| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Why Masters, haue your Instruments bin in | Why, masters, have your instruments been in | Oth III.i.3 |
| Naples, that they speake i'th'Nose thus? | Naples, that they speak i'th' nose thus? | Oth III.i.4 |
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| Are these I pray you, winde Instruments? | Are these, I pray you, wind instruments? | Oth III.i.6 |
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| Oh, thereby hangs a tale. | O, thereby hangs a tail. | Oth III.i.8 |
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| Marry sir, by many a winde Instrument that I | Marry, sir, by many a wind instrument that I | Oth III.i.10 |
| know. But Masters, heere's money for you: and the | know. But, masters, here's money for you: and the | Oth III.i.11 |
| Generall so likes your Musick, that he desires you for | General so likes your music that he desires you, for | Oth III.i.12 |
| loues sake to make no more noise with it. | love's sake, to make no more noise with it. | Oth III.i.13 |
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| If you haue any Musicke that may not be heard, | If you have any music that may not be heard, | Oth III.i.15 |
| too't againe. But (as they say) to heare Musicke, the Generall | to't again. But, as they say, to hear music the General | Oth III.i.16 |
| do's not greatly care. | does not greatly care. | Oth III.i.17 |
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| Then put vp your Pipes in your bagge, for Ile | Then put up your pipes in your bag, for I'll | Oth III.i.19 |
| away. Go, vanish into ayre, away. | away. Go, vanish into air, away. | Oth III.i.20 |
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| No, I heare not your honest Friend: / I heare you. | No, I hear not your honest friend: I hear you. | Oth III.i.22 |
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| She is stirring sir: if she will stirre hither, I shall | She is stirring, sir. If she will stir hither, I shall | Oth III.i.27 |
| seeme to notifie vnto her. | seem to notify unto her. | Oth III.i.28 |
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| I dare not say he lies any where. | I dare not say he lies anywhere. | Oth III.iv.3 |
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| He's a Soldier, and for me to say a Souldier lyes, 'tis | He's a soldier, and for one to say a soldier lies is | Oth III.iv.5 |
| stabbing. | stabbing. | Oth III.iv.6 |
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| To tell you where he lodges, is to tel you where I | To tell you where he lodges is to tell you where I | Oth III.iv.8 |
| lye. | lie. | Oth III.iv.9 |
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| I know not where he lodges, and for mee to deuise a | I know not where he lodges, and for me to devise a | Oth III.iv.11 |
| lodging, and say he lies heere, or he lies there, were to lye | lodging, and say he lies here, or he lies there, were to lie | Oth III.iv.12 |
| in mine owne throat. | in mine own throat. | Oth III.iv.13 |
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| I will Catechize the world for him, that is, make | I will catechize the world for him, that is, make | Oth III.iv.16 |
| Questions, and by them answer. | questions, and by them answer. | Oth III.iv.17 |
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| To do this, is within the compasse of mans Wit, and | To do this is within the compass of man's wit, and | Oth III.iv.21 |
| therefore I will attempt the doing it. | therefore I will attempt the doing of it. | Oth III.iv.22 |