II.ii.109 (207,1) _To the celestial, and my soul's idol, the most beautified Ophelia_] [T: beatified] Both Sir Thomas Hanmer and Dr. Warburton have followed Theobald, but I am in doubt whether _beautified_, though, as Polonius calls it, a _vile phrase_, be not the proper word. _Beautified_ seems to be a _vile phrase_, for the ambiguity of its meaning, (rev. 1778, X, 241, 3) II.ii.126 (208,2) more above] is, _moreover, besides_. II.ii.145 (209,6) she took the fruits of my advice] She took the _fruits_ of advice when she obeyed advice, the advice was then made _fruitful_. II.ii.181 (211,9) For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog,/Being a god, kissing carrion] [This is Warburton's emendation for "a good kissing"] This is a noble emendation, which almost sets the critic on a level with the author. II.ii.265 (214,2) the shadow of a dream] Shakespeare has accidentally inverted an expression of Pindar, that the state of humanity is the _dream_ of a _shadow_. II.ii.269 (215,3) Then are our beggars, bodies] Shakespeare seems here to design a ridicule of these declamations against wealth and greatness, that seem to make happiness consist in poverty. II.ii.336 (217,7) shall end his part in peace] [After these words the folio adds, _the clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickled o' th' sere_. WARBURTON.] This passage I have omitted, for the same reason, I suppose, as the other editors: I do not understand it. II.ii.338 (217,8) the lady shall say her mind freely, or the blank verse shall halt for't] _The lady shall have no obstruction, unless from the lameness of the verse._ II.ii.346 (217,9) I think, their inhibition comes by the means of the late innovation] I fancy this is transposed: Hamlet enquires not about an _inhibition_, but an _innovation_; the answer therefore probably was, _I think, their_ innovation, _that is_, their new practice of strolling, _comes by the means of the late_ inhibition. II.ii.352-379 (218,1) _Ham._ How comes it? do they grow rusty?] The lines marked with commas are in the folio of 1623, but not in the quarto of 1637, nor, I suppose, in any of the quartos. II.ii.355 (218,2) cry out on the top of question] The meaning seems to be, they ask a common question in the highest notes of the voice. II.ii.362 (218,3) escoted] Paid. II.ii.362 (218,4) Will they pursue quality no longer than they can _sing_?] Will they follow the _profession_ of players no longer than they keep the voices of boys? So afterwards he says to the player, _Come, give us a taste of your_ quality; come, _a passionate speech_. II.ii.370 (219,6) to tarre them on to controversy] To provoke any animal to rage, is _to tarre him_. The word is said to come from the Greek. (1773) II.ii.380 (219,8) It is not very strange, for mine uncle is king of Denmark] I do not wonder that the new players have so suddenly risen to reputation, my uncle supplies another example of the facility with which honour is conferred upon new claimants.