| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| I will my Lord, but I must speake with him. | I will, my lord; but I must speak with him. | E3 IV.i.34 |
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| To that condition I agree my Lord, | To that condition I agree, my lord, | E3 IV.i.40 |
| And will vnfaynedly performe the same. | And will unfeignedly perform the same. | E3 IV.i.41 |
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| Not for his sake my gratious Lord so much, | Not for his sake, my gracious lord, so much | E3 IV.iii.3 |
| Am I become an earnest aduocate, | Am I become an earnest advocate, | E3 IV.iii.4 |
| As that thereby my ransome will be quit, | As that thereby my ransom will be quit. | E3 IV.iii.5 |
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| No good my Lord except the same be iust, | No, good my lord, except the same be just; | E3 IV.iii.10 |
| For profit must with honor be comixt, | For profit must with honour be commixed, | E3 IV.iii.11 |
| Or else our actions are but scandalous: | Or else our actions are but scandalous. | E3 IV.iii.12 |
| But letting passe these intricate obiections, | But, letting pass their intricate objections, | E3 IV.iii.13 |
| Wilt please your highnes to subscribe or no? | Will't please your highness to subscribe, or no? | E3 IV.iii.14 |
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| Why then I know the extremitie my Loid, | Why, then I know the extremity, my lord: | E3 IV.iii.18 |
| I must returne to prison whence I came, | I must return to prison whence I came. | E3 IV.iii.19 |
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| Ah but itis mine othe my gratious Lord, | Ah, but it is mine oath, my gracious lord, | E3 IV.iii.26 |
| Which I in conscience may not violate, | Which I in conscience may not violate, | E3 IV.iii.27 |
| Or else a kingdome should not draw me hence. | Or else a kingdom should not draw me hence. | E3 IV.iii.28 |
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| In all things that vprightly he commands: | In all things that uprightly he commands; | E3 IV.iii.31 |
| But either to perswade or threaten me, | But either to persuade or threaten me | E3 IV.iii.32 |
| Not to performe the couenant of my word, | Not to perform the covenant of my word | E3 IV.iii.33 |
| Is lawlesse, and I need not to obey. | Is lawless, and I need not to obey. | E3 IV.iii.34 |
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| To kill my Lord when warre is once proclaymd, | To kill, my lord, when war is once proclaimed, | E3 IV.iii.37 |
| So that our quarrel be for wrongs receaude, | So that our quarrel be for wrongs received, | E3 IV.iii.38 |
| No doubt is lawfully permitted vs: | No doubt is lawfully permitted us; | E3 IV.iii.39 |
| But in an othe we must be well aduisd, | But in an oath we must be well advised | E3 IV.iii.40 |
| How we do sweare, and when we once haue sworne, | How we do swear, and, when we once have sworn, | E3 IV.iii.41 |
| Not to infringe it though we die therefore: | Not to infringe it, though we die therefore. | E3 IV.iii.42 |
| Therefore my Lord, as willing I returne, | Therefore, my lord, as willing I return | E3 IV.iii.43 |
| As if I were to flie to paradise. | As if I were to fly to paradise. | E3 IV.iii.44 |
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| I humbly thanke your grace, I must dispatch, | I humbly thank your grace. I must dispatch | E3 IV.iii.52 |
| And send this pasport first vnto the Earle, | And send this passport first unto the earl, | E3 IV.iii.53 |
| And then I will attend your highnes pleasure. | And then I will attend your highness' pleasure. | E3 IV.iii.54 |