Marlowe's Dido, Queen of Carthage.]
[Footnote 7: 'milche'—capable of giving milk: here capable of tears, which the burning eyes of the gods were not before.]
[Footnote 8: 'And would have made passion in the Gods.']
[Footnote 9: 'whether'.]
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were better haue a bad Epitaph, then their ill report while you liued.[1] [Sidenote: live]
Pol. My Lord, I will vse them according to their desart.
Ham. Gods bodykins man, better. Vse euerie [Sidenote: bodkin man, much better,] man after his desart, and who should scape whipping: [Sidenote: shall] vse them after your own Honor and Dignity. The lesse they deserue, the more merit is in your bountie. Take them in.
Pol. Come sirs. Exit Polon.[2]
Ham. Follow him Friends: wee'l heare a play to morrow.[3] Dost thou heare me old Friend, can you play the murther of Gonzago?