Note to Hamlet, 3.2.348-349: "if my duty be too bold, my love is too unmannerly"


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Hamlet,
Act 3, Scene 2, lines 348-349
if my duty be too bold, my love is too unmannerly: i.e., if my duty to convey your mother's message is carried out in a way that is too bold, it's only because my love for you has caused me to forget my manners. In other words, Guildenstern says that he is being rude only because it's his duty, and because it's for Hamlet's own good.