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Horatio : That can I –
At least , the whisper goes so . Our last king ,
Whose image even but now appeared to us ,
Was , as you know , by Fortinbras of Norway
Pricked on by a most emulate pride ,
Dared to the combat , in which our valiant Hamlet –
For so this side of our known world esteemed him –
Did slay this Fortinbras , who , by a sealed compact ,
Well ratified by law and heraldry ,
Did forfeit with his life all those his lands
Which he stood seized of , to the conqueror :
Against the which , a moiety competent
Was gagèd by our king , which had returned
To the inheritance of Fortinbras ,
Had he been vanquisher – as , by the same cov ' nant
And carriage of the article designed
His fell to Hamlet . Now , sir , young Fortinbras ,
Of unimproved mettle hot and full ,
Hath in the skirts of Norway here and there
Sharked up a list of lawless resolutes
For food and diet to some enterprise
That hath a stomach in ' t ; which is no other –
As it doth well appear unto our state –
But to recover of us , by strong hand
And terms compulsatory , 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 head
Of this post-haste and romage in the land .