Fran. For this relief much thanks; 'tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
Ber. Have you had quiet guard?
Fran. Not a mouse stirring. 10
Ber. Well, good night.
If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus,
The rivals[b 1] of my watch, bid them make haste.
Fran. I think I hear them. Stand, ho! Who is[a 1] there?
Enter Horatio and Marcellus.
Hor. Friends to this ground.
Mar.And liegemen to the Dane. 15
Fran. Give[b 2] you good night.
Mar. O, farewell, honest soldier:[a 2]
Who hath relieved you?
Fran. Bernardo has[a 3] my place.
Give you good night. [Exit.
Mar. Holla! Bernardo!
Ber. Say,—
What, is Horatio there?
Hor. A piece of him.[b 3]
Ber. Welcome, Horatio; welcome, good Marcellus. 20
Mar.[a 4][b 4] What, has this thing appear'd again to-night?
- ↑ 13. rivals] partners, which is the reading of Q 1. Compare "rivality" in Ant. and Cleop. III. v. 8, meaning "partnership," and The Tragedy of Hoffman (1631):
"ile seat thee by my throne of state
And make thee rivall in those governments." - ↑ 16. Give] Ellipsis for "God give." Compare Romeo and Juliet, i. ii. 59.
- ↑ 19. A piece of him] Warburton supposed that Horatio gives his hand; it is night, adds Ingleby, and Horatio is hardly visible to Bernardo. Shakespeare's intention seems to be to show that Horatio, the sceptical, can answer jestingly.
- ↑ 21. Mar.] The agreement of Q 1
