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Notes for lines 2951-end ed. Hardin A. Aasand
For explanation of sigla, such as jen, see the editions bib.
3703 To <keepe> my name {vngord:} <vngorg’d.> but {all} <till> that time5.2.250
3704 I doe receaue your offerd loue{,} like loue,
1826 sing1
sing1
3703 my name vngord] Singer (ed. 1826) : “i.e. unwounded. This is a piece of satire on fantatical honour. Though nature is satisfied, yet he will ask advice of older men of the sword, whether artificial honour ought to be contented with Hamlet’s apology.”
1857 elze1
elze1
3703 vngord] Elze (ed. 1857, 258): <p. 258>"Vgl. Troilus and Cressida I, 1: Paris is gor’d with Menelaus’ horn; III, 3: My fame is shrewdly gor’d. K. Lear V,3: And the gor’d state sustain. Sonnets cX: Gor’d mine own thoughts." A simple parallel
1860 mhal1
mhal1: notes that cln 2142-4 are abridged version of 3699-3701
1864-68 c&mc
c&mc
3703 Clarke & Clarke (ed. 1864-68, rpt. 1874-78): “In the Folio there is a misprint of ‘vngorg’d’ for ‘ungor’d;’ which is shown to be right by the Quarto copies. Very consonant with Laertes’ character is his present speech; he admits that he has received satisfaction for the wounds his ‘nature’ has received in the death of his father and the destruction of his sister, but reserves the right to demand farther atonement made to his hurt honour, until some persons of authority in questions of gentlemanly punctilio shall decide whether or not he may consider himself at liberty to remain satisfied, and feel that his reputation is untouched. The stiffness of egotistical susceptibility, the petty anxiety to preserve the world’s good opinion, the regard to social claims rather than to natural affections, the artificial gentleman and not the true gentleman,—all are admirably embodied in Laertes; and he forms, besides his dramatic fitness in the play wherein he figures, an excellent impersonated satire upon those empty gallants of whom shakespeare saw so many specimens in the fashionable circles of his day.”
1872 cln1
cln1
3703 vngord] Clark & Wright (ed. 1872): “Compare [Tro. 3.3.228 (2083-4)]: ‘I see my reputation is at stake; My fame is shrewdly gored;’ where the figure is evidently taken from bull-baiting.”
1885 macd
macd
3703 vngord] MacDonald (ed. 1885): “Perhaps ungorg’d might mean unthrottled.”
1890 irv2
irv2
3703 vngord] Symons (in Irving & Marshall, ed. 1890): “Compare [Tro. 3.3.227-28 (2083-4)]: ‘I see my reputation is at stake; My fame is shrewdly gor’d.’”
1906 nlsn
nlsn: standard
3703 vngord] Neilson (ed. 1906, Glossary)
1934 Wilson
Wilson
3703 To my name] Wilson (1934, 2:248) characterizes the Q2 omission of this F1 variant as “certainly omitted.” </p. 248>
1934 cam3
cam3 : standard
3703 vngord] Wilson (ed. 1934, Glossary)
1939 kit2
kit2
3703-05 but . . . it] Kittredge (ed. 1939): “The monstrous hypocrisy of these words, spoken as they are by a young nobleman whose instinct and training are honourable, shows the blind ruthlessness of the docrine of revenge and stands in marked contrast to Hamlet’s caution and conscience in his own case.”
kit2 ≈ standard
3703 vngord]
3703 vngord] Kittredge (ed. 1939, Glossary):
1947 cln2
cln2
3701-03 Till . . . vngord] Rylands (ed. 1947): “i.e. until I receive an authoritative decision justified by precedent to preserve my honour.”
cln2
3703-04 but . . . loue] Rylands (ed. 1947, Notes): “Hamlet appeals to the generosity of Laertes and Laertes responds with affected sincerity and a quibble about his honour. It is only when all is over that Laertes recovers his truth and manhood [3812-15].”
1954 sis
sis ≈ standard
3703 vngord] Sisson (ed. 1954, Glossary):
1957 pel1
pel1 : standard
3703 vngord]
1970 pel2
pel2=pel1
3703 vngord]
1980 pen2
pen2
3704 receaue] Spencer (ed. 1980): “accept.”
1982 ard2
ard2
3703 vngord] Jenkins (ed. 1982): “unwounded ((rather than ‘unstained’)), from the verb to gore, pierce. Cf. Hamlet’s fear of ‘a wounded name’ (([3830])); and [Tro. 3.3.228] [cites quote].”
1985 cam4
cam4 ≈ standard
3703 vngord]
1987 oxf4
oxf4 : OED ; standard
3703 vngord] Hibbard (ed. 1987): “earliest instance of ungored cited by OED.”
1988 bev2
bev2: standard
3703 name vngord]
1992 fol2
fol2≈ standard
3703 vngord]
1993 dent
dent
3703 but all that time] Andrews (ed. 1989): “but in the meantime.”
dent
3704 Andrews (ed. 1989): “accept your offer of reconciliation in the spirit in which it is tendered.”
2008 oed
oedstandard
3703 vngord]oed Unpierced ppl. a.1
3703 3704