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Ham. Did you^{[b 1]} not speak to it?

Hor. My lord, I did;
But answer made it none; yet once methought 215
It lifted up it^{[a 1]} head^{[b 2]} and did address
Itself to motion, like as it would speak;
But even then the morning cock crew loud,
And at the sound it shrunk in haste away
And vanish'd from our sight.

Ham. 'Tis very strange. 220

Hor. As I do live, my honour'd^{[a 2]} lord, 'tis true;
And we did think it writ down in our duty
To let you know of it.

Ham. Indeed, indeed,^{[a 3]} sirs, but this troubles me.
Hold you the watch to-night?

Mar., Ber. We do, my lord. 225

Ham. Arm'd,^{[b 3]} say you?

Mar, Ber. Arm'd, my lord.

Ham. From top to toe

Mar., Ber. My lord, from head to foot.

Ham. Then saw you not his face?^{[a 4][b 4]}

Hor. O, yes, my lord; he wore his beaver^{[b 5]} up.

Ham. What, look'd he^{[a 5]} frowningly? 230

1. 216. it] its Qq 5, 6, Ff 3, 4; his Q 1.
2. 221. honour'd] honourable Ff 2–4.
3. 224. Indeed, indeed] Q 1, F; Indeede Q.
4. 228. face?] F, face. Q.
5. 230. What, look'd he] How look't he, Q 1.

1. 214. Did you] Actors commonly emphasise "you"; Marcellus and Bernardo had been silent. Steevens argues for emphasis on "speak."
2. 216. it head] "The possessive it occurs fourteen times, in the Folio (not counting a doubtful case in Two Gentlemen of Verona, V. ii. 21), it's nine times, and its only once" (Rolfe). The usual form of the possessive of it in Elizabethan writers is his.
3. 226. Arm'd] Refers, of course, to the Ghost.
4. 228. face?] The Q face. may be right, uttered with a tone of disappointed expectation.
5. 229. beaver] "In the 16th century the beaver became confounded with the visor, and could be pushed up entirely over the top of the helmet, and drawn down at pleasure" (Planché).