[Footnote 1: There are various tales of the blasting power of evil ghosts.]
[Footnote 2: Plain doubt, and strong.]
[Footnote 3: 'sound of voice, or use of voice': physical or mental faculty of speech.]
[Footnote 4: I judge this It a mistake for H., standing for Horatio: he would stop it.]
[Footnote 5: Not in Q.]
[Footnote 6: 'As we cannot hurt it, our blows are a mockery; and it is wrong to mock anything so majestic': For belongs to shew; 'We do it wrong, being so majestical, to offer it what is but a show of violence, for it is, &c.']
[Footnote 7: 1st Q. 'his earely and shrill crowing throate.']
[Footnote 8: straying beyond bounds.]
[Footnote 9: wandering.]
[Footnote 10: 'gave proof.']