thin and wholesome blood. So did it mine. | Ham I.v.70 |
| And a most instant Tetter bak'd about, | And a most instant tetter barked about, | Ham I.v.71 |
| Most Lazar-like, with vile and loathsome crust, | Most lazar-like, with vile and loathsome crust | Ham I.v.72 |
| All my smooth Body. | All my smooth body. | Ham I.v.73 |
| Thus was I, sleeping, by a Brothers hand, | Thus was I sleeping by a brother's hand | Ham I.v.74 |
| Of Life, of Crowne, and Queene at once dispatcht; | Of life, of crown, of queen at once dispatched, | Ham I.v.75 |
| Cut off euen in the Blossomes of my Sinne, | Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, | Ham I.v.76 |
| Vnhouzzled, disappointed, vnnaneld, | Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled, | Ham I.v.77 |
| No reckoning made, but sent to my account | No reckoning made, but sent to my account | Ham I.v.78 |
| With all my imperfections on my head; | With all my imperfections on my head. | Ham I.v.79 |
| Oh horrible, Oh horrible, most horrible: | O, horrible! O, horrible! Most horrible! | Ham I.v.80 |
| If thou hast nature in thee beare it not; | If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not. | Ham I.v.81 |
| Let not the Royall Bed of Denmarke be | Let not the royal bed of Denmark be | Ham I.v.82 |
| A Couch for Luxury and damned Incest. | A couch for luxury and damned incest. | Ham I.v.83 |
| But howsoeuer thou pursuest this Act, | But howsomever thou pursues this act, | Ham I.v.84 |
| Taint not thy mind; nor let thy Soule contriue | Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive | Ham I.v.85 |
| Against thy Mother ought; leaue her to heauen, | Against thy mother aught. Leave her to heaven | Ham I.v.86 |
| And to those Thornes that in her bosome lodge, | And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge | Ham I.v.87 |
| To pricke and sting her. Fare thee well at once; | To prick and sting her. Fare thee well at once. | Ham I.v.88 |
| The Glow-worme showes the Matine to be neere, | The glow-worm shows the matin to be near | Ham I.v.89 |
| And gins to pale his vneffectuall Fire: | And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire. | Ham I.v.90 |
| Adue, adue, Hamlet: remember me. | Adieu, adieu, adieu. Remember me. | Ham I.v.91 |
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| Sweare. | Swear. | Ham I.v.149 |
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| Sweare. | Swear. | Ham I.v.155 |
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| Sweare. | Swear by his sword. | Ham I.v.161 |
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| Sweare. | Swear. | Ham I.v.181 |
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| Do not forget: this Visitation | Do not forget. This visitation | Ham III.iv.111 |
| Is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose. | Is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose. | Ham III.iv.112 |
| But looke, Amazement on thy Mother sits; | But look, amazement on thy mother sits. | Ham III.iv.113 |
| O step betweene her, and her fighting Soule, | O, step between her and her fighting soul! | Ham III.iv.114 |
| Conceit in weakest bodies, strongest workes. | Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works. | Ham III.iv.115 |
| Speake to her Hamlet. | Speak to her, Hamlet. | Ham III.iv.116.1 |