HAMLET. Who is to be buried in 't? FIRST CLOWN. One that was a woman, sir; but, rest her soul, she's dead. HAMLET. How absolute the knave is! we must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us. How long hast thou been a grave-maker? FIRST CLOWN. Of all the days i' the year, I came to 't that day that our last King Hamlet o'ercame Fortinbras. HAMLET. How long is that since ? FIRST CLOWN. Cannot you tell that? every fool can tell that: it was that very day that young Hamlet was born; he that is mad, and sent into. England. HAMLET. Ay, marry, why was he sent into England? FIRST CLOWN. Why, because a' was mad: a' shall recover his wits there; or, if a' do not, 'tis no great matter there. 'Twill not be seen in him there; there the men are as mad as he. How came he mad? HAMLET. |