| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| It shall be speeded well. | It shall be speeded well. | MM IV.v.10.2 |
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| Come I haue found you out a stand most fit, | Come, I have found you out a stand most fit, | MM IV.vi.10 |
| Where you may haue such vantage on the Duke | Where you may have such vantage on the Duke | MM IV.vi.11 |
| He shall not passe you: / Twice haue the Trumpets sounded. | He shall not pass you. Twice have the trumpets sounded. | MM IV.vi.12 |
| The generous, and grauest Citizens | The generous and gravest citizens | MM IV.vi.13 |
| Haue hent the gates, and very neere vpon | Have hent the gates, and very near upon | MM IV.vi.14 |
| The Duke is entring: / Therefore hence away. | The Duke is entering. Therefore hence, away. | MM IV.vi.15 |
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| Now is your time / Speake loud, and kneele before him. | Now is your time. Speak loud and kneel before him. | MM V.i.19 |
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| Blessed be your Royall Grace: | Blessed be your royal grace, | MM V.i.137 |
| I haue stood by my Lord, and I haue heard | I have stood by, my lord, and I have heard | MM V.i.138 |
| Your royall eare abus'd: first hath this woman | Your royal ear abused. First hath this woman | MM V.i.139 |
| Most wrongfully accus'd your Substitute, | Most wrongfully accused your substitute, | MM V.i.140 |
| Who is as free from touch, or soyle with her | Who is as free from touch or soil with her | MM V.i.141 |
| As she from one vngot. | As she from one ungot. | MM V.i.142.1 |
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| I know him for a man diuine and holy, | I know him for a man divine and holy, | MM V.i.144 |
| Not scuruy, nor a temporary medler | Not scurvy, nor a temporary meddler, | MM V.i.145 |
| As he's reported by this Gentleman: | As he's reported by this gentleman, | MM V.i.146 |
| And on my trust, a man that neuer yet | And, on my trust, a man that never yet | MM V.i.147 |
| Did (as he vouches) mis-report your Grace. | Did – as he vouches – misreport your grace. | MM V.i.148 |
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| Well: he in time may come to cleere himselfe; | Well, he in time may come to clear himself, | MM V.i.150 |
| But at this instant he is sicke, my Lord: | But at this instant he is sick, my lord, | MM V.i.151 |
| Of a strange Feauor: vpon his meere request | Of a strange fever. Upon his mere request, | MM V.i.152 |
| Being come to knowledge, that there was complaint | Being come to knowledge that there was complaint | MM V.i.153 |
| Intended 'gainst Lord Angelo, came I hether | Intended 'gainst Lord Angelo, came I hither, | MM V.i.154 |
| To speake as from his mouth, what he doth know | To speak, as from his mouth, what he doth know | MM V.i.155 |
| Is true, and false: And what he with his oath | Is true and false, and what he with his oath | MM V.i.156 |
| And all probation will make vp full cleare | And all probation will make up full clear, | MM V.i.157 |
| Whensoeuer he's conuented: First for this woman, | Whensoever he's convented. First, for this woman, | MM V.i.158 |
| To iustifie this worthy Noble man | To justify this worthy nobleman, | MM V.i.159 |
| So vulgarly and personally accus'd, | So vulgarly and personally accused, | MM V.i.160 |
| Her shall you heare disproued to her eyes, | Her shall you hear disproved to her eyes, | MM V.i.161 |
| Till she her selfe confesse it. | Till she herself confess it. | MM V.i.162.1 |
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| Would he were here, my Lord, for he indeed | Would he were here, my lord, for he indeed | MM V.i.248 |
| Hath set the women on to this Complaint; | Hath set the women on to this complaint. | MM V.i.249 |
| Your Prouost knowes the place where he abides, | Your provost knows the place where he abides | MM V.i.250 |
| And he may fetch him. | And he may fetch him. | MM V.i.251.1 |