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[FootnoteII.1: Polonius,] DoctorJohnsondescribesPoloniusas "amanbredincourts, exercisedinbusiness, storedwithobservation, confidentinhisknowledge, proudofhiseloquence, , becauseheknowshismindwasoncestrong, andknowsnotthatitisbecomeweak." TheideaofdotageencroachinguponwisdomwillsolveallthephenomenaofthecharacterofPolonius.

[FootnoteII.2: Hisbulk,] Frame.

[FootnoteII.3: Ecstacyoflove;] i.e., .

[FootnoteII.4:

Thismustbeknown; whichbeingkeptclose, mightmove

Moregrieftohidethanhatetoutterlove.

i.e., thismustbemadeknowntotheking, for (beingkeptsecret) thehidingHamlet'slovemightoccasionmoremischieftousfromhimandthequeen, thantheutteringorrevealingofitwilloccasionhateandresentmentfromHamlet.

ItwasthecustomofShakespeare'sage, toconcludeactsandsceneswithacouplet, acustomwhichwascontinuedfornearlyacenturyafterwards.

[FootnoteII.5: Theunderstandingofhimself,] i.e., thejustestimateofhimself.

[FootnoteII.6: Vouchsafeyourrest] Pleasetoreside.

[FootnoteII.7: Ofus,] i.e., overus.

[FootnoteII.8: Inthefullbent,] Tothefullstretchandrange—atermderivedfromarchery.

[FootnoteII.9: Thetrailofpolicy] Thetrailisthecourseofananimalpursuedbythescent.

[FootnoteII.10: Expostulate] Toexpostulateistodiscuss, toputtheprosandcons, toanswerdemandsuponthequestion.

Exposeisanoldtermofsimilarimport.

[FootnoteII.11: Perpend.] i.e., reflect, considerattentively.

[FootnoteII.12: MostbeautifiedOphelia,] Heywood, inhis