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Notes for lines 0-1017 ed. Bernice W. Kliman

For explanation of sigla, such as jen, see the editions bib.

557 Tis tolde me he hath very oft of late	1.3.91

1710 Gildon

Gildon

557-601 Gildon (1710, p. 398): “If the young Ladies wou’d Study these Pages they wou’d Guard their Vertues and Honors better, than many of them do.” See Gildon CN 523

1770 Gentleman

Gentleman

557-601 Gentleman (1770, 1: 17): “Polonius’ observations to Ophelia are prudent and descriptive of paternal affection.”

2006 ard3q2

ard3q2

557-9 Thompson & Taylor (ed. 2006): “Polonius puts the meetings into a highly formal context, implying that it is improper (or at least unusual) for a prince to give an unmarried girl private time and for her to grant him ’free and bounteous audience’.”

ard3q2

557, 565 of late] Thompson & Taylor (ed. 2006): “recently. The implication would seem to be that Hamlet and Ophelia have been spending time together quite recently, that is since his return from Wittenberg, but this is not very compatible with his preoccupation with his father’s death. The inconsistency is comparable with the contradictions in the role of Horatio (see [352]n.).”