, as they had deliver'd, both in time,
Form of the thing, each word made true and good,
The apparition comes.

_Ham._ But where was this?

[_Crosses to_ MARCELLUS.]

_Mar._ (R.) My lord, upon the platform where we
watch'd.

_Ham._ (C.) Did you not speak to it?

_Hor._ (L.) My lord, I did;
But answer made it none: yet once methought
It lifted up its head, and did address[61]
Itself to motion, like as it would speak:
But, even then, the morning cock crew loud,
And at the sound it shrunk in haste away;
And vanish'd from our sight.

_Ham._ 'Tis very strange.

_Hor._ As I do live, my honour'd lord, 'tis true;
And we did think it writ down[62] in our duty
To let you know of it.

_Ham._ Indeed, indeed, sirs, but this troubles me.
Hold you the watch to-night?

_Mar._ We do, my lord.

_Ham._ Arm'd, say you?

_Mar._ Arm'd, my lord.

_Ham._ From top to toe?

_Mar._ My lord, from head to foot.

_Ham._ Then saw you not
His face?

_Hor._ O, yes, my lord; he wore his beaver up.[63]

_Ham._ What, looked he frowningly?

_Hor._ A countenance more
In sorrow than in anger.

_Ham._ Pale or red?

_Hor._ Nay, very pale.

_Ham._ And fix'd his eyes upon you?

_Hor._ Most constantly.

_Ham._ I would I had been there.

_Hor._ It would have much amaz'd you.

_Ham._ Very like,
Very like. Stay'd it long?

_Hor._ While one with moderate haste might tell a hundred.

_Mar._}
} Longer, Longer.
_Ber._}

_Hor._ Not when I saw it.

_Ham._ His beard was grizzl'd, No?

_Hor._ It was, as I have seen it in his life,
A sable silver'd.

_Ham._ I will watch to-night;
Perchance, 'twill walk again.

_Hor._ (C.) I warrant it will.

_Ham._ If it assume my noble father's person,
I'll speak to it, though hell itself should gape,
And bid me hold my peace.

[_Crosses to_ L.]
I pray you all,
If you have hitherto conceal'd this sight,
Let it be tenable[64] in your silence still;
And whatsoever else shall hap to-night,
Give it an understanding, but no tongue;
I will requite your loves. So,