| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Sir he may liue, | Sir, he may live. | Tem II.i.115.2 |
| I saw him beate the surges vnder him, | I saw him beat the surges under him, | Tem II.i.116 |
| And ride vpon their backes; he trod the water | And ride upon their backs. He trod the water, | Tem II.i.117 |
| Whose enmity he flung aside: and brested | Whose enmity he flung aside, and breasted | Tem II.i.118 |
| The surge most swolne that met him: his bold head | The surge most swoll'n that met him. His bold head | Tem II.i.119 |
| 'Boue the contentious waues he kept, and oared | 'Bove the contentious waves he kept, and oared | Tem II.i.120 |
| Himselfe with his good armes in lusty stroke | Himself with his good arms in lusty stroke | Tem II.i.121 |
| To th' shore; that ore his waue-worne basis bowed | To th' shore, that o'er his wave-worn basis bowed, | Tem II.i.122 |
| As stooping to releeue him: I not doubt | As stooping to relieve him. I not doubt | Tem II.i.123 |
| He came aliue to Land. | He came alive to land. | Tem II.i.124.1 |
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| They vanish'd strangely. | They vanished strangely. | Tem III.iii.41.1 |