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298 CORRECTION S AN D 1.5.

him downe, and there kept him, as a laughing stocke to al
their yawning spectators.

179. this do swear The line lacks a syllable, and
Pope read 'this do ye swear.' But 'this do swear,'
spoken with a solemn emphasis upon each word, is more
effective.
2. 2.
159. S.D. disorderly attired Travers notes (2.1. 79)
that the frontispiece to Hamlet in Rowe's ed. (1709),
which illustrates the apparition in the Bedroom Scene
(3.4.), shows Ham. with one stocking half-down.
172. God-a-mercy v. G. (add.).
173. know me =recognize me. Cf. 1. 2. 211.
184. Let her not walk i't/i'sun v. pp. 105-106 in
What happens in Hamlet for a further elucidation of this
passage.
239-40. the world's grown honest Cf. 11. 178-79
above, which show what Ham. thought of the world's
honesty. Cf. Adams, p. 240.
246-49. Denmark's a prison.. .dungeons Cf. Bright,
p. 263: 'The house.. .seemeth vnto the melancholicke
a prison or dungeon, rather than a place of assured
repose and rest.'
255. your ambition Adams, pp. 240-41 and Trench,
pp. 96—7 in part anticipate me here.
268. Shall we to th' court? Cf. Span. Trag. in. x.
104-105:
Nay, and you argue things so cunningly,
Weele goe continue this discourse at Court.
300-301. custom of exercises Add 'and 5.2.285.
Cf.alsoBright,p.3i,"exercises. . .wholyintermitted...
causing the blood to be thicke through setling." '
301-307. It goes so heavily.. .congregation of vapours
Cf. Bright, p. 106:
The body thus possessed with the vnchearefull, and dis-
comfortable darknes of melancholie, obscureth the Sonne