| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| No ghosts my Lord, but men that breath a life, | No ghosts, my lord, but men that breathe a life | E3 IV.ii.15 |
| Farre worse then is the quiet sleepe of death: | Far worse than is the quiet sleep of death. | E3 IV.ii.16 |
| Wee are distressed poore inhabitants, | We are distressed poor inhabitants | E3 IV.ii.17 |
| That long haue been deseased, sicke and lame; | That long have been diseased, sick, and lame; | E3 IV.ii.18 |
| And now because we are not fit to serue, | And now, because we are not fit to serve, | E3 IV.ii.19 |
| The Captayne of the towne hath thrust vs foorth, | The captain of the town hath thrust us forth, | E3 IV.ii.20 |
| That so expence of victuals may be saued. | That so expense of victuals may be saved. | E3 IV.ii.21 |
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| And if your grace no otherwise vouchsafe, | And if your grace no otherwise vouchsafe, | E3 IV.ii.27 |
| As welcome death is vnto vs as life. | As welcome death is unto us as life. | E3 IV.ii.28 |