That you vouchsafe your rest13 here in our court
Some little time, so by your companies
To draw him on to pleasures, and to gather
So much as from occasions16 you may glean,
Whether aught, to us unknown, afflicts him thus,
That, opened18, lies within our remedy.
GERTRUDE Good gentlemen, he hath much talked of you,
And sure I am two men there are not
living
To whom he more adheres21. If it will please you
To show us so much gentry22 and good will
As to expend your time with us awhile,
For the supply and profit24 of our hope,
Your visitation shall receive such thanks
As fits a king's remembrance.
ROSENCRANTZ Both your majesties
Might, by the sovereign power you have of28 us,
Put your dread pleasures29 more into command
Than to entreaty.
GUILDENSTERN We both obey,
And here give up ourselves in the full bent32
To lay our services freely at your feet,
To be commanded.
KING Thanks, Rosencrantz and gentle Guildenstern.
GERTRUDE Thanks, Guildenstern and gentle Rosencrantz.
And I beseech you instantly to visit
My too much changed son.-- Go, some of ye,
And bring the gentlemen where Hamlet is.
GUILDENSTERN Heavens make our presence and our practices40
Pleasant and helpful to him.