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Lord Polonius The best actors in the world, either for tragedy, comedy, history, pastoral, pastoral-comical, historical-pastoral, tragical-historical, tragical- comical-historical-pastoral, scene individable, or poem unlimited: Seneca cannot be too heavy, nor Plautus too light. For the law of writ and the liberty, these are the only men. Hamlet O Jephthah, judge of Israel, what a treasure hadst thou! Lord Polonius What a treasure had he, my lord? Hamlet Why, 'One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.' Lord Polonius Aside Still on my daughter. Hamlet Am I not i' the right, old Jephthah? Lord Polonius If you call me Jephthah, my lord, I have a daughter that I love passing well. Hamlet Nay, that follows not. Lord Polonius What follows, then, my lord?
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