Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke. Actus Primus, Scena Prima • Paragraph 444
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[Footnote I.105: _Rots itself in ease on Lethe wharf_,] _i.e._, in indolence and sluggishness, by its torpid habits contributes to that morbid state of its juices which may figuratively be denominated rottenness.]