| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Truly I haue him: but I would not be the partie | Truly I have him; but I would not be the party | AC V.ii.245 |
| that should desire you to touch him, for his byting is | that should desire you to touch him, for his biting is | AC V.ii.246 |
| immortall: those that doe dye of it, doe seldome or neuer | immortal. Those that do die of it do seldom or never | AC V.ii.247 |
| recouer. | recover. | AC V.ii.248 |
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| Very many, men and women too. I heard of one | Very many, men and women too. I heard of one | AC V.ii.250 |
| of them no longer then yesterday, a very honest | of them no longer than yesterday; a very honest | AC V.ii.251 |
| woman, / but something giuen to lye, as a woman should | woman, but something given to lie, as a woman should | AC V.ii.252 |
| not do, but in the way of honesty, how she dyed of the | not do but in the way of honesty; how she died of the | AC V.ii.253 |
| byting of it, what paine she felt: Truely, she makes averie | biting of it, what pain she felt; truly, she makes a very | AC V.ii.254 |
| good report o'th'worme: but he that wil beleeue all that | good report o'th' worm. But he that will believe all that | AC V.ii.255 |
| they say, shall neuer be saued by halfe that they do: but | they say shall never be saved by half that they do. But | AC V.ii.256 |
| this is most falliable, the Worme's an odde Worme. | this is most fallible, the worm's an odd worm. | AC V.ii.257 |
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| I wish you all ioy of the Worme. | I wish you all joy of the worm. | AC V.ii.259 |
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| You must thinke this (looke you,) that the Worme | You must think this, look you, that the worm | AC V.ii.261 |
| will do his kinde. | will do his kind. | AC V.ii.262 |
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| Looke you, the Worme is not to bee trusted, but in | Look you, the worm is not to be trusted but in | AC V.ii.264 |
| the keeping of wise people: for indeede, there is no | the keeping of wise people; for indeed there is no | AC V.ii.265 |
| goodnesse in the Worme. | goodness in the worm. | AC V.ii.266 |
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| Very good: giue it nothing I pray you, for it is | Very good. Give it nothing, I pray you, for it is | AC V.ii.268 |
| not worth the feeding. | not worth the feeding. | AC V.ii.269 |
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| You must not think I am so simple, but I know | You must not think I am so simple but I know | AC V.ii.271 |
| the diuell himselfe will not eate a woman: I know, that a | the devil himself will not eat a woman. I know that a | AC V.ii.272 |
| woman is a dish for the Gods, if the diuell dresse her not. | woman is a dish for the gods, if the devil dress her not. | AC V.ii.273 |
| But truly, these same whorson diuels doe the Gods great | But truly, these same whoreson devils do the gods great | AC V.ii.274 |
| harme in their women: for in euery tenne that they make, | harm in their women; for in every ten that they make, | AC V.ii.275 |
| the diuels marre fiue. | the devils mar five. | AC V.ii.276 |
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| Yes forsooth: I wish you ioy o'th'worm. | Yes, forsooth. I wish you joy o'th' worm. | AC V.ii.278 |