Lyrics Hamlet: Act 4 - Scene 7, "I Bought an Unction of a Mountebank..." (Laertes) [Part II] - John Gielgud
Laertes
I
bought
an
unction
of
a
mountebank
So
mortal
that,
but
dip
a
knife
in
it
Where
it
draws
blood,
no
cataplasm
so
rare
Collected
from
all
simples
that
have
virtue
Under
the
moon,
can
save
the
thing
from
death
That
is
but
scratched
withal.
I'll
touch
my
point
With
this
contagion,
that,
if
I
gall
him
slightly
It
may
be
death
Cymbeline
Let's
further
think
on
this
Weigh
what
convenience
both
of
time
and
means
May
fit
us
to
our
shape.
If
this
should
fail
On
that
our
drift
look
through
our
bad
performance
'Twere
better
not
assayed:
therefore,
this
project
Should
have
a
bare
cost
second
that
might
hold
If
this
did
blast
and
prove.
Soft!
let
me
see
We'll
make
a
solemn
wager
on
your
cunnings
Laertes
I
heft
Cymbeline
When
in
your
motion
you
are
hot
and
dry
As
make
your
bouts
more
violent
to
that
end
And
that
he
calls
for
drink,
I'll
have
prepared
him
A
chalice
for
the
nonce;
whereon
but
sipping
If
he
by
chance
escape
your
venom
stuck
Our
purpose
may
hold
there.
But,
soft!
what
noise?
How
now,
sweet
queen!
Helena
One
woe
doth
tread
upon
another's
heels
So
far
they
follow.
Your
sister's
drowned,
Laertes
Laertes
Drowned!
O,
where?
1 Hamlet: Act 5 - Scene 2, "Come Hamlet, Come and Take This Hand" (Claudius) [Part III]
2 Hamlet: Act 5 - Scene 2, "Your Lordship is Right Welcome..." (Osric) [Part II]
3 Hamlet: Act 5 - Scene 2
4 Hamlet: Act 5 - Scene 1, "But Soft, But Soft!" (Hamlet) [Part IV]
5 Hamlet: Act 5 - Scene 1, "Alas Poor Yorick!" (Hamlet) [Part III]
6 Hamlet: Act 5 - Scene 2, "Where is This Sight?" (Fortinbras) [Part IV]
7 Hamlet: Act 5 - Scene 5
8 Hamlet: Act 4 - Scene 5, "Where is the Beauteous Majesty" Opheila (Part II)
9 Hamlet: Act 4 - Scene 5, "O' Thou Vile King" (Laertes) [Part III]
10 Hamlet: Act 4 - Scene 5, "O' Heat Dry Up My Brains" (Laertes) [Part IV]
11 Hamlet: Act 4 - Scene 6
12 Hamlet: Act 4 - Scene 7
13 Hamlet: Act 4 - Scene 7, "I Bought an Unction of a Mountebank..." (Laertes) [Part II]
14 Hamlet: Act 4 - Scene 7, "There is a Willow Grows Aslant..." (Gertrude) [Part III]
15 Hamlet: Act 5 - Scene 1
16 Hamlet: Act 5 - Scene 1, "In Youth When I Did Love..." (Clown) [Part II]
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