Note to Hamlet, 1.4.9: "the swaggering up-spring"

"Up-spring" may be an translation into English of Hupfauf, the name of a German dance that involves a lot of hopping and leaping. I believe the image below depicts the sort of thing Hamlet is referring to.



"Pieter Bruegel de Oude -- De bruiloft dans (Detroit)" by Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1526/1530-1569) -- 1. www.pieter-bruegel.com2./ 3. The Bridgeman Art Library, Object 114681. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons -- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Bruegel_de_Oude_-_De_bruiloft_dans_(Detroit).jpg#/media/File:Pieter_Bruegel_de_Oude_-_De_bruiloft_dans_(Detroit).jpg