| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| You shall not now be stolne, / You haue lockes vpon you: | You shall not now be stol'n, you have locks upon you: | Cym V.iv.1 |
| So graze, as you finde Pasture. | So graze, as you find pasture. | Cym V.iv.2.1 |
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| Come Sir, are you ready for death? | Come, sir, are you ready for death? | Cym V.iv.152 |
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| Hanging is the word, Sir, if you bee readie for | Hanging is the word, sir: if you be ready for | Cym V.iv.154 |
| that, you are well Cook'd. | that, you are well cooked. | Cym V.iv.155 |
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| A heauy reckoning for you Sir: But the comfort | A heavy reckoning for you sir: But the comfort | Cym V.iv.158 |
| is you shall be called to no more payments, fear | is you shall be called to no more payments, fear | Cym V.iv.159 |
| no more Tauerne Bils, which are often the sadnesse of | no more tavern-bills, which are often the sadness of | Cym V.iv.160 |
| parting, as the procuring of mirth: you come in | parting, as the procuring of mirth: you come in | Cym V.iv.161 |
| faint for want of meate, depart reeling with too much | faint for want of meat, depart reeling with too much | Cym V.iv.162 |
| drinke: sorrie that you haue payed too much, and sorry | drink: sorry that you have paid too much, and sorry | Cym V.iv.163 |
| that you are payed too much: Purse and Braine, both | that you are paid too much: purse and brain, both | Cym V.iv.164 |
| empty: the Brain the heauier, for being too light; the | empty: the brain the heavier for being too light; the | Cym V.iv.165 |
| Purse too light, being drawne of heauinesse. Oh, of this | purse too light, being drawn of heaviness. O, of this | Cym V.iv.166 |
| contradiction you shall now be quit: Oh the charity | contradiction you shall now be quit. O, the charity | Cym V.iv.167 |
| of a penny Cord, it summes vp thousands in a trice: you | of a penny cord! It sums up thousands in a trice: you | Cym V.iv.168 |
| haue no true Debitor, and Creditor but it: of what's | have no true debitor and creditor but it: of what's | Cym V.iv.169 |
| past, is, and to come, the discharge: your necke (Sis) | past, is, and to come, the discharge: your neck, sir, | Cym V.iv.170 |
| is Pen, Booke, and Counters; so the Acquittance | is pen, book, and counters; so the acquittance | Cym V.iv.171 |
| followes. | follows. | Cym V.iv.172 |
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| Indeed Sir, he that sleepes, feeles not the Tooth-Ache: | Indeed sir, he that sleeps feels not the toothache: | Cym V.iv.174 |
| but a man that were to sleepe your sleepe, and a | but a man that were to sleep your sleep, and a | Cym V.iv.175 |
| Hangman to helpe him to bed, I think he would | hangman to help him to bed, I think he would | Cym V.iv.176 |
| change places with his Officer: for, look you Sir, you | change places with his officer: for, look you, sir, you | Cym V.iv.177 |
| know not which way you shall go. | know not which way you shall go. | Cym V.iv.178 |
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| Your death has eyes in's head then: I haue | Your death has eyes in's head then: I have | Cym V.iv.180 |
| not seene him so pictur'd: you must either bee | not seen him so pictured: you must either be | Cym V.iv.181 |
| directed by some that take vpon them to know, or | directed by some that take upon them to know, or | Cym V.iv.182 |
| to take vpon your selfe that which I am sure you do | to take upon yourself that which I am sure you do | Cym V.iv.183 |
| not know: or iump the after-enquiry on your owne | not know, or jump the after-inquiry on your own | Cym V.iv.184 |
| perill: and how you shall speed in your iournies | peril: and how you shall speed in your journey's | Cym V.iv.185 |
| end, I thinke you'l neuer returne to tell one. | end, I think you'll never return to tell on. | Cym V.iv.186 |
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| What an infinite mocke is this, that a man | What an infinite mock is this, that a man | Cym V.iv.190 |
| shold haue the best vse of eyes, to see the way of | should have the best use of eyes to see the way of | Cym V.iv.191 |
| blindnesse: I am sure hanging's the way of winking. | blindness! I am sure hanging's the way of winking. | Cym V.iv.192 |
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| Ile be hang'd then. | I'll be hanged then. | Cym V.iv.197 |
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| Vnlesse a man would marry a Gallowes, & | Unless a man would marry a gallows, and | Cym V.iv.200 |
| beget yong Gibbets, I neuer saw one so prone: yet | beget young gibbets, I never saw one so prone: yet, | Cym V.iv.201 |
| on my Conscience, there are verier Knaues desire to | on my conscience, there are verier knaves desire to | Cym V.iv.202 |
| liue, for all he be a Roman; and there be some of | live, for all he be a Roman; and there be some of | Cym V.iv.203 |
| them too that dye against their willes; so should I, if | them too, that die against their wills; so should I, if | Cym V.iv.204 |
| I were one. I would we were all of one minde, and | I were one. I would we were all of one mind, and | Cym V.iv.205 |
| one minde good: O there were desolation of Gaolers | one mind good: O, there were desolation of gaolers | Cym V.iv.206 |
| and Galowses: I speake against my present profit, | and gallowses! I speak against my present profit, | Cym V.iv.207 |
| but my wish hath a preferment in't. | but my wish hath a preferment in't. | Cym V.iv.208 |