| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| A strange beginning: borrowed Maiesty? | A strange beginning – ‘ borrowed majesty ’! | KJ I.i.5 |
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| What now my sonne, haue I not euer said | What now, my son? Have I not ever said | KJ I.i.31 |
| How that ambitious Constance would not cease | How that ambitious Constance would not cease | KJ I.i.32 |
| Till she had kindled France and all the world, | Till she had kindled France and all the world | KJ I.i.33 |
| Vpon the right and party ofher sonne. | Upon the right and party of her son? | KJ I.i.34 |
| This might haue beene preuented, and made whole | This might have been prevented and made whole | KJ I.i.35 |
| With very easie arguments of loue, | With very easy arguments of love, | KJ I.i.36 |
| Which now the mannage of two kingdomes must | Which now the manage of two kingdoms must | KJ I.i.37 |
| With fearefull bloudy issue arbitrate. | With fearful bloody issue arbitrate. | KJ I.i.38 |
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| Your strong possessiõ much more then your right, | Your strong possession much more than your right, | KJ I.i.40 |
| Or else it must go wrong with you and me, | Or else it must go wrong with you and me. | KJ I.i.41 |
| So much my conscience whispers in your eare, | So much my conscience whispers in your ear, | KJ I.i.42 |
| Which none but heauen, and you, and I, shall heare. | Which none but heaven, and you and I, shall hear. | KJ I.i.43 |
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| Out on thee rude man, yu dost shame thy mother, | Out on thee, rude man! Thou dost shame thy mother, | KJ I.i.64 |
| And wound her honor with this diffidence. | And wound her honour, with this diffidence. | KJ I.i.65 |
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| He hath a tricke of Cordelions face, | He hath a trick of Coeur-de-lion's face; | KJ I.i.85 |
| The accent of his tongue affecteth him: | The accent of his tongue affecteth him. | KJ I.i.86 |
| Doe you not read some tokens of my sonne | Do you not read some tokens of my son | KJ I.i.87 |
| In the large composition of this man? | In the large composition of this man? | KJ I.i.88 |
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| Whether hadst thou rather be a Faulconbridge, | Whether hadst thou rather be: a Faulconbridge, | KJ I.i.134 |
| And like thy brother to enioy thy land: | And like thy brother, to enjoy thy land; | KJ I.i.135 |
| Or the reputed sonne of Cordelion, | Or the reputed son of Coeur-de-lion, | KJ I.i.136 |
| Lord of thy presence, and no land beside. | Lord of thy presence, and no land beside? | KJ I.i.137 |
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| I like thee well: wilt thou forsake thy fortune, | I like thee well. Wilt thou forsake thy fortune, | KJ I.i.148 |
| Bequeath thy land to him, and follow me? | Bequeath thy land to him, and follow me? | KJ I.i.149 |
| I am a Souldier, and now bound to France. | I am a soldier and now bound to France. | KJ I.i.150 |
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| Nay, I would haue you go before me thither. | Nay, I would have you go before me thither. | KJ I.i.155 |
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| The very spirit of Plantaginet: | The very spirit of Plantagenet! | KJ I.i.167 |
| I am thy grandame Richard, call me so. | I am thy grandam, Richard. Call me so. | KJ I.i.168 |
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| Who is it thou dost call vsurper France? | Who is it thou dost call usurper, France? | KJ II.i.120 |
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| Out insolent, thy bastard shall be King, | Out, insolent! Thy bastard shall be king | KJ II.i.122 |
| That thou maist be a Queen, and checke the world. | That thou mayst be a queen and check the world. | KJ II.i.123 |
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| Theres a good mother boy, that blots thy father | There's a good mother, boy, that blots thy father. | KJ II.i.132 |
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| Come to thy grandame child. | Come to thy grandam, child. | KJ II.i.159.2 |
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| His mother shames him so, poore boy hee weepes. | His mother shames him so, poor boy, he weeps. | KJ II.i.166 |
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| Thou monstrous slanderer of heauen and earth. | Thou monstrous slanderer of heaven and earth! | KJ II.i.173 |
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| Thou vnaduised scold, I can produce | Thou unadvised scold, I can produce | KJ II.i.191 |
| A Will, that barres the title of thy sonne. | A will that bars the title of thy son. | KJ II.i.192 |
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| Son, list to this coniunction, make this match | Son, list to this conjunction, make this match; | KJ II.i.468 |
| Giue with our Neece a dowrie large enough, | Give with our niece a dowry large enough. | KJ II.i.469 |
| For by this knot, thou shalt so surely tye | For by this knot thou shalt so surely tie | KJ II.i.470 |
| Thy now vnsurd assurance to the Crowne, | Thy now unsured assurance to the crown | KJ II.i.471 |
| That yon greene boy shall haue no Sunne to ripe | That yon green boy shall have no sun to ripe | KJ II.i.472 |
| The bloome that promiseth a mightie fruite. | The bloom that promiseth a mighty fruit. | KJ II.i.473 |
| I see a yeelding in the lookes of France: | I see a yielding in the looks of France; | KJ II.i.474 |
| Marke how they whisper, vrge them while their soules | Mark, how they whisper. Urge them while their souls | KJ II.i.475 |
| Are capeable of this ambition, | Are capable of this ambition, | KJ II.i.476 |
| Least zeale now melted by the windie breath | Lest zeal, now melted by the windy breath | KJ II.i.477 |
| Of soft petitions, pittie and remorse, | Of soft petitions, pity, and remorse, | KJ II.i.478 |
| Coole and congeale againe to what it was. | Cool and congeal again to what it was. | KJ II.i.479 |
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| Look'st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand. | Lookest thou pale, France? Do not let go thy hand. | KJ III.i.195 |
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| O foule reuolt of French inconstancy. | O foul revolt of French inconstancy! | KJ III.i.322 |
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| Farewell gentle Cosen. | Farewell, gentle cousin. | KJ III.iii.17.1 |
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| Come hether little kinsman, harke, a worde. | Come hither, little kinsman. Hark, a word. | KJ III.iii.18 |
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| My blessing goe with thee. | My blessing go with thee. | KJ III.iii.71.1 |