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The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son, Hamlet, to avenge his death.

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Table of Contents

Act V

Hamlet
This likes me well. These foils have all a length?
They prepare to play.
Osric
Ay, my good lord.
King
If Hamlet give the first or second hit,
Or quit in answer of the third exchange,
Let all the battlements their ordnance fire;
The king shall drink to Hamlet’s better breath;
And in the cup an union shall he throw,
Richer than that which four successive kings
In Denmark’s crown have worn. Give me the cups;
And let the kettle to the trumpet speak,
The trumpet to the cannoneer without,
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