Hamlet

268 outstretched reaching out ambitiously/elongated like shadows 269 fay faith

270 wait upon accompany (Hamlet emphasizes the sense of "serve") 271 No such matter i.e. I'll have no such thing

271 sort class

273 dreadfully attended poorly waited upon (with possible play on sense of "haunted by dire visions") 273 beaten way well-trodden path

277 too ... halfpenny too expensive at a halfpenny (i.e. worthless)/too expensive by a halfpenny (if the visitors are not being honest about the reason for their visit) 282 anything ... purpose anything irrelevant, any lie you wish

284 modesties decency/sense of shame

284 colour disguise, excuse

287 conjure entreat, appeal to

288 consonancy harmony, friendship

289 what more dear whatever more precious thing

290 proposer questioner

290 charge urge, entreat

291 even level/honest

293 of on

296 my ... discovery my saying it first mean that you are not forced to reveal anything 298 moult no feather remain undiminished

299 custom of exercise usual pursuits/gentlemanly activities

300 heavily dejectedly

301 frame framework, structure (like canopy, may also evoke the physical structure of the theater building) 301 sterile promontory barren point of land jutting out into the sea 302 brave splendid

303 firmament sky

303 fretted adorned

307 express well-designed/expressive/exact

308 apprehension understanding

310 quintessence essence/purest form (literally the "fifth essence," of which heavenly bodies were composed and supposedly present in all matter) 316 Lenten entertainment poor reception/meager employment, i.e. appropriate to Lent 317 coted overtook

320 tribute homage/payment

321 foil and target sword and shield

321 gratis for nothing (Latin)

322 humorous moody or ill-tempered (with an imbalance of the four bodily "humours," fluids thought to control mood) 323 tickled o'th'sear easily triggered (to laughter)

323 sear part of the mechanism involved in firing a gun

324 halt limp (if the actor playing the lady is interrupted by heckling from the audience the rhythm of his spe

ech will be lost) 326 wont accustomed