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Chap. XLII.
STORY OF HAMLET.
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He causes all the shields of his followers to be richly
gilt, and, after a prosperous voyage, arrives at the court
of his father-in-law. He is joyfully received by the king,
and presented by his wife with a pledge of their mutual
affection, a son and heir.
The English king inquires after Fengo, and for the
first time hears of his death. Fengo was his ally, and
these two were bound together by a solemn promise to
avenge each other’s death, even if they spilt the last
drop of their blood in fulfilling their oaths. His
feelings are divided between his oath and affection for his
daughter, added to which, he highly esteems his
son-in-law. He conceals his feelings, greatly tormented by his
oath, until the queen dies. He then determines to get rid
of Amleth by some underhand means, and thus clear his
conscience. So he sends him on an embassy to Scotland
existing in Denmark are one or two figures on a rock near Heltborg, in
Thy. In Sweden they abound on the rocks of Bohuslän. A ship (a)
much resembling the comb termed by French hairdressers “ demeloire ”
—up on end—represents a voyage ; a tree a forest, &c. &c. Battles are
sometimes more fully described. I give specimens :—
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