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Editing Hamlet

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Compare Hamlet's Monologue in III.3.72ff in Q1, Q2 and Folio:

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Q1 (The "Bad Quarto", 1603)
(from: Quartos 1603, 1604)


Q 2 ("The Second Quarto", 1604/5)
(from: The Enfolded Hamlet )


Folio (1623)
(from: The Enfolded Hamlet )

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Ham.
I so, come forth and worke thy last,


Ham.
Now might I doe it, but now a is a praying,


Ham.
Now might I do it pat, now he is praying,

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And now Ile doo't, and so a goes to heauen,

And now Ile doo't, and so he goes to Heauen,

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And thus hee dies: and so am I reuenged:

And so am I reuendge, that would be scand

And so am I reueng'd: that would be scann'd,

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A villaine kills my father, and for that,

A Villaine killes my Father, and for that

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I his sole sonne, doe this same villaine send

I his foule Sonne, do this same Villaine send

2354

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To heauen. Why, this is base and silly, not reuendge,

To heauen. Oh this is hyre and Sallery, not Reuenge.

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No, not so: he tooke my father sleeping, his sins brim full,

A tooke my father grosly full of bread,

He tooke my Father grossely, full of bread,

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And how his soule stoode to the state of heauen

Withall his crimes braod blowne, as flush as May,

With all his Crimes broad blowne, as fresh as May,

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Who knowes, saue the immortall powres,

And how his audit stands who knowes saue heauen,

And how his Audit stands, who knowes, saue Heauen:

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But in our circumstance and course of thought,

But in our circumstance and course of thought

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And shall I kill him now,

Tis heauy with him: and am I then reuendged

'Tis heauie with him: and am I then reueng'd,

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When he is purging of his soule?

To take him in the purging of his soule,

To take him in the purging of his Soule,

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Making his way for heauen, this is a benefit,

When he is fit and seasond for his passage? No.

When he is fit and season'd for his passage? No.

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And not reuenge: no, get thee vp agen,

Vp sword, and knowe thou a more horrid hent,

Vp Sword, and know thou a more horrid hent

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When hee's at game swaring, taking his carowse, drinking, drunke

When he is drunke, a sleepe, or in his rage,

When he is drunke asleepe: or in his Rage,

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Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed,

Or in th'incestious pleasure of his bed,

Or in th'incestuous pleasure of his bed,

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Or at some act that hath no relish

At game a swearing, or about some act

At gaming, swearing, or about some acte

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Of saluation in't, then trip him

That has no relish of saluation in't,

That ha's no rellish of Saluation in't,

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That his heeles may kicke at heauen,

Then trip him that his heels may kick at heauen,

Then trip him, that his heeles may kicke at Heauen,

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And fall as lowe as hel: my mother stayes,

And that his soule may be as damnd and black

And that his Soule may be as damn'd and blacke

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As hell whereto it goes; my mother staies,

As Hell, whereto it goes. My Mother stayes,

2370

This phisicke but prolongs thy weary dayes. Exit Hamlet

This phisick but prolongs thy sickly daies. Exit.

This Physicke but prolongs thy sickly dayes. Exit.

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