Page 167 of Hamlet


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127 wonderful astonishing, extraordinary

132 once ever

136 arrant downright/notorious

140 circumstance roundabout talk/details

142 as i.e. in the direction that

150 Saint Patrick the keeper of Purgatory

152 honest genuine (i.e. not an evil spirit)

154 O'ermaster't repress it

161 not I i.e. I will not tell (not "I will not swear")

163 sword i.e. the hilt of the sword (the shape of a cross) 166 under the stage accessed through the trapdoor, this region was often associated with hell 168 truepenny honest fellow

169 cellarage cellars

175 Hic et ubique? "Here and everywhere?" (Latin)

182 pioneer soldier whose responsibility it was to dig trenches

182 remove move

184 stranger i.e. one in need of hospitality

187 never ... mercy never, as you hope for God's mercy (Hamlet begins the oath) 188 How ... soe'er however strangely or oddly

190 antic grotesque/fantastic/bizarre

192 encumbered entangled (i.e. folded)

192 headshake shaking the head

193 doubtful ambiguous

194 an if if

195 list wished 'There ... might' there are those who might tell, if they could 196 giving out utterance/suggestion

196 note indicate

201 commend me entrust myself

202 what whatever

203 friending friendship

205 still always

206 The time things generally, the age

206 out of joint dislocated, disordered

Act 2 Scene 1

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