| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| God shall forgiue you Cordelions death | God shall forgive you Coeur-de-lion's death | KJ II.i.12 |
| The rather, that you giue his off-spring life, | The rather that you give his offspring life, | KJ II.i.13 |
| Shadowing their right vnder your wings of warre: | Shadowing their right under your wings of war. | KJ II.i.14 |
| I giue you welcome with a powerlesse hand, | I give you welcome with a powerless hand, | KJ II.i.15 |
| But with a heart full of vnstained loue, | But with a heart full of unstained love. | KJ II.i.16 |
| Welcome before the gates of Angiers Duke. | Welcome before the gates of Angiers, Duke! | KJ II.i.17 |
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| Good my mother peace, | Good my mother, peace! | KJ II.i.163.2 |
| I would that I were low laid in my graue, | I would that I were low laid in my grave. | KJ II.i.164 |
| I am not worth this coyle that's made for me. | I am not worth this coil that's made for me. | KJ II.i.165 |
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| I do beseech you Madam be content. | I do beseech you, madam, be content. | KJ III.i.42 |
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| O this will make my mother die with griefe. | O, this will make my mother die with grief! | KJ III.iii.5 |
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| Good morrow Hubert. | Good morrow, Hubert. | KJ IV.i.9.1 |
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| As little Prince, hauing so great a Title | As little prince, having so great a title | KJ IV.i.10 |
| To be more Prince, as may be: you are sad. | To be more prince, as may be. You are sad. | KJ IV.i.11 |
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| 'Mercie on me: | Mercy on me! | KJ IV.i.12.2 |
| Me thinkes no body should be sad but I: | Methinks nobody should be sad but I. | KJ IV.i.13 |
| Yet I remember, when I was in France, | Yet I remember, when I was in France, | KJ IV.i.14 |
| Yong Gentlemen would be as sad as night | Young gentlemen would be as sad as night | KJ IV.i.15 |
| Onely for wantonnesse: by my Christendome, | Only for wantonness. By my christendom, | KJ IV.i.16 |
| So I were out of prison, and kept Sheepe | So I were out of prison and kept sheep, | KJ IV.i.17 |
| I should be as merry as the day is long: | I should be as merry as the day is long; | KJ IV.i.18 |
| And so I would be heere, but that I doubt | And so I would be here, but that I doubt | KJ IV.i.19 |
| My Vnckle practises more harme to me: | My uncle practises more harm to me. | KJ IV.i.20 |
| He is affraid of me, and I of him: | He is afraid of me and I of him. | KJ IV.i.21 |
| Is it my fault, that I was Geffreyes sonne? | Is it my fault that I was Geoffrey's son? | KJ IV.i.22 |
| No in deede is't not: and I would to heauen | No, indeed, is't not; and I would to heaven | KJ IV.i.23 |
| I were your sonne, so you would loue me, Hubert: | I were your son, so you would love me, Hubert. | KJ IV.i.24 |
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| Are you sicke Hubert? you looke pale today, | Are you sick, Hubert? You look pale today. | KJ IV.i.28 |
| Insooth I would you were a little sicke, | In sooth, I would you were a little sick, | KJ IV.i.29 |
| That I might sit all night, and watch with you. | That I might sit all night and watch with you. | KJ IV.i.30 |
| I warrant I loue you more then you do me. | I warrant I love you more than you do me. | KJ IV.i.31 |
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| Too fairely Hubert, for so foule effect, | Too fairly, Hubert, for so foul effect. | KJ IV.i.38 |
| Must you with hot Irons, burne out both mine eyes? | Must you with hot irons burn out both mine eyes? | KJ IV.i.39 |
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| And will you? | And will you? | KJ IV.i.40.2 |
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| Haue you the heart? When your head did but ake, | Have you the heart? When your head did but ache, | KJ IV.i.41 |
| I knit my hand-kercher about your browes | I knit my handkercher about your brows – | KJ IV.i.42 |
| (The best I had, a Princesse wrought it me) | The best I had, a princess wrought it me – | KJ IV.i.43 |
| And I did neuer aske it you againe: | And I did never ask it you again; | KJ IV.i.44 |
| And with my hand, at midnight held your head; | And with my hand at midnight held your head, | KJ IV.i.45 |
| And like the watchfull minutes, to the houre, | And like the watchful minutes to the hour, | KJ IV.i.46 |
