Reading The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark — William Shakespeare

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Section 175

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Polon.

I, Springes to catch Woodcocks. I doe know

When the Bloud burnes, how Prodigall the Soule

Giues the tongue vowes: these blazes, Daughter,

Giuing more light then heate; extinct in both,

Euen in their promise, as it is a making;

You muft not take for fire. For this time Daughter,

Be somewhat scanter of your Maiden presence;

Set your entreatments at a higher rate,

Then a command to parley. For Lord Hamlet,

Beleeue so much in him, that he is young,

And with a larger tether may he walke,

Then may be giuen you. In few, Ophelia,

Doe not beleeue his vowes; for they are Broakers,

Not of the eye, which their Inuestments show:

But meere implorators of vnholy Sutes,

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