Chapter 11 -THE COURTIER.

Hamlet.-Dost thou know this water-fly?

Horatio.-No, my good lord.

Hamlet.-Thy state is the more gracious; for 'tis a vice to know him.

SHAKESPEARE.

Here on my knees by heaven's blest nower I swear,

If you persist, I ne'er henceforth will see you;

But rather wander through the world a beggar,

And live on sordid scraps at poor me