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In act I, scene 5, of Measure for Measure, Lucio says:

Lucio. This is the point.
The Duke is very strangely gone from hence;
Bore many gentlemen (my selfe being one)
In hand, and hope of action: but we doe learne,
By those that know the very Nerues of State,
His giuing-out, were of an infinite distance
From his true meant designe: vpon his place,
(And with full line of his authority)
Gouernes Lord Angelo; [...]

I did some research on Wiktionary and ShakespearesWords.com but to no avail. What does "Bore many gentlemen" mean here?

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    Do you understand what bear in hand means?
    – TimR
    Commented Sep 7, 2023 at 15:39
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    ...but I found this... The duke is very strangely [secretly; mysteriously] gone from hence [here]; Bore many gentlemen, myself being one, In hand and hope of action; but we do learn - He left many gentlemen, including me, wondering what would happen next; now we learn.
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Sep 7, 2023 at 16:58
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    Answered on Literature SE -.literature.stackexchange.com/questions/25369/…
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Sep 7, 2023 at 17:24
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    FWIIW: in the following translation the meaning of “bore in hand” is translated as “he gave false hopes” (about taking military actions) - Lucio È proprio questo il punto. Il Duca è misteriosamente partito; molti gentiluomini – me incluso – illuse a sperare in azioni militari;
    – user 66974
    Commented Sep 7, 2023 at 18:55
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    I’m voting to close this question because the same user posted the same question in the Literature SE and it was answered there.
    – alphabet
    Commented Sep 9, 2023 at 18:35

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