Commentary notes (CN):

1. SMALL CAPS Indicate editions. Notes for each commentator are divided into three parts:

In the 1st two lines of a record, when the name of the source text (the siglum) is printed in SMALL CAPS, the comment comes from an EDITION; when it is in normal font, it is derived from a book, article, ms. record or other source. We occasionally use small caps for ms. sources and for works related to editions. See bibliographies for complete information (in process).

2. How comments are related to predecessors' comments. In the second line of a record, a label "without attribution" indicates that a prior writer made the same or a similar point; such similarities do not usually indicate plagiarism because many writers do not, as a practice, indicate the sources of their glosses. We provide the designation ("standard") to indicate a gloss in common use. We use ≈ for "equivalent to" and = for "exactly alike."

3. Original comment. When the second line is blank after the writer's siglum, we are signaling that we have not seen that writer's gloss prior to that date. We welcome correction on this point.

4. Words from the play under discussion (lemmata). In the third line or lines of a record, the lemmata after the TLN (Through Line Number] are from Q2. When the difference between Q2 and the authors' lemma(ta) is significant, we include the writer's lemma(ta). When the gloss is for a whole line or lines, only the line number(s) appear. Through Line Numbers are numbers straight through a play and include stage directions. Most modern editions still use the system of starting line numbers afresh for every scene and do not assign line numbers to stage directions.

5. Bibliographic information. In the third line of the record, where we record the gloss, we provide concise bibliographic information, expanded in the bibliographies, several of which are in process.

6. References to other lines or other works. For a writer's reference to a passage elsewhere in Ham. we provide, in brackets, Through Line Numbers (TLN) from the Norton F1 (used by permission); we call these xref, i.e., cross references. We call references to Shakespearean plays other than Ham. “parallels” (//) and indicate Riverside act, scene and line number as well as TLN. We call references to non-Shakespearean works “analogues.”

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1854 del2

del2

62 sometimes] Delius (ed. 1854): “‘einstmals,’ nicht wie Voss, der ‘oft’ übersetzt, missversteht ‘bisweilen.’ [‘At one time,’ not as Voss mistranslates ‘bisweilen’ meaning sometimes.

del2

62 march] Delius (ed. 1854): “—to march drücht ein feierliches Einherschreiten aus.” [to march expresses a solemn approach.]

1872 cln1

cln1

62 sometimes] Clark & Wright (ed. 1872): “Here used, as in [R2 1.2.54 (271)] and [5. 5.75 (2743), in the sense of ‘sometime.’”

1874 Corson

Corson: F1; cam1 +

62 I charge thee speake] Corson (1874, p. 9): “‘speak’ is an infinitive after ‘charge,’ and not an imperative as the [cam1] makes it by the use of the comma. In [65], it is an imperative, and is preceded in F. by a comma.”

1878 rlf1

rlf1 ≈ cln1 without attribution , // R2; // H8 2.4.81 etc.

62 sonetimes] Rolfe (ed. 1878): Interchangeable with sometime = formerly.

1881 hud3

hud3 ≈ rlf1 without attribution

62 sometimes] Hudson (ed. 1881): “Sometimes and sometime were used indiscriminately, and often, as here, in the sense of formerly.”

1885 macd

macd ≈ hud3 without attribution

62 sometimes] MacDonald (ed. 1885): “formerly.”

1891 dtn1

dtn1 ≈ macd without attribution

62 sometimes]

1899 ard1

ard1: dtn1 without attribution

62 sometimes]

1913 tut2

tut2: standard gloss +

62 sometimes] Goggin (ed. 1913): “the ending -es is adverbial, being the old genitive inflection.”

1929 trav

trav

62 march] Travers (ed. 1929): the walk of one in armor.

1931 crg1

crg1: standard gloss

62 sometimes]

1939 kit2

kit2: standard

62 sometimes] Kittredge (ed. 1939): "sometime, formerly."

1947 cln2

cln2: standard gloss

62 sometimes]

1957 pel1

pel1: standard

62 sometimes] Farnham (ed. 1957): “formerly.”

1970 pel2

pel2 = pel1: standard

62 sometimes] Farnham (ed. 1970): “formerly”

1992 fol2

fol2 standard

62 sometimes] Mowat & Werstine (ed. 1992): “formerly“

1993 dent

dent

62 by . . . speake] Andrews (ed. 1993), citing 1 John 4.1 (“believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God”), says that Horatio follows correct procedure in conjuring the ghost by heaven.

2000 Edelman

Edelman: OED; ≈ cam1 without attribution

62 charge] Edelman (2000): “A task or duty laid upon one, a commission (OED sb 12). [ . . .]

“‘To charge’ in the sense of ‘to order’ is not always military,” and he cites Horatio’s words to the ghost.

2006 ard3q2

ard3q2

62 sometimes] Thompson & Taylor (ed. 2006): “formerly, i.e. when he was alive”