Osr. Your lordship speaks most infallibly of
him. 128
Ham. The concernancy, sir? why do we wrap
the gentleman in our more rawer breath?
Osr. Sir?
Hor. Is 't not possible to understand in an-
other tongue? You will do 't, sir, really. 133
Ham. What imports the nomination of this
gentleman?
Osr. Of Laertes? 136
Hor. His purse is empty already; all 's
golden words are spent.
Ham. Of him, sir.
Osr. I know you are not ignorant— 140
Ham. I would you did, sir; in faith, if you
did, it would not much approve me. Well, sir.]
Osr. You are not ignorant of what excellence
Laertes is—
[Ham. I dare not confess that, lest I should
compare with him in excellence; but, to know a
man well, were to know himself. 147
Osr. I mean, sir,] for his weapon; [but in the
imputation laid on him by them, in his meed
he's unfellowed.]
Ham. What's his weapon?
Osr. Rapier and dagger. 152
Ham. That's two of his weapons; but, well.
Osr. The king, sir, hath wagered with him six
Barbary horses; against the which he has im-
poned, as I take it, six French rapiers and
129 concernancy: meaning
130 more rawer: too unskilled
132 another tongue; cf. n.
134 nomination: naming
142 approve me: commend me
146 compare with: vie with
149 imputation: reputation
meed: merit, worth
150 unfellowed: without an equal
155 imponed: staked
