| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Heere Peter Quince. | Here, Peter Quince. | MND I.ii.55 |
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| I beleeue we must leaue the killing out, | I believe we must leave the killing out, | MND III.i.13 |
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| I feare it, I promise you. | I fear it, I promise you. | MND III.i.26 |
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| He cannot be heard of. Out of doubt hee is | He cannot be heard of. Out of doubt he is | MND IV.ii.3 |
| transported. | transported. | MND IV.ii.4 |
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| This Lanthorne doth the horned Moone present. | This lanthorn doth the horned moon present. | MND V.i.233 |
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| This lanthorne doth the horned Moone present: | This lanthorn doth the horned moon present; | MND V.i.237 |
| My selfe, the man i'th Moone doth seeme to be. | Myself the man i'th' moon do seem to be. | MND V.i.238 |
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| All that I haue to say, is to tell you, that the | All that I have to say is to tell you that the | MND V.i.250 |
| Lanthorne is the Moone; I, the man in the Moone; this thorne | lantern is the moon, I the man i'th' moon, this thorn | MND V.i.251 |
| bush, my thorne bush; and this dog, my dog. | bush my thorn bush, and this dog my dog. | MND V.i.252 |