Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke. Actus Primus, Scena Prima • Paragraph 1156
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[Footnote III.104: _Though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me._] A _fret_ is a stop or key of a musical instrument. Here is, therefore, a play upon the words. Though you cannot fret, stop, or vex, you cannot play or impose upon me.]