NOTES.
THE MEANING OF "DRINK UP EISELL" IN HAMLET.
Few passages have been more discussed than this wild challenge of Hamlet to Laertes at the grave of Ophelia:
"Ham. I lov'd Ophelia! forty thousand brothers
Could not, with all their quantity of love,
Make up my sum. What wilt thou do for her?
—Zounds! show me what thou'lt do?
Woo't weep? Woo't fight? Woo't fast? Woo't tear
thyself?
Woo't drink up Eisell? eat a crocodile?