Deliberate pause a deliberate step, taken after due consideration.
convocation of politic worms a political assembly of worms; an allusion to the Diet of Worms (1521), a convocation held by the Catholic Church to allow Martin Luther to explain his reform of doctrine. He had first set his beliefs forth in Wittenberg, where Hamlet and Horatio have studied.
variable service different courses.
cicatrice scar or wound.
thy free awe your submission even after our armies have been withdrawn.
congruing agreeing.
present immediate; of or at this time.
hectic fever; red or flushed , as with fever.