| Still and anon cheer'd vp the heauy time; | Still and anon cheered up the heavy time, | KJ IV.i.47 |
| Saying, what lacke you? and where lies your greefe? | Saying, ‘ What lack you?’, and ‘ Where lies your grief?’, | KJ IV.i.48 |
| Or what good loue may I performe for you? | Or ‘ What good love may I perform for you?’. | KJ IV.i.49 |
| Many a poore mans sonne would haue lyen still, | Many a poor man's son would have lien still | KJ IV.i.50 |
| And nere haue spoke a louing word to you: | And ne'er have spoke a loving word to you; | KJ IV.i.51 |
| But you, at your sicke seruice had a Prince: | But you at your sick service had a prince. | KJ IV.i.52 |
| Nay, you may thinke my loue was craftie loue, | Nay, you may think my love was crafty love, | KJ IV.i.53 |
| And call it cunning. Do, and if you will, | And call it cunning. Do, an if you will. | KJ IV.i.54 |
| If heauen be pleas'd that you must vse me ill, | If heaven be pleased that you must use me ill, | KJ IV.i.55 |
| Why then you must. Will you put out mine eyes? | Why then you must. Will you put out mine eyes – | KJ IV.i.56 |
| These eyes, that neuer did, nor neuer shall | These eyes that never did, nor never shall, | KJ IV.i.57 |
| So much as frowne on you. | So much as frown on you? | KJ IV.i.58.1 |
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| Ah, none but in this Iron Age, would do it: | Ah, none but in this iron age would do it! | KJ IV.i.60 |
| The Iron of it selfe, though heate red hot, | The iron of itself, though heat red-hot, | KJ IV.i.61 |
| Approaching neere these eyes, would drinke my teares, | Approaching near these eyes, would drink my tears | KJ IV.i.62 |
| And quench this fierie indignation, | And quench his fiery indignation | KJ IV.i.63 |
| Euen in the matter of mine innocence: | Even in the matter of mine innocence; | KJ IV.i.64 |
| Nay, after that, consume away in rust, | Nay, after that, consume away in rust, | KJ IV.i.65 |
| But for containing fire to harme mine eye: | But for containing fire to harm mine eye. | KJ IV.i.66 |
| Are you more stubborne hard, then hammer'd Iron? | Are you more stubborn-hard than hammered iron? | KJ IV.i.67 |
| And if an Angell should haue come to me, | An if an angel should have come to me | KJ IV.i.68 |
| And told me Hubert should put out mine eyes, | And told me Hubert should put out mine eyes, | KJ IV.i.69 |
| I would not haue beleeu'd him: no tongue but Huberts. | I would not have believed him – no tongue but Hubert's! | KJ IV.i.70 |
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| O saue me Hubert, saue me: my eyes are out | O, save me, Hubert, save me! My eyes are out | KJ IV.i.72 |
| Euen with the fierce lookes of these bloody men. | Even with the fierce looks of these bloody men. | KJ IV.i.73 |
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| Alas, what neede you be so boistrous rough? | Alas, what need you be so boisterous-rough? | KJ IV.i.75 |
| I will not struggle, I will stand stone still: | I will not struggle; I will stand stone-still. | KJ IV.i.76 |
| For heauen sake Hubert let me not be bound: | For heaven sake, Hubert, let me not be bound! | KJ IV.i.77 |
| Nay heare me Hubert, driue these men away, | Nay, hear me, Hubert! Drive these men away, | KJ IV.i.78 |
| And I will sit as quiet as a Lambe. | And I will sit as quiet as a lamb. | KJ IV.i.79 |
| I will not stirre, nor winch, nor speake a word, | I will not stir, nor winch, nor speak a word, | KJ IV.i.80 |
| Nor looke vpon the Iron angerly: | Nor look upon the iron angerly. | KJ IV.i.81 |
| Thrust but these men away, and Ile forgiue you, | Thrust but these men away, and I'll forgive you, | KJ IV.i.82 |
| What euer torment you do put me too. | Whatever torment you do put me to. | KJ IV.i.83 |
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| Alas, I then haue chid away my friend, | Alas, I then have chid away my friend! | KJ IV.i.86 |
| He hath a sterne looke, but a gentle heart: | He hath a stern look, but a gentle heart. | KJ IV.i.87 |
| Let him come backe, that his compassion may | Let him come back, that his compassion may | KJ IV.i.88 |
| Giue life to yours. | Give life to yours. | KJ IV.i.89.1 |
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| Is there no remedie? | Is there no remedy? | KJ IV.i.90.1 |
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| O heauen: that there were but a moth in yours, | O heaven, that there were but a mote in yours, | KJ IV.i.91 |
| A graine, a dust, a gnat, a wandering haire, | A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, | KJ IV.i.92 |
