| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| The Sun dread Lord that in the western fall, | The sun, dread Lord, that in the western fall | E3 V.i.27 |
| Beholds vs now low brought through miserie, | Beholds us now low brought through misery, | E3 V.i.28 |
| Did in the Orient purple of the morne, | Did in the orient purple of the morn | E3 V.i.29 |
| Salute our comming forth when we were knowne | Salute our coming forth when we were known; | E3 V.i.30 |
| Or may our portion be with damned fiends, | Or may our portion be with damned fiends. | E3 V.i.31 |