Note to Hamlet, 1.3.106-107: "That you have ta'en these tenders for true pay, / Which are not sterling"


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Act 1, Scene 3, lines 106-107
That you have ta'en these tenders for true pay, / Which are not sterling: Because you have taken (i.e., mistaken) these promises of payment for actual payment, though they are not legal tender.