| Any annoyance in that precious sense: | Any annoyance in that precious sense. | KJ IV.i.93 |
| Then feeling what small things are boysterous there, | Then feeling what small things are boisterous there, | KJ IV.i.94 |
| Your vilde intent must needs seeme horrible. | Your vile intent must needs seem horrible. | KJ IV.i.95 |
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| Hubert, the vtterance of a brace of tongues, | Hubert, the utterance of a brace of tongues | KJ IV.i.97 |
| Must needes want pleading for a paire of eyes: | Must needs want pleading for a pair of eyes. | KJ IV.i.98 |
| Let me not hold my tongue: let me not Hubert, | Let me not hold my tongue. Let me not, Hubert! | KJ IV.i.99 |
| Or Hubert, if you will cut out my tongue, | Or, Hubert, if you will, cut out my tongue, | KJ IV.i.100 |
| So I may keepe mine eyes. O spare mine eyes, | So I may keep mine eyes. O, spare mine eyes, | KJ IV.i.101 |
| Though to no vse, but still to looke on you. | Though to no use but still to look on you! | KJ IV.i.102 |
| Loe, by my troth, the Instrument is cold, | Lo, by my troth, the instrument is cold | KJ IV.i.103 |
| And would not harme me. | And would not harm me. | KJ IV.i.104.1 |
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| No, in good sooth: the fire is dead with griefe, | No, in good sooth: the fire is dead with grief, | KJ IV.i.105 |
| Being create for comfort, to be vs'd | Being create for comfort, to be used | KJ IV.i.106 |
| In vndeserued extreames: See else your selfe, | In undeserved extremes. See else yourself. | KJ IV.i.107 |
| There is no malice in this burning cole, | There is no malice in this burning coal; | KJ IV.i.108 |
| The breath of heauen, hath blowne his spirit out, | The breath of heaven hath blown his spirit out, | KJ IV.i.109 |
| And strew'd repentant ashes on his head. | And strewed repentant ashes on his head. | KJ IV.i.110 |
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| And if you do, you will but make it blush, | An if you do, you will but make it blush | KJ IV.i.112 |
| And glow with shame of your proceedings, Hubert: | And glow with shame of your proceedings, Hubert. | KJ IV.i.113 |
| Nay, it perchance will sparkle in your eyes: | Nay, it perchance will sparkle in your eyes, | KJ IV.i.114 |
| And, like a dogge that is compell'd to fight, | And, like a dog that is compelled to fight, | KJ IV.i.115 |
| Snatch at his Master that doth tarre him on. | Snatch at his master that doth tarre him on. | KJ IV.i.116 |
| All things that you should vse to do me wrong | All things that you should use to do me wrong | KJ IV.i.117 |
| Deny their office: onely you do lacke | Deny their office. Only you do lack | KJ IV.i.118 |
| That mercie, which fierce fire, and Iron extends, | That mercy which fierce fire and iron extends – | KJ IV.i.119 |
| Creatures of note for mercy, lacking vses. | Creatures of note for mercy-lacking uses. | KJ IV.i.120 |
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| O now you looke like Hubert. All this while | O, now you look like Hubert. All this while | KJ IV.i.125 |
| You were disguis'd. | You were disguised. | KJ IV.i.126.1 |
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| O heauen! I thanke you Hubert. | O heaven! I thank you, Hubert. | KJ IV.i.131.2 |
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| The Wall is high, and yet will I leape downe. | The wall is high, and yet will I leap down. | KJ IV.iii.1 |
| Good ground be pittifull, and hurt me not: | Good ground, be pitiful and hurt me not! | KJ IV.iii.2 |
| There's few or none do know me, if they did, | There's few or none do know me; if they did, | KJ IV.iii.3 |
| This Ship-boyes semblance hath disguis'd me quite. | This ship-boy's semblance hath disguised me quite. | KJ IV.iii.4 |
| I am afraide, and yet Ile venture it. | I am afraid – and yet I'll venture it. | KJ IV.iii.5 |
| If I get downe, and do not breake my limbes, | If I get down, and do not break my limbs, | KJ IV.iii.6 |
| Ile finde a thousand shifts to get away; | I'll find a thousand shifts to get away. | KJ IV.iii.7 |
| As good to dye, and go; as dye, and stay. | As good to die and go as die and stay. | KJ IV.iii.8 |
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| Oh me, my Vnckles spirit is in these stones, | O me! My uncle's spirit is in these stones! | KJ IV.iii.9 |
| Heauen take my soule, and England keep my bones. | Heaven take my soul, and England keep my bones! | KJ IV.iii.10 |