| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Threescore and ten I can remember well, | Threescore-and-ten I can remember well; | Mac II.iv.1 |
| Within the Volume of which Time, I haue seene | Within the volume of which time I have seen | Mac II.iv.2 |
| Houres dreadfull, and things strange: but this sore Night | Hours dreadful and things strange; but this sore night | Mac II.iv.3 |
| Hath trifled former knowings. | Hath trifled former knowings. | Mac II.iv.4.1 |
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| 'Tis vnnaturall, | 'Tis unnatural, | Mac II.iv.10.2 |
| Euen like the deed that's done: On Tuesday last, | Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last, | Mac II.iv.11 |
| A Faulcon towring in her pride of place, | A falcon towering in her pride of place | Mac II.iv.12 |
| Was by a Mowsing Owle hawkt at, and kill'd. | Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. | Mac II.iv.13 |
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| 'Tis said, they eate each other. | 'Tis said they ate each other. | Mac II.iv.18.2 |
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| Gods benyson go with you, and with those | God's benison go with you, and with those | Mac II.iv.40 |
| That would make good of bad, and Friends of Foes. | That would make good of bad, and friends of foes! | Mac II.iv.41 |