Ham. No, believe me, 'tis very cold; the
wind is northerly. 100
Osr. It is indifferent cold, my lord, indeed.
Ham. But yet methinks it is very sultry and
hot for my complexion. 103
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,— 108
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. 117
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
