[Footnote 5: Not in Q.]
[Footnote 6: going; advance. Note in Norway also, as well as in
Denmark, the succession of the brother.]
[Footnote 7: (giving them papers).]
[Footnote 8: Which of these is right, I cannot tell. Dilated means expanded, and would refer to _the scope; delated means committed—to them, to limit them.]
[Footnote 9: idea of duty.]
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Volt. In that, and all things, will we shew our duty.
King. We doubt it nothing, heartily farewell.
[Sidenote: 74] [1]Exit Voltemand and Cornelius.
And now Laertes, what's the newes with you?
You told vs of some suite. What is't Laertes?
You cannot speake of Reason to the Dane,
And loose your voyce. What would'st thou beg Laertes,
That shall not be my Offer, not thy Asking?[2]
The Head is not more Natiue to the Heart,
The Hand more Instrumentall to the Mouth,
Then is the Throne of Denmarke to thy Father.[3]
What would'st thou haue Laertes?