Hamlet

225 call in question demand an explanation

Act 4 Scene 5

8 an't if it

13 overlooked looked over, read

13 means means of access

15 appointment equipment

16 compelled necessary

17 grapple forcible seizing of a ship for the purpose of boarding 19 thieves of mercy merciful thieves

21 repair come

23 too ... matter i.e. inadequate to convey the importance of the issue 23 bore caliber of a gun (Hamlet's words are bullets that are too small to fit) 28 way access

Act 4 Scene 6

1 my acquittance seal confirm my innocence

3 Sith since

3 knowing understanding/knowledgeable

7 proceeded not did not take legal proceedings

7 feats deeds/crimes

8 capital punishable by death

9 As ... up i.e. given that it was greatly in the interests of safety and prudence to do so 12 unsinewed weak

16 conjunctive closely united (an astronomical term referring to proximity between planets) 17 sphere orbit; individual stars and planets were thought to be contained within concentric hollow spheres that revolved around the earth 18 but except, unless I were

19 count account, reckoning, indictment

20 general gender common people

20 gender kind, sort

22 spring ... stone a spring with high levels of lime in its water would petrify a piece of wood placed in it 23 gyves fetters

24 Too slightly timbered i.e. too light

28 terms circumstances

29 go back again i.e. recall her as she was

30 on mount on high

34 shook with tugged (contemptuously) by

43 Claudio a bluff, an intermediary, or Shakespeare's slip when he meant "Horatio"

45 naked destitute