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Act II

Hamlet
O Jephthah, judge of Israel, what a treasure hadst thou!
Polonius
What a treasure had he, my lord?
Hamlet
“One fair daughter and no more,
The which he loved passing well.”
Polonius
Aside.
Still on my daughter.
Hamlet
Am I not i’ the right, old Jephthah?
Polonius
If you call me Jephthah, my lord, I have a daughter that I love passing well.
Hamlet
Nay, that follows not.
Polonius
What follows, then, my lord?
Hamlet
“As by lot, God wot,”
“It came to pass, as most like it was,”⁠—
First Player
What speech, my lord?
Hamlet
“The rugged Pyrrhus, he whose sable arms,
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