Pol. Affection! pooh! you speak like a green girl,
Unsifted in such perilous circumstance.
Do you believe his tenders, as you call them?
Oph. I do not know, my lord, what I should think. 104
Pol. Marry, I'll teach you: think yourself a baby,
That you have ta'en these tenders for true pay,
Which are not sterling. Tender yourself more dearly;
Or,—not to crack the wind of the poor phrase,
Roaming it thus,—you'll tender me a fool. 109
Oph. My lord, he hath importun'd me with love
In honourable fashion.
Pol. Ay, fashion you may call it: go to, go to.
Oph. And hath given countenance to his speech, my lord, 113
With almost all the holy vows of heaven.
Pol. Ay, springes to catch woodcocks. I do know,
When the blood burns, how prodigal the soul 116
Lends the tongue vows: these blazes, daughter,
Giving more light than heat, extinct in both,
Even in their promise, as it is a-making,
You must not take for fire. From this time 120
Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence;
Set your entreatments at a higher rate
Than a command to parley. For Lord Hamlet,
Believe so much in him, that he is young, 124
And with a larger tether may he walk
Than may be given you: in few, Ophelia,
Do not believe his vows, for they are brokers,
Not of that dye which their investments show,
101 green: inexperienced
102 Unsifted: untried
circumstance: state of affairs
107 sterling: legal currency
Tender: have a regard for
115 springes: snares
woodcocks; cf. n.
122 entreatments: conversations, interviews
126 in few: briefly
127 brokers: go-betweens, procurers
128 investments: vestments, clothes
