| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Here is the Indictment of the good Lord Hastings, | This is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings, | R3 III.vi.1 |
| Which in a set Hand fairely is engross'd, | Which in a set hand fairly is engrossed | R3 III.vi.2 |
| That it may be to day read o're in Paules. | That it may be today read o'er in Paul's. | R3 III.vi.3 |
| And marke how well the sequell hangs together: | And mark how well the sequel hangs together. | R3 III.vi.4 |
| Eleuen houres I haue spent to write it ouer, | Eleven hours I have spent to write it over, | R3 III.vi.5 |
| For yester-night by Catesby was it sent me, | For yesternight by Catesby was it sent me; | R3 III.vi.6 |
| The Precedent was full as long a doing, | The precedent was full as long a-doing; | R3 III.vi.7 |
| And yet within these fiue houres Hastings liu'd, | And yet within these five hours Hastings lived, | R3 III.vi.8 |
| Vntainted, vnexamin'd, free, at libertie. | Untainted, unexamined, free, at liberty. | R3 III.vi.9 |
| Here's a good World the while. / Who is so grosse, | Here's a good world the while! Who is so gross | R3 III.vi.10 |
| that cannot see this palpable deuice? | That cannot see this palpable device? | R3 III.vi.11 |
| Yet who so bold, but sayes he sees it not? | Yet who's so bold but says he sees it not? | R3 III.vi.12 |
| Bad is the World, and all will come to nought, | Bad is the world, and all will come to naught | R3 III.vi.13 |
| When such ill dealing must be seene in thought. | When such ill dealing must be seen in thought. | R3 III.vi.14 |