The lady doth protest too much, methinks

Hamlet
Madam, how like you this play?
Queen
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

Hamlet
O, but she’ll keep her word.
King
Have you heard the argument? Is there no
offense in ’t?
Hamlet
No, no, they do but jest, poison in jest. No
offense i’ th’ world.
King
What do you call the play?
Hamlet
“The Mousetrap.” Marry, how? Tropically.
This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna.
Gonzago is the duke’s name, his wife Baptista. You
shall see anon. ’Tis a knavish piece of work, but
what of that? Your Majesty and we that have free
souls, it touches us not. Let the galled jade wince;
our withers are unwrung.