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heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe. How long
hast thou been a grave-maker? 155

[First] Clo. Of all the days i' the year, I came
to 't that day that our last King Hamlet over-
came Fortinbras. 158

Ham. How long is that since?

[First] Clo. Cannot you tell that? every fool
can tell that; it was the very day that young
Hamlet was born; he that is mad, and sent into
England. 163

Ham. Ay, marry; why was he sent into
England?

[First] Clo. Why, because he was mad: he
shall recover his wits there; or, if he do not, 'tis
no great matter there. 168

Ham. Why?

[First] Clo. 'Twill not be seen in him there;
there the men are as mad as he. 171

Ham. How came he mad?

[First] Clo. Very strangely, they say.

Ham. How strangely? 174

[First] Clo. Faith, e'en with losing his wits.

Ham. Upon what ground?

[First] Clo. Why, here in Denmark; I have
been sexton here, man and boy, thirty years. 178

Ham. How long will a man lie i' the earth
ere he rot?

[First] Clo. Faith, if he be not rotten before
he die,—as we have many pocky corses now-a-
days, that will scarce hold the laying in,—he
will last you some eight year or nine year; a
tanner will last you nine year.

Ham. Why he more than another? 186