Hamlet

308 amazement bewilderment/alarm

308 admiration astonishment, wonder

309 wonderful astonishing/excellent

312 closet private room

315 trade dealings (a deliberately derogatory term here)

317 pickers and stealers hands

319 liberty freedom from mental anguish (but a suggestive image of literal imprisonment) 319 deny refuse to tell

324 "While ... grows" the rest of the proverb is "the horse starves"

327 withdraw speak privately

328 recover ... toil a hunting metaphor: the hunter would get to the windward side of the prey (recover the wind), allowing it to scent him and thus driving the animal in the opposite direction and into a net (toil) 330 if ... unmannerly i.e. if I am overly bold in my behavior it is my love for you that is to blame 339 ventages holes (or stops)

348 mystery secret/craft, skill (playing an instrument)

348 sound question/produce music from

349 compass range

352 fret irritate/provide with frets (ridges for fingering on a lute) 355 presently straightaway

358 By th'mass by the Mass (a common oath)

364 fool ... bent indulge me in my foolishness to the limit/force me to play the fool to the limit of my ability (or endurance) 373 nature natural feelings

374 Nero Roman emperor who murdered his mother

378 How ... shent however much I rebuke and punish her verbally 378 somever to whatever extent

379 give them seals i.e. by acting upon them

Act 3 Scene 3

1 him i.e. his behavior

3 dispatch make ready/deal with promptly

5 terms ... estate conditions or responsibilities of my position as king 8 provide prepare, equip

9 fear concern, responsibility

12 single and peculiar individual and private

14 noyance vexation/harm

15 weal welfare

16 cease cessation/decease

17 gulf whirlpool

18 massy massive/weighty