Hamlet

1.2 Location: the royal castle at Elsinore

2 green fresh

4 contracted knit together

5 discretion good judgment, reason

8 sometime former

9 jointress widow with rights to property that she formerly owned with her husband 11 one ... eye one eye looking cheerfully to the future and the other downcast and tearful 13 dole sorrow

14 barred ignored/excluded

17 that you know what you should know, that/what you already know

18 supposal estimate

21 Colleagued joined, allied

21 dream ... advantage illusion of his superior position/dream of what he might gain 23 Importing concerning

29 impotent powerless, frail

29 bedrid bedridden

31 His i.e. Fortinbras'

31 gait proceeding

31 in ... subject since the full number of troops mustered is drawn from his (the king's) subjects 37 To for

38 dilated articles detailed, fully expressed terms

39 haste ... duty speedy departure, rather than words, convey your dutifulness 41 nothing not at all

43 suit formal request

44 Dane Danish king

45 lose your voice waste your words

46 That ... asking that I shall not give you rather than have you ask for it 47 native closely related

48 instrumental serviceable

51 Dread my lord my revered lord

52 leave and favour kind permission

57 bow them submit themselves

57 leave and pardon indulgent permission

62 graces qualities/virtues

63 cousin a general term for a relative

64 A ... kind i.e. after his marriage to Gertrude, Claudius has become more closely (too closely) related to Hamlet, but the relationship is lacking in natural feeling 64 kind natural/familial/affectionate