Note to Hamlet, 4.1.33: "go join you with some further aid"


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Act 4, Scene 1, line 33
At first, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern don't follow this instruction. In the next scene they confront Hamlet by themselves, but in the following scene, do get some "further aid"; they come in with Hamlet, who is "guarded," i.e., surrounded by armed men.