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Of unimproved mettle106 hot and full,
Hath in the skirts107 of Norway here and there
Sharked up a list of landless resolutes108
For food and diet to some enterprise109
That hath a stomach110 in't, which is no other --
And it doth well appear unto our state111 --
But to recover of us, by strong hand
And terms compulsative113, those foresaid lands
So by his father lost: and this, I take it,
Is the main motive of our preparations,
The source of this our watch and the chief head116
Of this post-haste and rummage117 in the land.
Enter Ghost again
But soft, behold! Lo118, where it comes again!
I'll cross it, though it blast119 me. Stay, illusion!
If thou hast any sound or use of voice,
Speak to me:
If there be any good thing to be done
That may to thee do ease and grace to me,
Speak to me:
If thou art privy to thy country's fate --
Which, haply126, foreknowing may avoid -- O, speak!
Or if thou hast uphoarded127 in thy life
Extorted128 treasure in the womb of earth --
A cock crows
For which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death --
Speak of it: stay and speak!-- Stop it, Marcellus.
MARCELLUS Shall I strike at it with my partisan131?
HORATIO Do, if it will not stand132.
They attempt to strike it
