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the stars extinct, the winds blowing, the bells tolling,
the owls shrieking, the toads croaking, the minutes
jarring, and the clock striking twelve. And then
at last, sir, starting, behold a man hanging, and
tottering and tottering, as you know the wind will
wave a man, and I with a trice to cut him down.
And looking upon him by the advantage of my
torch, find it to be my son Horatio. There you
may show a passion, there you may show a passion!
Draw me like old Priam of Troy, crying: 'The
house is a-fire, the house is a-fire, as the torch over
my head!' Make me curse, make me rave, make
me cry, make me mad, make me well again, make me
curse hell, invocate heaven, and in the end leave
me in a trance--and so forth. 163
Paint. And is this the end?
Hier. O no, there is no end: the end is death and
madness! As I am never better than when I am
mad: then methinks I am a brave fellow; then I
do wonders: but reason abuseth me, and there's
the torment, there's the hell. At the last, sir, bring
me to one of the murderers; were he as strong as
Hector, thus would I tear and drag him up and
down. 172
[He beats the painter in, then comes out again,
with a book in his hand.

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Spanish Tragedy: A Play. Contributors: Thomas Kyd - author, J. Schick - editor. Publisher: J. M. Dent. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1898. Page Number: 90.
    
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