Note to Hamlet, 1.3.124-126: "Believe so much in him, that he is young / And with a larger tether may he walk / Than may be given you"


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Act 1, Scene 3, lines 124-126
Believe so much in him, that he is young / And with a larger tether may he walk / Than may be given you: i.e., only believe that he is young and has much more freedom than you do. This clearly implies that Ophelia should not believe Hamlet when he says he loves her.