| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Thoughts blacke, hands apt, / Drugges fit, and Time agreeing: | Thoughts black, hands apt, drugs fit, and time agreeing, | Ham III.ii.264 |
| Confederate season, else, no Creature seeing: | Confederate season, else no creature seeing, | Ham III.ii.265 |
| Thou mixture ranke, of Midnight Weeds collected, | Thou mixture rank, of midnight weeds collected, | Ham III.ii.266 |
| With Hecats Ban, thrice blasted, thrice infected, | With Hecat's ban thrice blasted, thrice infected, | Ham III.ii.267 |
| Thy naturall Magicke, and dire propertie, | Thy natural magic and dire property | Ham III.ii.268 |
| On wholsome life, vsurpe immediately. | On wholesome life usurps immediately. | Ham III.ii.269 |