First folio
| Modern text
| Definitions
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| Enter Exton and Seruants. | Enter Sir Piers of Exton and a Man | | R2 V.iv.1.1 | |
| Ext. | EXTON | | | |
| Didst thou not marke the King what words hee spake? | Didst thou not mark the King, what words he spake? | mark (v.) note, pay attention [to], take notice [of] | R2 V.iv.1 | |
| Haue I no friend will rid me of this liuing feare: | ‘ Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?’ | | R2 V.iv.2 | |
| Was it not so? | Was it not so? | | R2 V.iv.3.1 | |
| Ser. | MAN | | | |
| Those were his very words. | These were his very words. | | R2 V.iv.3.2 | |
| Ex. | EXTON | | | |
| Haue I no Friend? (quoth he:) he spake it twice, | ‘ Have I no friend?’ quoth he. He spake it twice, | quoth (v.)said | R2 V.iv.4 | |
| And vrg'd it twice together, did he not? | And urged it twice together, did he not? | urge (v.)press, insist on, state emphatically | R2 V.iv.5 | |
| Ser. | MAN | | | |
| He did. | He did. | | R2 V.iv.6 | |
| Ex. | EXTON | | | |
| And speaking it, he wistly look'd on me, | And speaking it, he wishtly looked on me, | wishtly (adv.)fixedly, intently, steadfastly | R2 V.iv.7 | |
| As who should say, I would thou wer't the man | As who should say ‘ I would thou wert the man | | R2 V.iv.8 | |
| That would diuorce this terror from my heart, | That would divorce this terror from my heart ’ – | | R2 V.iv.9 | |
| Meaning the King at Pomfret: Come, let's goe; | Meaning the King at Pomfret. Come, let's go. | Pomfret (n.)Pontefract, West Yorkshire; site of a castle in which Richard II was imprisoned; later, a Lancastrian stronghold | R2 V.iv.10 | |
| I am the Kings Friend, and will rid his Foe. | I am the King's friend, and will rid his foe. | rid (v.)get rid of, destroy, kill | R2 V.iv.11 | |
| Exit. | Exeunt | | R2 V.iv.11 | |