| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| I haue seene him in France: wee had very many | I have seen him in France: we had very many | Cym I.v.10 |
| there, could behold the Sunne, with as firme eyes as hee. | there could behold the sun with as firm eyes as he. | Cym I.v.11 |
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| And then his banishment. | And then his banishment. | Cym I.v.16 |
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| Sir, we haue knowne togither in Orleance. | Sir, we have known together in Orleans. | Cym I.v.33 |
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| Sir, you o're-rate my poore kindnesse, I was glad I | Sir, you o'errate my poor kindness: I was glad I | Cym I.v.36 |
| did attone my Countryman and you: it had beene pitty | did atone my countryman and you: it had been pity | Cym I.v.37 |
| you should haue beene put together, with so mortall a | you should have been put together, with so mortal a | Cym I.v.38 |
| purpose, as then each bore, vpon importance of so | purpose as then each bore, upon importance of so | Cym I.v.39 |
| slight and triuiall a nature. | slight and trivial a nature. | Cym I.v.40 |
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| Faith yes, to be put to the arbiterment of Swords, | Faith yes, to be put to the arbitrement of swords, | Cym I.v.47 |
| and by such two, that would by all likelyhood haue | and by such two, that would by all likelihood have | Cym I.v.48 |
| confounded one the other, or haue falne both. | confounded one the other, or have fallen both. | Cym I.v.49 |
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| Safely, I thinke, 'twas a contention in publicke, | Safely, I think: 'twas a contention in public, | Cym I.v.51 |
| which may (without contradiction) suffer the report. | which may – without contradiction – suffer the report. | Cym I.v.52 |
| It was much like an argument that fell out last night, | It was much like an argument that fell out last night, | Cym I.v.53 |
| where each of vs fell in praise of our Country-Mistresses. | where each of us fell in praise of our country mistresses; | Cym I.v.54 |
| This Gentleman, at that time vouching (and | this gentleman at that time vouching – and | Cym I.v.55 |
| vpon warrant of bloody affirmation) his to be more | upon warrant of bloody affirmation – his to be more | Cym I.v.56 |
| Faire, Vertuous, Wise, Chaste, Constant, Qualified, and | fair, virtuous, wise, chaste, constant, qualified and | Cym I.v.57 |
| lesse attemptible then any, the rarest of our Ladies in | less attemptable than any the rarest of our ladies in | Cym I.v.58 |
| Fraunce. | France. | Cym I.v.59 |
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| Will this hold, thinke you. | Will this hold, think you? | Cym I.v.168 |