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Claudius is saying that his sending for Hamlet was an official summons.  Claudius did it that way to insure Hamlet will appear.  Anything less would be a voluntary invitation, which Hamlet could accept, or reject, according to his own wishes.  Claudius does not want to find himself standing behind the arras for an hour, humming to himself, waiting for a Hamlet who never shows up.  So Claudius has done his best to be certain Hamlet will be here, by sending a King's Summons to Hamlet.
 
Claudius is saying that his sending for Hamlet was an official summons.  Claudius did it that way to insure Hamlet will appear.  Anything less would be a voluntary invitation, which Hamlet could accept, or reject, according to his own wishes.  Claudius does not want to find himself standing behind the arras for an hour, humming to himself, waiting for a Hamlet who never shows up.  So Claudius has done his best to be certain Hamlet will be here, by sending a King's Summons to Hamlet.
  
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