| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| My liege, as we were pricking on the hils, | My liege, as we were pricking on the hills | E3 I.ii.48 |
| To fetch in booty, marching hitherward, | To fetch in booty, marching hitherward | E3 I.ii.49 |
| We might discry a mighty host of men, | We might descry a mighty host of men. | E3 I.ii.50 |
| The Sunne reflicting on the armour shewed, | The sun reflecting on the armour showed | E3 I.ii.51 |
| A field of plate, a wood of pickes aduanced: | A field of plate, a wood of picks advanced. | E3 I.ii.52 |
| Bethinke your highnes speedely herein, | Bethink your highness speedily herein: | E3 I.ii.53 |
| An easie march within foure howres will bring, | An easy march within four hours will bring | E3 I.ii.54 |
| The hindmost rancke, vnto this place my liege. | The hindmost rank unto this place, my liege. | E3 I.ii.55 |