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begotten in a plum-tree, I ha' such a deal of gum about
mine eyes' (Dowden).
208. Will you walk out of the air> my lord? Fresh
air was thought bad for an invalid, and Pol. is thus
politely suggesting that Ham. is not quite himself,
v. Tilley, 751. Cf. Jonson, E.M.I. 2. 3. 40-8
l
Dame. What aile you sweet heart, are you not well...
for loues sake, sweet heart, come in, out of the aire.
Kitely. How simple, and how subtill are her answers!'
There is clearly borrowing here, prob. unconscious, by
either Jonson or Sh.; E.M.I, was first acted, with Sh.
in the cast, in the autumn of 1598.
209. grave. (Q 2) F l 'graue?'
210. that's (Q 2) F 1 'that is.'
(
212. sanity Fi) Q2 'sanctity' Cf. note I. 3. 21
and MSH. p. 107.
227-28. My excellent.. .you both? Ham.'s greeting
is at first most friendly and natural; his manner cools and
his 'disposition' grows more 'antic' as his suspicions
grow.
236. privates i.e. intimate friends (with a quibble).
239-40.* the world's grown honest Hardly a tactful
remark to the dispossessed heir of Denmark; it arrests
his attention and leads him to 'question more in par-
ticular.'
242-7 2. Let me question... dreadfully attended (F1)
Q2 omits, possibly because the talk of Denmark as a
'prison' was thought dangerous with a Danish queen
on the throne. MSH. pp. 96-8.
252-53. there is.. .makes it so A commonplace of
the age; cf. Spenser, F.Q. vi. ix. 30 'It is the mind that
maketh good or ill'; Euphues (Bond, i. 193) 'it is ye
disposition of the thought yt altereth ye nature of ye
thing. The Sun shineth vppon the dungehill and is not
corrupted' (the juxtaposition of the two sentiments is
interesting, cf. note 2.2.181-82 above); Oth. 1. 3. 322-
23 "tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus,' etc.