Note to Hamlet, 4.7.137-139: "you may choose / A sword unbated, and in a pass of practise / Requite him for your father"

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Hamlet,
Act 4, Scene 7, line 137
parts of a fencing foil
This fencing foil, because it has a button at the tip, is not 'unbated'.


King Claudius explaining to Horatio the plot against Hamlet
Illustrator: H. C. Selous