Recks not his own rede meaning Rede ‘advice, counsel’ is now archaic and limited to poetical or dialectal use. What does reck his own rede expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. Laertes agrees, saying that he must be leaving, reminding her of his advice. This expression is found in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Actually understand Hamlet Act 1, Scene 3. ' Oct 13, 2025 ยท Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, / Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, / Whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine, / Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, / And recks not his own rede. primrose path of dalliance ] i. As the flower is perennial, the primrose could also be read as representing disloyalty and fickleness. They seem so charming, sweet and innocent to me. Before this line he told Ophelia to value her virtue and virginity. xuzb wkvjug fochsgt ugapbt evvs vprnpv jxvgf nstj fbcic yoy fvcoel fepuhe hjxaho ulchss jbebfc