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Re: The name of Hamlet's wife
« Reply #9 on: Monday 20 November 17 10:09 GMT (UK) »
Typed this before seeing shanghai panda's and Rattus's posts. Will leave it as written.

I was tempted by horselydown’s “Orfiloe”, perhaps a variation/corruption of “Ophelia” - wife of “Hamlet(t)”. But I’m pretty sure the third letter is an “s”. Notice how this writer’s strokes for the descenders are consistently formed in opposite directions: clockwise for “s” and anti-clockwise for “f”. Making the word "Orsiloe". But can't find that anywhere.

Stop the presses! This site translates it as “Orsiloe”, noting that “BT gives name as “Ursula”.

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Re: The name of Hamlet's wife
« Reply #10 on: Monday 20 November 17 13:26 GMT (UK) »
The next name was transcribed as Purnell on LAN OPC site. Wonder what she was really called. Pernella?

PS. A Hamlet Broughill married 1st Aug. 1697, 6 weeks after Ursula's burial. Bride not named. His children had common names, John, Jane, Sarah, Thomas.
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