Act 4, Scene 6

[Enter Horatio with a servant.]

Horatio

What are they that would speak with me? 

Servingman

Sailors, sir. They say they have letters for you.

Horatio

Let them come in. 
[Exit servant.]
I do not know from what part of the world
I should be greeted, if not from Lord Hamlet.
[Enter Sailor.]

Sailor   

God bless you, sir. 

Horatio   

Let him bless thee too.

Sailor

He shall, sir, an't please him. There's a letter came
for you, sir. It comes from th' ambassador that was bound
for England, if your name be Horatio, as I am let to
know it is.
 [He Horatio gives a letter.]

Horatio   

[Reading the letter.] 
“Horatio, when thou shalt have overlooked 
this, give these fellows some means to the king; they have
letters for him. Ere we were two days old at sea, a pirate
of very warlike appointment gave us chase. Finding
ourselves too slow of sail, we put on a compelled valor.
In the grapple, I boarded them. On the instant
they got clear of our ship, so I alone became their prisoner.
They have dealt with me like thieves of mercy. But they
knew what they did: I am to do a good turn for them.
Let the king have the letters I have sent, and repair thou to 
me with as much haste as thou wouldest fly death. I have
words to speak in your ear will make thee dumb, yet they are
much too light for the bore of the matter. These good    
fellows will bring thee where I am. Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern hold their course for England. Of them I
have much to tell thee. Farewell.
He that thou knowest thine,
                                               Hamlet."
Come, I will give you way for these your letters, 
And do't the speedier that you may direct me
To him from whom you brought them.
[Exit.]