Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Hamlet, a dramatic prelude, in five acts / by James Rush. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
99/130
![Marcellus, think you that my uncle Claudius will be here ? Mar. My lord, this is his Very place. Claudius has always worn a Mask: and has not yet his time to throw it Off. Ham. And whene'er he does— Enter other maskers at various parts. But see, 'tis time For our disguise. To play our cards, we need A recognition. Do thou call—Knave, in Question of my mask; and I'll say—King, to Thee. Mar. King and Knave, the countersigns : remember. [Hamlet and Marcellus cover, and mingle ivith the maskers.] Enter Claudius and Arno, their masks in hand. Claud. [Aside.] These are but makers of their sport. Where is he that can make a king ? Arno, is Snudor the physician here ? Arno. No doubt, my lord: and for a turn, his funeral dues of silk and crape have furnished him his domino. Clau!. We will change our names. If I call— Claudius, you will know who speaks. Arno. Then I will call—myself. [Claudius and Arno cover and mingle with the mask- ers.] Ham. [Meeting Claudius.] King?— Claud. [Aside.] Not yet King. Mar. [fleeting Arno.] Knave ? Arno. [Aside.] Hah ! suspected ? This mars all. I must find Claudius. [Meeting Hamlet.] Arno ? Ham. [Aside.] How have I lived by shifty pen or poetry, that one should this wise call me—thief! Claud. [-Meeting Hamlet.] Claudius ? Ham. [Aside.] What! Arno? Claudius? I've a black face, why not call me—devil, at once?](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21152081_0099.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
