POLONIUS                  ’Tis most true,

And he beseeched me to entreat your majesties

To hear and see the matter.

CLAUDIUS      With all my heart, and it doth much content me

To hear him so inclined.

Good gentlemen, give him a further edge

And drive his purpose into these delights.

ROSENCRANTZ          We shall, my lord.

Exeunt ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN [and Lords].             (3.1.21-28)

Polonius isn’t going to let this run on without a controlling intervention: ’tis most true (about the players and the planned entertainment) and he beseeched me to entreat your majesties to hear and see the matter. Hamlet most particularly instructed me to invite you both to the play, please come! Claudius can look at Gertrude, he wants to placate her a bit, and he also wants her to be reassured enough to leave them: Oh what a good idea, I’m thrilled at the prospect of an after-dinner entertainment, so, it’s an enthusiastic yes from me, with all my heart, and it doth much content me to hear him so inclined. SO pleased that Hamlet is taking an interest in something, of course we’ll come to his play! I am entirely supportive of my step-son. So—and there could be a bit of jocular encouragement, and also, take a hint, make yourselves scarce—good gentlemen, give him a further edge, and drive his purpose into these delights. Why don’t you go and continue to give him some reassurance, encouragement, back-up? You’ve clearly done what little you can, not especially competently, now get out. Rosencrantz perhaps gets it, at least: we shall, my lord. Understood. Sorry.