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ACT I
Scene I
Bernardo relieves Francisco on battlements, late night
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Apprehensive guarding, F prepares to go
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Hor sceptical, then Ghost appears, vanishes
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Hor thinks Gh must be
warning for Denmark
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Gh, & Hor tries to speak – “scholar”
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Hor
suggests tell Hamlet
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Scene II
Cl speech to court, explaining recent marriage
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Mentions YF written,
demanding surrender lands; message for the King of Norway, F’s uncle
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P gives permission, Claudius jovially also
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2
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Gertrude urges cast off; replies bitterly inner sorrow so great appearance merely
poor mirror
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Duty to mourn, too long unmanly & inappropriate
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Does not wish H to Wittenberg as asked
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Cl claims so pleased will celebrate with festivities & canons, old custom called “the
king’s rouse
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Alone, H exclaims wishes could die, evaporate & cease to exist
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Laments death, hasty marriage to uncle
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Suddenly quiet as Hor strides in, followed by M & B
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Hor says see OH’s funeral; H

curtly, Hor came for wedding
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Tells H
they saw (appeared) OH’s ghost
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Scene III
P’s house, L prepares for France
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H responsible for state, may be impossible to marry
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L reassures her take care himself
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Tells L must hurry to ship but delays with advice on integrity
& practicality
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Advises hold on old friends, slow to new; slow to
quarrel, fight boldly if need; listen more talk; dress richly not gaudily; refrain
borrowing/lending money; true to himself above all
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Alone with O, P asks what L told her
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2
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P asks about relationship
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P sternly echoes L, forbids Ophelia associate H
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O will obey
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Shortly after 12, “king’s
rouse” “carousing”, custom
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Gh appears, H calls
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Companions urge not, begging might be harmed
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Follows; Hor & M, stunned, declare bodes ill
for nation
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Scene V
Gh: claims OH, wants H avenge, “foul and most unnatural murder” (1
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25)
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Gh: as slept in garden, villain poured poison into ear –villain
Cl
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5
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Gh exhorts H avenge: Cl
corrupted Denmark, corrupted G; taken from pure love of first marriage, seduced in
incestuous union
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5
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Dawn, Gh goes
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Hor & M ask what happened
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Says may
pretend be mad, makes swear not give slightest hint
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” Hor & M take oath on sword, exit
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v
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ACT II

Scene I
P sends Reynaldo with money & notes for L; orders spy on personal life, explicit
directions
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Says H, unkempt & wild-eyed grabbed, held
her, did not speak
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Scene II
Cl + G welcome Ro + Gu, H’s friends
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Ro+Gu will investigate – G: “too much changed” son
(2
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36)
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Cl relieved, will see to request later
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H
walks alone through lobby, could hide behind arras wile O confronts, so can see if
mad for O
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P attempts speak to H, appears mad – “fishmonger”, irrational answers, hidden
insults (pompous, old)
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2
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R+G enter, H pleased
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R smiles, wonders how H receive
troupe – trumpet blows, “players” arrive
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P brings players, H welcomes – asks one to give him speech about fall of Troy and
death of Priam+Hecuba
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H leaves R+G, now alone
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Resolves devise trap for Cl, forcing to

watch play with plot close to OH murder: if guilty, will show sign of guilt, proof
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2
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ACT III

Scene I
C+G discuss H’s behaviour with R+Gu, say unable to learn cause
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R+Gu leave, C orders G also, say C+P spy on
H+O
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H speaks thoughtfully, agonizing suicide “To be, or not to be: that is the question”
(3
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58)
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1
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Not know what to expect in afterlife, rather “bear those ills we have”
(3
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83)
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P’s orders: wishes to return tokens of love; H angry, denies
anything, laments dishonesty of beauty, claims loved O once, and never at all
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2
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Criticises women for making men behave like monsters, for
world dishonesty by painting faces so more beautiful
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Storms out, O mourns “noble
mind” (3
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149) become mad
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Cl: H mad not for O, not mad speech; fears melancholy sits on danger
in H’s soul, fears what will happen; send H to England, hope change scenery help
get over troubles
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Asks C send H to G’s
chamber after play, P hide again & watch: learn H madness
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1
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Scene II
H anxiously talks to players on parts he wrote
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Hor enters, H
pleased, says affection & high opinion Hor’s mind & manner, especially qualities selfcontrol & reserve
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Hor agrees, if Cl guilty, will detect
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Cl asks how he is, gives mad
response, H asks P about history as actor, torments O with erotic puns
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Queen lets king sleep, man
murders by pouring poison into ear
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Play in full: man who kills king is nephew
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Murderer pours poison into sleeping king’s ear, Cl rises and
cries out for light
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H alone with Hor
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R+Gu tell H wanted in mother’s chambers
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P enters to escort
H to queen
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Steels to speak to G, will be
honest but not lose control: “I will speak daggers to her, but use none” (3
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366)
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C asks escort H to England, leave
immediately
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P enters, reminds C plan hide in G’s
room, observe H, will tell C all learns
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Brother’s murder is oldest sin, “hat the primal eldest curse upon’t” (3
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37);
longs to ask forgiveness, says unprepared to give up what gained – crown and
queen
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H slips in quietly, steels to kill unseeing Cl
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Not adequate revenge,
especially as killed before last confession, ensuring brother not go to heaven
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C rises:
cannot pray sincerely “My words fly up, my thoughts remain below” (3
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96)
Scene IV
G’s chamber C+P wait
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G agrees, P hides behind arras
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G: he offended father (Cl)
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H almost violently intense: make fully
aware of profundity of sin
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P calls for help, H suspects C; draws
sword, stabs through tapestry, kills P
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4
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H sees P’s boy: not achieved revenge, murdered relatively innocent P
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4
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H: will wring mother’s death, shows pictures OH+C,
superiority of OH, why married
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H
denounces her and C, then Gh appears
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Gh says come to remind H
purpose, not yet killed Cl
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H tries convince

