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"By Cock"
Double Entendre
Act 4,
Scene 5
Lines 60-

An explanation in the use of the word cock in Act 4, Scene 5 of myshakespeare's Hamlet.

“By Cock” (By God) was a common exclamation, Ophelia’s song also contains the obvious innuendo.