Pope, who has been generally followed, struck out 'not'; but though the printers often omitted the negative (as once already in this play) they rarely added it. We have, however, an instance in Much Ado, iii. 2, and it might be better to suppose the same to be the case here. We might also read 'unwept,' which occurs in Rich. III. ii. 2, or, as I have done, 'unbewept,' as the initial un is at times omitted. See on Cymb. i. 7.


"All from her father's death. And now, behold....

O Gertrude, Gertrude!"

'And now behold' is added from the 4tos. Punctuated as here it seems effective.


Sc. 7.

"And not gone where I had aim'd them."


"As how should it but be so? how otherwise?