Selah, Amen, Hallelujah, unt Goodnight. etc.
Prince Hamlet's question is intended to smoke out his mother, to whom, as he intended, this Player Queen bears some striking resemblances.
Player Queen:
Both here and hence pursue me lasting strife,
If once I be a widow, ever I be a wife!.
Player King:
'Tis deeply sworn. Sweet, leave me here a while,
My spirits grow dull, and fain I would beguile
The tedious day with sleep.
Player Queen:
Sleep rock thy brain,
And never come mischance between us twain!
Hamlet:
Madam, how like you this play?
Queen:
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
Short field = Thank you.