Hamlet
Act III, Scene 2·Page 137 / 268
LUCIANUS. Thoughts black, hands apt, drugs fit, and time agreeing, Confederate season, else no creature seeing; Thou mixture rank, of midnight weeds collected, With Hecate’s ban thrice blasted, thrice infected, Thy natural magic and dire property On wholesome life usurp immediately.
[_Pours the poison into the sleeper’s ears._]
HAMLET. He poisons him i’ th’garden for’s estate. His name’s Gonzago. The story is extant, and written in very choice Italian. You shall see anon how the murderer gets the love of Gonzago’s wife.
OPHELIA. The King rises.
HAMLET. What, frighted with false fire?
QUEEN. How fares my lord?
POLONIUS. Give o’er the play.