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Hamlet

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106 mettle temperament, spirit

107 skirts outlying parts

108 sharked up gathered up indiscriminately, as a shark does fish/seized upon like a predator 108 list troop

108 resolutes resolved people/desperadoes

109 For ... enterprise i.e. men who will serve in return for food/men who will serve to feed the enterprise 110 a stomach courage/an appetite

111 state governing powers

113 compulsative compulsory

116 head origin

117 post-haste great speed

117 rummage turmoil, bustle

118 soft wait a moment

118 Lo look

119 cross it challenge it/make the sign of the cross at it/cross its path (believed to expose one to evil influence) 119 blast wither/destroy

126 haply perhaps

127 uphoarded hoarded up

128 Extorted wrongfully obtained

131 partisan long-handled spear

132 stand stop, remain

147 Th'extravagant and erring the wandering and straying (out of bounds) 147 hies hastens

148 confine specific region/place of confinement

149 probation proof

151 gainst in anticipation of/just before

152 our Saviour i.e. Jesus Christ

153 bird of dawning i.e. the cock

155 wholesome healthy (damp night air was usually viewed as noxious) 155 strike destroy with evil influence

156 talks whispers spells (some editors prefer Quarto's "takes," enchants/steals) 156 charm cast spells

157 hallowed holy

157 gracious full of divine grace

159 russet reddish brown (from the coarse cloth of that color)

Act 1 Scene 2



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