| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Therefore giue out you are of Epidamium, | Therefore give out you are of Epidamnum | CE I.ii.1 |
| Lest that your goods too soone be confiscate: | Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. | CE I.ii.2 |
| This very day a Syracusian Marchant | This very day a Syracusian merchant | CE I.ii.3 |
| Is apprehended for a riuall here, | Is apprehended for arrival here, | CE I.ii.4 |
| And not being able to buy out his life, | And, not being able to buy out his life, | CE I.ii.5 |
| According to the statute of the towne, | According to the statute of the town | CE I.ii.6 |
| Dies ere the wearie sunne set in the West: | Dies ere the weary sun set in the west. | CE I.ii.7 |
| There is your monie that I had to keepe. | There is your money that I had to keep. | CE I.ii.8 |
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| I am inuited sir to certaine Marchants, | I am invited, sir, to certain merchants, | CE I.ii.24 |
| Of whom I hope to make much benefit: | Of whom I hope to make much benefit. | CE I.ii.25 |
| I craue your pardon, soone at fiue a clocke, | I crave your pardon. Soon at five o'clock, | CE I.ii.26 |
| Please you, Ile meete with you vpon the Mart, | Please you, I'll meet with you upon the mart, | CE I.ii.27 |
| And afterward consort you till bed time: | And afterward consort you till bedtime. | CE I.ii.28 |
| My present businesse cals me from you now. | My present business calls me from you now. | CE I.ii.29 |
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| Sir, I commend you to your owne content. | Sir, I commend you to your own content. | CE I.ii.32 |