The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Section 555

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Section 555

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1Ham.
2Be not too tame neyther: but let your owne
3Discretion be your Tutor. Sute the Action to the Word,
4the Word to the Action, with this speciall obseruance:
5That you ore‑stop not the modestie of Nature; for any
6thing so ouer‑done, is frō the purpose of Playing, whose
7end both at the first and now, was and is, to hold as 'twer
8the Mirrour vp to Nature; to shew Vertue her owne