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Of these delated^{[a 1][b 1]} articles allow,
Farewell, and let your haste commend your duty.

Cor., Vol.^{[a 2]} In that and all things will we show our duty. 40

King. We doubt it nothing: heartily farewell.
[Exeunt^{[a 3]} Voltimand and Cornelius.
And now, Laertes, what's the news with you?
You told us of some suit; what is't, Laertes?
You cannot speak of reason to the Dane,
And lose your voice: what would'st thou beg, Laertes, 45
That shall not be my offer, not thy asking?
The head is not more native^{[b 2]} to the heart,
The hand more instrumental to the mouth,
Than is the throne of Denmark to^{[a 4]} thy father.
What would'st thou have, Laertes?

Laer. Dread my^{[a 5]} lord, 50
Your leave and favour to return to France,
From whence though willingly I came to Denmark,
To show my duty in your coronation,^{[b 3]}
Yet now, I must confess, that duty done,
My thoughts and wishes bend again toward^{[a 6]} France 55

1. 38. delated] Q, dilated F, related Q 1.
2. Cor., Vol.] Q, Volt. F.
3. 41. Exeunt] F, omitted Q.
4. 49. is . . . to] Q, F; to . . . is Warburton and other editors.
5. 50. Dread my] F, My dread Q.
6. 55. toward] Q, towards F.

1. 38. delated] Perhaps a different spelling of the F "dilated," meaning expressed at large. But it may mean conveyed, carried, as in Bacon, Natural History: "the time wherein sound is delated . . . the delation of light is an instant."
2. 47. native] cognate, connected by nature or birth, as in All's Well, I. i. 238: "To join like likes, and kiss like native things."
3. 53. coronation] In Q 1 Laertes asks permission to leave "Now that the funerall rites are all performed."