Gardeners

Hamlet, [5.1.26-31]. First Clown. “Why, there thou say’st. And the more pity that great folk should have count’nance in this world to drown or hang themselves, more than their even-Christen. Come, my spade. There is no ancient gentlemen but gard’ners, ditchers, and grave-makers. They hold up Adam’s profession.”

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