To sinner it or saint it,

is in Pope.  And Rowe,

  —­Thus to coy it,
  To one who knows you too.

The folio has it,

  —­roaming it thus,—­

That is, letting yourself loose to such improper liberty.  But wronging seems to be more proper.

I.iii.112 (175,7) fashion you may call it] She uses fashion for manner, and he for a transient practice.

I.iii.122 (175,8) Set your intreatments] Intreatments here means company, conversation, from the French entretien.

I.iii.125 (175,9) larger tether] Tether is that string by which an animal, set to graze in grounds uninclosed, is confined within the proper limits. (1773)

I.iii.132 (176,2) I would not, in plain terms, from this time forth,/ Have you so slander any moment’s leisure] [The humour of this is fine.  WARBURTON.] Here is another fine passage, of which I take the beauty to be only imaginary.  Polonius says, in plain terms, that is, not in language less elevated or embellished than before, but in terms that cannot be misunderstood:  I would not have you so disgrace your most idle moments, as not to find better employment for them than lord Hamlet’s conversation.

I.iv.9 (177,3) the swaggering up-spring] The blustering upstart.

I.iv.17 (177,4) This heavy-headed revel, east and west] I should not have suspected this passage of ambiguity or obscurity, had I not found my opinion of it differing from that of the learned critic [Warburton].  I construe it thus, This heavy-headed revel makes us traduced east and west, and taxed of other nations.

I.iv.22 (178,5) The pith and marrow of our attribute] The best and most valuable part of the praise that would be otherwise attributed to us.

I.iv.32 (178,7) fortune’s scar] In the old quarto of 1637, it is

  —­fortune’s star: 

But I think scar is proper.

I.iv.34 (178,8) As infinite as man may undergo] As large as can be accumulated upon man.

I.iv.39-57 (179,2) Angels and ministers of grace defend us!] Hamlet’s speech to the apparition of his father seems to me to consist of three parts.  When first he sees the spectre, he fortifies himself with an invocation.

  Angel and ministers of grace defend us!

As the spectre approaches, he deliberates with himself, and determines, that whatever it be he will venture to address it.

Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn’d, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com’st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee.  I’ll call thee, &c.

This he says while his father is advancing; he then, as he had determined, speaks to him, and calls him—­Hamlet, King, Father, Royal Dane:  oh! answer me. (1773)