Both Uses of
precept
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- And these few precepts in thy memory
Look thou character.†Scene 1.3precepts = rules for behavior
- No, I went round to work,
And my young mistress thus I did bespeak:
'Lord Hamlet is a prince, out of thy sphere;
This must not be:' and then I precepts gave her,
That she should lock herself from his resort,
Admit no messengers, receive no tokens.†Scene 2.2 *
Definition:
a rule for behavior -- especially a shared moral doctrine