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The glass of fashion, and the mould of form,
The observed of all observers,^{[b 1]} quite, quite down!
And I,^{[a 1]} of ladies most deject and wretched,
That suck'd the honey of his music^{[a 2]} vows,
Now see that noble^{[a 3]} and most sovereign reason, 165
Like sweet bells jangled out of tune,^{[a 4][b 2]} and harsh;
That unmatched form and feature^{[a 5][b 3]} of blown youth
Blasted with ecstasy;^{[b 4]} Oh, woe is me,
To have seen what I have seen, see what I see!^{[a 6][b 5]}

Re-enter King and Polonius.

King. Love?^{[a 7]} his affections^{[b 6]} do not that way tend; 170
Nor what he spake, though it lack'd form a little.
Was not like madness. There's something in his soul
O'er which his melancholy sits on brood;
And I do doubt the hatch and the disclose^{[b 7]}

1. 163. And I] Q, Have I F.
2. 164. music] F, musickt Q.
3. 165. that noble] F, what noble Q.
4. 166. jangled out of tune,] F, jangled out of time, Q, jangled out of tune. Capell and many editors.
5. 167. feature] F, stature Q.
6. 169. see!] Q marks Exit here. So Elze.
7. 170. Love?] F, Love, Q.

1. 162. observed of all observers] Perhaps meaning honoured by all who pay the marks of honour, a common meaning of observer.
2. 166. tune] The Q misprint time occurs in F, Macbeth, IV. iii. 235.
3. 167. feature] the whole shape or cast of the body, as frequently in Shakespeare.
4. 168. ecstasy] see ii. i. 102.
5. 169. see!] Elze supposes that Ophelia withdraws to seek her father, returns at line 186, and is immediately sent away.
6. 170. affections] emotions or passions.
7. 174. disclose] Steevens quotes The Booke of Huntynge, Hawkyng, Fishing: "First they ben eges, and after they ben disclosed haukes." See V. i. 309.