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Hamlet

Chapter XIX · Act 5, Scene 1: A churchyard

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Enter two Clowns with spades, &c.

Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 1: A churchyard, reading 1: Enter two Clowns with spades, &c.
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Enter two Clowns with spades, &c.
FIRST CLOWN.
Is she to be buried in Christian burial, when she wilfully seeks her own salvation?
SECOND CLOWN.
I tell thee she is, and therefore make her grave straight.
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Hamlet

Chapter XIX · Act 5, Scene 1: A churchyard

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Reading 1/68 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Enter two Clowns with spades, &c.
Line 2
FIRST CLOWN.
Line 3
Is she to be buried in Christian burial, when she wilfully seeks her own salvation?
Line 4
SECOND CLOWN.
Line 5
I tell thee she is, and therefore make her grave straight.
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and

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From this reading I tell thee she is, and therefore make her grave straight.

be

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From this reading Is she to be buried in Christian burial, when she wilfully seeks her own salvation?

burial

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buried

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c

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Christian

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CLOWN

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From this reading FIRST CLOWN.

Clowns

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Enter

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FIRST

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From this reading FIRST CLOWN.

grave

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her

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I

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From this reading I tell thee she is, and therefore make her grave straight.

in

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Is

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make

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From this reading I tell thee she is, and therefore make her grave straight.

own

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salvation

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SECOND

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From this reading SECOND CLOWN.

seeks

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she

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spades

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straight

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tell

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thee

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therefore

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to

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two

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when

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wilfully

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with

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