G not mad that feigned, urges forsake Cl regain good conscience, not reveal to Cl
acted mad
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Bids goodnight, points P corpse, declares heaven
“punished me with this, and this with me” (3
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158), reminds to England R+Gu, will
be suspicious as though were poisonous snakes, assumes with Cl not him
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ACT IV

Scene I
G frantic, hurries to C conferring with R+Gu
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Tells Cl encounter with H – says H mad, killed P
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C wonders how handle public crisis without damaging
hold on Denmark, tells G H must go to England at once, find way to explain H
misdeed to court and people
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Scene II
H finished disposing P’s body, corpse “safely stowed” (4
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1)
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2
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Feigning offence at questions, accuses being spies; insults;
allows R+Gu to escort to C
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R+Gu enter guarding H
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C could send messenger to find
P in heaven or in hell himself
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C: H
must leave at once, H agrees enthusiastically
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C alone, hopes England obey sealed orders sent with R+Gu for
H to be killed
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F orders
captain and ask C for permission
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H askes basis of conflict, captain: fight over
worthless piece of land with good name
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H by
comparison has great deal to gain from seeking bloody revenge on C, yet delays and
fails
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Scene V
G+Hor discuss O; G does not wish to see bereaved girl, Hor says O should be pitied,
explaining grief made disordered and incoherent
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C enters, hears ravings: grief at P, people
suspicious and disturbed as well
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Loud noise in castle: C calls for guards, gentleman enters warning L entered with
mob calling L “lord” and whispers “Laertes shall be king” (4
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102-6)
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O re-enters, insane, L rage again
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C convinces L to hear C’s
version with all answers: L agrees, C seconds: “Where th’ offence is, let the great
axe fall” (4
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213)
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H escort
sailors to G+C, messages for them as well, much to tell of R+Gu
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Scene VII
C and calmer L discuss P’s death
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Messenger brings H’s letter to Cl: will
return tomorrow
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C agrees L deserves revenge, will encourage L to kill H, since behaviour makes
threat; find way for L to ensure revenge without bad appearance
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L agrees –
plan: L sharpened, poisoned sword – scratch will kill
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G: O, mad with grief, drowned in river – L anguished, leaves
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ACT V

Scene I
Churchyard: O’s gravediggers
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First, clever and mischievous: second
gravedigger riddle: “What is he that builds stronger than either the mason, the
shipwright, or the carpenter?” (5
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46-7)
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H+Hor enter at distance, watch work
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Asks gravedigger whose grave: first
says his own, then no one because dead are not people, then admits woman
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H picks up skull of Yorick, OH’s jester; H says knew Y, appalled
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g
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Funeral procession for O: includes C, G, L, courtiers
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242) – suicide
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L
infuriated with Priest, says to give O proper Christian burial profane dead
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Leaps into grave and fights with L: “forty thousand brothers / Could
not, with all their quantity of love, / make up my sum” (5
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254-6)
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O+L pulled apart,
G+C declare H mad, H+Hor leave, C urges L patience, remember plan
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No sympathy because betrayed, catered to C – feels sorry for hostility
towards L
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Osric (foolish courtier) tries flatter H, agrees with everything even when contradicts
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Os praises L, H+Hor don’t
get point
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H fights, Hor advises
against: “all’s ill here about my heart” (5
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222), must be ready for death, will come
no matter what
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L: not forgive H until elder has advised, but will accept offer of love
in meantime
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Duel: H strikes L, declines to drink, play another hit first
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C says don’t, but does so anyway, explains in an aside
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Fight again, L
scores, drawing blood: exchange swords, H wounds L with his own blade
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2
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G moans cup
poisoned, calls to H, dies
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H, fury, runs C thoruhg with poisoned sword, forces drink poisoned
wine
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H tells Hor dying, exchanges last forgiveness with L,
dies after absolving H
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H tells Hor again he is dying, urges friend not to commit
suicide, to stay alive and tell story
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F marches in accompanied by English ambassadors, announce R+Gu dead
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F orders for H to be carried away
like a soldier

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