Note to Hamlet, 3.3.61-62: "There is no shuffling, there the action lies / In his true nature"


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Hamlet,
Act 3, Scene 3, lines 61-62
There is no shuffling: There ["above," in heaven], there is no evasion.  the action lies / In his true nature: i.e., our actions, and the basis of the legal action against us, are fully revealed.