, herself:
because her tears flowed from the loss of a father--those of the
Queen ought to flow for her guilt.]

[Footnote IV.29: _There's a daisy:_] A daisy signified a warning
to young women, not to trust the fair promises of their lovers.]

[Footnote IV.30: _I would give you some violets_,] Violets
signified faithfulness.]

[Footnote IV.31: _For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy,--_] Part
of an old song.]

[Footnote IV.32: _Thought and affliction_,] Thought here, as in
many other places, means melancholy.]

[Footnote IV.33: _I must commune with your grief_,] _i.e._,
confer, discuss, or argue with.]

[Footnote IV.34: _No trophy, sword, nor hatchment o'er his
bones_,] Not only the sword, but the helmet, gauntlet, spurs, and
tabard, (_i.e._, a coat whereon the armorial ensigns were
anciently depicted, from whence the term _coat_ of armour), are
hung over the grave of every knight.]

[Footnote IV.35: _Cry to be heard_,] All these multiplied
incitements are things which cry, &c.]

[Footnote IV.36: _Let the great axe fall._] _i.e._, the axe that
is to be laid to the root.]

[Footnote IV.37: _Naked on your kingdom_,] _i.e._, unprovided and
defenceless.]

[Footnote IV.38: _'Tis Hamlet's character_,] Peculiar mode of
shaping his letters.]

[Footnote IV.39: _Made confession of_] Acknowledged.]

[Footnote IV.40: _In your defence_,] _i.e._, "in your art and
science of defence."]

[Footnote IV.41: _He, being remiss_,] _i.e._, unsuspicious, not
cautious.]

[Footnote IV.42: _Peruse the foils_;] Closely inspect them.]

[Footnote IV.43: _A sword unbated_,] Not blunted, as foils are by
a button fixed to the end.]

[Footnote IV.44: _In a pass of practice_,] This probably means
some favourite pass, some trick of fencing, with which Hamlet was
inexperienced, and by which Laertes may be sure of success.]

[Footnote IV.45: _No cataplasm_,] _i.e._, poultice--a healing
application.]

[Footnote IV.46: _Collected from all simples_,] _i.e._, from all
ingredients in medicine.]

[Footnote IV.47: _On your cunnings_,] _i.e._, on your dexterity.]

[Footnote IV.48: _In your motion_] Exercise, rapid evolutions.]

[Footnote IV.49: _For the nonce_;] _i.e._, present purpose or
design.]

[Footnote IV.50: _Venom'd stuck_,] Thrust. Stuck was a term of