| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| So many iournies may the Sunne and Moone | So many journeys may the sun and moon | Ham III.ii.170 |
| Make vs againe count o're, ere loue be done. | Make us again count o'er ere love be done! | Ham III.ii.171 |
| But woe is me, you are so sicke of late, | But woe is me, you are so sick of late, | Ham III.ii.172 |
| So farre from cheere, and from your forme state, | So far from cheer and from your former state | Ham III.ii.173 |
| That I distrust you: yet though I distrust, | That I distrust you. Yet, though I distrust, | Ham III.ii.174 |
| Discomfort you (my Lord) it nothing must: | Discomfort you, my lord, it nothing must. | Ham III.ii.175 |
| For women fear too much, even as they love, | Ham III.ii.176 |
| For womens Feare and Loue, holds quantitie, | And women's fear and love hold quantity, | Ham III.ii.177 |
| In neither ought, or in extremity: | In neither aught, or in extremity. | Ham III.ii.178 |
| Now what my loue is, proofe hath made you know, | Now what my love is, proof hath made you know, | Ham III.ii.179 |
| And as my Loue is siz'd, my Feare is so. | And as my love is sized, my fear is so. | Ham III.ii.180 |
| Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear. | Ham III.ii.181 |
| Where little fears grow great, great love grows there. | Ham III.ii.182 |
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| Oh confound the rest: | O, confound the rest! | Ham III.ii.187.2 |
| Such Loue, must needs be Treason in my brest: | Such love must needs be treason in my breast: | Ham III.ii.188 |
| In second Husband, let me be accurst, | In second husband let me be accursed! | Ham III.ii.189 |
| None wed the second, but who kill'd the first. | None wed the second but who killed the first. | Ham III.ii.190 |
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| The instances that second Marriage moue, | The instances that second marriage move | Ham III.ii.192 |
| Are base respects of Thrift, but none of Loue. | Are base respects of thrift, but none of love. | Ham III.ii.193 |
| A second time, I kill my Husband dead, | A second time I kill my husband dead | Ham III.ii.194 |
| When second Husband kisses me in Bed. | When second husband kisses me in bed. | Ham III.ii.195 |
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| Nor Earth to giue me food, nor Heauen light, | Nor earth to me give food, nor heaven light, | Ham III.ii.226 |
| Sport and repose locke from me day and night: | Sport and repose lock from me day and night, | Ham III.ii.227 |
| To desperation turn my trust and hope, | Ham III.ii.228 |
| An anchor's cheer in prison be my scope, | Ham III.ii.229 |
| Each opposite that blankes the face of ioy, | Each opposite that blanks the face of joy | Ham III.ii.230 |
| Meet what I would haue well, and it destroy: | Meet what I would have well, and it destroy, | Ham III.ii.231 |
| Both heere, and hence, pursue me lasting strife, | Both here and hence pursue me lasting strife, | Ham III.ii.232 |
| If once a Widdow, euer I be Wife. | If, once a widow, ever I be wife! | Ham III.ii.233 |
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| Sleepe rocke thy Braine, | Sleep rock thy brain, | Ham III.ii.237.2 |
| And neuer come mischance betweene vs twaine. | And never come mischance between us twain! | Ham III.ii.238 |