| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| The Burgesses of Callis mighty king, | The burgesses of Calais, mighty prince, | E3 IV.ii.62 |
| Haue by a counsell willingly decreed, | Have by a council willingly decreed | E3 IV.ii.63 |
| To yeeld the towne and Castle to your hands, | To yield the town and castle to your hands, | E3 IV.ii.64 |
| Vpon condition it will please your grace, | Upon condition it will please your grace | E3 IV.ii.65 |
| To graunt them benefite of life and goods. | To grant them benefit of life and goods. | E3 IV.ii.66 |
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| Why this it is to trust a broken staffe. | Why, this it is to trust a broken staff. | E3 IV.ii.80 |
| Had we not been perswaded Iohn our King, | Had we not been persuaded John our King | E3 IV.ii.81 |
| Would with his armie haue releeud the towne, | Would with his army have relieved the town, | E3 IV.ii.82 |
| We had not stood vpon defiance so: | We had not stood upon defiance so. | E3 IV.ii.83 |
| But now tis past that no man can recall, | But now 'tis past that no man can recall, | E3 IV.ii.84 |
| And better some do go to wrack then all. | And better some do go to wrack, than all. | E3 IV.ii.85 |