vain's note
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Hamlet Lady, shall I lie in your lap? Lying down at OPHELIA's feet Ophelia No, my lord. Hamlet I mean, my head upon your lap? Ophelia Ay, my lord. Hamlet Do you think I meant country matters? Ophelia I think nothing, my lord. Hamlet That's a fair thought to lie between maids' legs. Ophelia What is, my lord? Hamlet Nothing. Ophelia You are merry, my lord. Hamlet Who, I? Ophelia Ay, my lord. Hamlet O God, your only jig-maker. What should a man do but be merry? for, look you, how cheerfully my mother looks, and my father died within these two hours. Ophelia Nay, 'tis twice two months, my lord. Hamlet So long? Nay then, let the devil wear black, for I'll have a suit of sables. O heavens! die two months ago, and not forgotten yet? Then there's hope a great man's memory may outlive his life half a year: but, by'r lady, he must build churches, then; or else shall he suffer not thinking on, with the hobby-horse, whose epitaph is 'For, O, for, O, the hobby-horse is forgot.'
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