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[Exeunt Attendants.]
King. Hamlet, this deed, for thine especial safety,
Which we do tender, as we dearly grieve 44
For that which thou hast done, must send thee hence
With fiery quickness: therefore prepare thyself;
The bark is ready, and the wind at help,
The associates tend, and every thing is bent 48
For England.
Ham. For England!
King. Ay, Hamlet.
Ham. Good.
King. So is it, if thou knew'st our purposes.
Ham. I see a cherub that sees them. But,
come; for England! Farewell, dear mother. 52
King. Thy loving father, Hamlet.
Ham. My mother: father and mother is man
and wife, man and wife is one flesh, and so, my
mother. Come, for England! Exit.
King. Follow him at foot; tempt him with speed aboard: 57
Delay it not, I'll have him hence to-night.
Away! for every thing is seal'd and done
That else leans on the affair: pray you, make haste. 60
[Exeunt Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.]
And, England, if my love thou hold'st at aught,—
As my great power thereof may give thee sense,
Since yet thy cicatrice looks raw and red
After the Danish sword, and thy free awe 64
Pays homage to us,—thou mayst not coldly set
Our sovereign process, which imports at full,
48 bent: prepared
57 at foot: close behind
60 leans on: depends upon
63 cicatrice: scar
64 free awe: awe still felt but no longer enforced by arms
65 set: esteem
66 process: formal command