| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Besides, there goes a Prophesie abroad, | Besides, there goes a prophecy abroad, | E3 III.ii.38 |
| Published by one that was a Fryer once, | Published by one that was a friar once, | E3 III.ii.39 |
| Whose Oracles haue many times prooued true, | Whose oracles have many times proved true; | E3 III.ii.40 |
| And now he sayes the tyme will shortly come, | And now he says, the time will shortly come | E3 III.ii.41 |
| When as a Lyon rowsed in the west, | Whenas a lion roused in the west | E3 III.ii.42 |
| Shall carie hence the fluerdeluce of France, | Shall carry hence the fleur-de-lis of France. | E3 III.ii.43 |
| These I can tell yee and such like surmises, | These, I can tell ye, and such like surmises | E3 III.ii.44 |
| Strike many french men cold vnto the heart: | Strike many Frenchmen cold unto the heart. | E3 III.ii.45 |