| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Go Captaine, from me greet the Danish King, | Go, captain, from me greet the Danish King. | Ham IV.iv.1 |
| Tell him that by his license, Fortinbras | Tell him that by his licence Fortinbras | Ham IV.iv.2 |
| Claimes the conueyance of a promis'd March | Craves the conveyance of a promised march | Ham IV.iv.3 |
| Ouer his Kingdome. You know the Rendeuous: | Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous. | Ham IV.iv.4 |
| If that his Maiesty would ought with vs, | If that his majesty would aught with us, | Ham IV.iv.5 |
| We shall expresse our dutie in his eye, | We shall express our duty in his eye. | Ham IV.iv.6 |
| And let him know so. | And let him know so. | Ham IV.iv.7.1 |
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| Go safely on. Exit. | Go softly on. | Ham IV.iv.8 |
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| Where is this sight? | Where is this sight? | Ham V.ii.356.1 |
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| His quarry cries on hauocke. Oh proud death, | This quarry cries on havoc. O proud Death, | Ham V.ii.358 |
| What feast is toward in thine eternall Cell. | What feast is toward in thine eternal cell | Ham V.ii.359 |
| That thou so many Princes, at a shoote, | That thou so many princes at a shot | Ham V.ii.360 |
| So bloodily hast strooke. | So bloodily hast struck? | Ham V.ii.361.1 |
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| Let vs hast to heare it, | Let us haste to hear it, | Ham V.ii.380.2 |
| And call the Noblest to the Audience. | And call the noblest to the audience. | Ham V.ii.381 |
| For me, with sorrow, I embrace my Fortune, | For me, with sorrow I embrace my fortune. | Ham V.ii.382 |
| I haue some Rites of memory in this Kingdome, | I have some rights of memory in this kingdom, | Ham V.ii.383 |
| Which are ro claime, my vantage doth / Inuite me, | Which now to claim my vantage doth invite me. | Ham V.ii.384 |
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| Let foure Captaines | Let four captains | Ham V.ii.389.2 |
| Beare Hamlet like a Soldier to the Stage, | Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage. | Ham V.ii.390 |
| For he was likely, had he beene put on | For he was likely, had he been put on, | Ham V.ii.391 |
| To haue prou'd most royally: / And for his passage, | To have proved most royal. And for his passage | Ham V.ii.392 |
| The Souldiours Musicke, and the rites of Warre | The soldiers' music and the rites of war | Ham V.ii.393 |
| Speake lowdly for him. | Speak loudly for him. | Ham V.ii.394 |
| Take vp the body; Such a sight as this | Take up the bodies. Such a sight as this | Ham V.ii.395 |
| Becomes the Field, but heere shewes much amis. | Becomes the field, but here shows much amiss. | Ham V.ii.396 |
| Go, bid the Souldiers shoote. | Go, bid the soldiers shoot. | Ham V.ii.397 |