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Let four captains
Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage,
For he was likely, had he been put on,
To have proved most royally. - William Shakespeare
Attribution: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Fortinbras, in Hamlet, act 5, sc. 2, l. 395-8. Hamlet receives a soldier’s funeral.

Categories: Death, Dramatist, Royalty

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