Shall I re-deliver you e’en so?

I’m curious about the “re” in “re-deliver.” Delivering the message, sure, that makes sense – but why would this message be re-delivered? Is it re-delivered in the sense that Hamlet said it first and now to pass it on, Osric must re-deliver what Hamlet said?

Is there another sense of “re” here separate from delivering again?

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