The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-12-25


with he precious document in one oftheir pock
els. OF course the pockets were rummagrd by
the arful prince, and OF course he found thr
wooden dispatch, which he had no sooner r. ad
than he shaved offthe inscription and carved
another, in which he not only named the two
seepprs the persons to be killed, bat also
formed a request from Fengo, that the King o.
Britain would be kind enough to give bis daugh-
ter to Hamlet for a WIFE
The policy pursued by Hamlet during his So
journ in Britain The very reverse Of that
which he had adopted while he was al home in
Juliand Among the Danes he wish"d 10 pass
or fool ora ngadman hy the Brions be wished
10 be thought model of wisdom, He first ex-
cited thu geDera wonder bv refusing 10 taste
single mors4l, or to drink single drop al the
very muni6cent banquet which the king Of
Britain had provided for his reception. Indeed, ;,
SO much was the hoSpitablr monarch surprised
by N abstinence 50 unusual in the good old
tunes, that when Hamlet and lis attendants re-
tired 70 their sleeping apartments he ordered
Zone OF his servants 10 listen at the door, and
pick mp as much as he could Of tbe conversation.
Han,le'S attrndahtS, who shared the general ca-
rio>ty, no sooner found themselves alone with
him; han hey inquired into f6e cause Of his
mysterious abstinence. He quietly told them
that thp bread was stained olt blood, hat tIe
drink tasted Of ron, ard that the meat Suirh
like human corpse-algo and weighiy rea-
sons iof not making hearty Eseal- bis cong
panl0ns further asked him what be thought Fl
the king and qu+ensof Britain and his answer
showed tliat his opinion OF the diusriouS pair
was not very exalted. The king, he said. had
the eyes Of a Srrf, and As for thrfnern, she be-
tfaYed her slaeI>b origin by three distinct Signs.
Nnw, the king Of Britain was nali5saiiiSy' Of
kindly and pacific disposition, with The add
ti1nai qualification Of thai la6dablp spirit of
curiosity that 10 Later days has been stylrd thp
desire Of knowledge, 80 instead 6f ayifg iRio
a passion when his servants iniernned hqlFei
Hamlet diSFeSpsc itn observations, ish thofsgbt
they werr worthy oi caai and sefHias inlllset
Beginning Wiih4lle suljet ef dinlter. lte egAed
.wherrtir bread came from, and piss astg $50
ed, ea thu authority Of thr, court hatyef 90 ~
corn of Which u A}5s mad as fEl9
iiestd WHICH Sraa BATH had been fought, and
which had been selected 5y I11icious agrcuu-
ri>S on account Of its eNcesSivr tyftiitg.-
Clearly, Haml-t was uo' So wrong about The
bread 50 th- admlrng king pursued his iHvrS-
legations with rrfrrenc- lothr bacon, when It
urn~d out that the riGs Of the royal sty had
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