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Excerpt from The Trial Of Hamlet |
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by
Steven Breese
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Shayla (Act I, Scene 5 -- in Court)
It must not be, it cannot be denied!
Surely these walls, the strength and pow'r of your
Not inconsiderable arms and men
Might hold abeyance over one young prince,
Whose rapier, sword and dagger by this court
Hath stripped to naked vulnerability.
What threat? What magic key could Hamlet try
To slip the latch your majesty has secured?
And 'scape this fortress, nay, the world-whose eyes
Lay tender e'en now upon our every move.
Good and noble King, let justice speak:
Say to the world this court fears not a one,
Not he-a student youth, a boy, a son.
Protect the day! Be justice not removed,
For one lives innocent till guilty proved!
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