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Ham. No, believe me, 'tis very cold; the

wind is northerly.

Osr. It is indifferent cold, my lord, indeed.

Ham. But yet methinks it is very sultry and

hot for my complexion.

Osr. Exceedingly, my lord; it is very sultry,

as 'twere, I cannot tell how. But, my lord, his

majesty bade me signify to you that he has laid

a great wager on your head. Sir, this is the

matter,—

Ham. I beseech you, remember—

[Hamlet moves him to put on his hat.]

Osr. Nay, good my lord; for mine ease, in

good faith. [Sir, here is newly come to court

Laertes; believe me, an absolute gentleman, full

of most excellent differences, of very soft society

and great showing; indeed, to speak feelingly of

him, he is the card or calendar of gentry, for you

shall find in him the continent of what part a

gentleman would see.

Ham. Sir, his definement suffers no perdition

in you; though, I know, to divide him invento-

rially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and

yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail.

But, in the verity of extolment, I take him to be

a soul of great article; and his infusion of such

dearth and rareness, as, to make true diction of

him, his semblable is his mirror; and who else

would trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.

 109 remember; cf. n.

110 mine ease; cf. n.

112 absolute: perfect

113 differences: distinguishing features

soft: gentle

115 card: directory

118 definement: description

perdition: loss

119 divide inventorially: catalogue

121 yaw: stagger; cf. n.

neither: too

123 great article: large scope

infusion: character imparted by nature

125 semblable: like

126 trace: follow

umbrage: shadow

