225 call in question demand an explanation
 
 Act 4 Scene 5
 
 8 an't if it
 
 13 overlooked looked over, read
 
 13 means means of access
 
 15 appointment equipment
 
 16 compelled necessary
 
 17 grapple forcible seizing of a ship for the purpose of boarding 19 thieves of mercy merciful thieves
 
 21 repair come
 
 23 too ... matter i.e. inadequate to convey the importance of the issue 23 bore caliber of a gun (Hamlet's words are bullets that are too small to fit) 28 way access
 
 Act 4 Scene 6
 
 1 my acquittance seal confirm my innocence
 
 3 Sith since
 
 3 knowing understanding/knowledgeable
 
 7 proceeded not did not take legal proceedings
 
 7 feats deeds/crimes
 
 8 capital punishable by death
 
 9 As ... up i.e. given that it was greatly in the interests of safety and prudence to do so 12 unsinewed weak
 
 16 conjunctive closely united (an astronomical term referring to proximity between planets) 17 sphere orbit; individual stars and planets were thought to be contained within concentric hollow spheres that revolved around the earth 18 but except, unless I were
 
 19 count account, reckoning, indictment
 
 20 general gender common people
 
 20 gender kind, sort
 
 22 spring ... stone a spring with high levels of lime in its water would petrify a piece of wood placed in it 23 gyves fetters
 
 24 Too slightly timbered i.e. too light
 
 28 terms circumstances
 
 29 go back again i.e. recall her as she was
 
 30 on mount on high
 
 34 shook with tugged (contemptuously) by
 
 43 Claudio a bluff, an intermediary, or Shakespeare's slip when he meant "Horatio"
 
 45 naked destitute