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Hamlet: ... that’s the French bet against the Danish. Why is this ‘imponed,’ as you call it?

Osric: The king, sir, hath laid, that in a dozen passes between yourself and him [Laertes], he shall not exceed you three hits; he hath laid on twelve for nine, and it would come to immediate trial, if your lordship would vouchsafe the answer.

Hamlet: How if I answer no?

Osric: I mean, my lord, the opposition of your person in trial.
What is the topic of the passage?

a game between the French and Hamlet
a wager between Osric and Hamlet
a fight between Claudius and Hamlet
a duel between Laertes and Hamlet

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Greenleafable
I believe the correct answer is a duel between Laertes and Hamlet.
Laertes had many reasons to want to kill Hamlet, the most important of which are the facts that Hamlet killed Polonius, Laertes' father, and indirectly led to Ophelia, Laertes' sister, committing suicide. So the excerpt above talks about their future duel in which Hamlet says he would kill Laertes in only three hits. 

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