Hamlet Soliloquy Glossary: How all occasions do inform against me (4.4.35-69)

mass and charge (50)

i.e., size and cost.
Hamlet is referring to the army led by Fortinbras, prince of Norway. Hamlet wishes he had Fortinbras's courage.

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